Computer help DESPERATE!!

[sermon_of_mockery]

I just installed a new hard drive in my hp,but I can't find my windows os disc.What can I do to get it off my old drive to put it on the new one?I looked online,and it said to go to system cd creator from the hp tools menu,but that option of course is not an option .

 

[spin721]

You really need the disc...Windows does a lot of unpacking and building off the disc. There is no way I know of to install without a CD.

What kind of modem do you have? If you have a cable modem, you could get on Kazzalite or Bearshare and download Windows.

 

[hhajdo]

You can use PQ Drive Copy...

http://powerquest.com/drivecopy/

You could probably also use Norton Ghost or Drive Image Pro to create an image of the old drive and then restore it on the new HD.

 

[Mr. dB]

You can use PQ Drive Copy...

http://powerquest.com/drivecopy/

You could probably also use Norton Ghost or Drive Image Pro to create an image of the old drive and then restore it on the new HD.

Will Ghost or DriveCopy produce a bootable CD? I know DI will.

 

[TheProject]

Will Ghost or DriveCopy produce a bootable CD? I know DI will.

Ghost does have a boot disk creator included with it.

What OS were you running on the old drive?

 

[hhajdo]

Will Ghost or DriveCopy produce a bootable CD? I know DI will.

It can produce a bootable CD.

 

[sermon_of_mockery]

I'm using xp home,but now for some fucked reason,I can't even access my old drive.When I start up,it says ntldr compressed.

 

[Y_lifter]

Man, You are so screwed !

 

[hhajdo]

Maybe because your partition configuration has changed...
If your old HD was set as primary master and has later changed to primary slave or secondary master, etc. the info contained in boot.ini (if XP uses it) wouldn't be valid...
Just set it as it was set before, start it and download Drive Copy..

 

[ajtomasi]

Didn't your hard drive come with a installation disk, 3.5"? I just bought a hard drive with and the disk has a utility to copy your old hard drive over to the new one.

 

[sermon_of_mockery]

fuck this

 

[oubeta]

I'd try to Ghost it if possible

 

[Mr. dB]

Didn't your hard drive come with a installation disk, 3.5"? I just bought a hard drive with and the disk has a utility to copy your old hard drive over to the new one.

And if not, you can usually download the contents of the diskette from the manufacturer's web site.

 

[Dial_tone]

Get a copy of ghost if you can. Temporarily disconnect your CD drive then connect the new drive as primary master, the old drive as secondary master (or whatever your CD was). Use ghost to copy the contents of your old drive to the new drive. Of course if you have virii on the old drive they'll be on the new one also.

 

[sermon_of_mockery]

ughh