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How can I clone an ide xp drive to dual boot on i5 laptop
Hi all,
I hope I am in the correct forum.
I have a Sony C series 64 bit laptop.
I have a 2.5" IDE drive from my old laptop which has XP.
I was thinking to image Win 7 on my Sony to a cd; so that I have a clean disk.
How can I then clone my XP ide drive onto the new laptop drive - which is an Hitachi ATA (mSata?) - so that I will have a dual boot system?
Although if the XP works fine, that is what I will use.
I had it suggested that I do a sysprep 1st, then use Bart PE. However I
believe Bart PE only goes to XP SP3, and I only have the whole drive - with
all my docs on it. No installation disk.
Do I need to do a "sysprep"?
Is it possible to "slipstream" a whole drive with all the necessary drivers?
Will it be an issue if the XP is 32 bit, and my new machine is 64bit?
Can you advise me; what is the best way to do this?
Thanks
Last edited by grewster; 08 Mar 2012 at 00:09.