pulling windows xp off a hard drive

[starune]

I have an old hard drive I'm going to use for something else. Is there a way I can take windows xp and store it on another hard drive/usbdrive so I can install it later? I can't think of any but us there any other important, or otherwise useful files that I would need to pull off the hard drive?

 

[Littlesackninja]

Samsungs magician software might work, not tried it but it might have the cababilitys you need, or plug it into your computer and copy all the files over?

 

[Entomber]

Support for Windows XP has ended, as far as I'm aware there is no way to copy the OS from one computer to another simply by copying the files present in Explorer - there are a lot more files that exist outside of simply the Windows folder.

If you wanted to reinstall XP you would have to find a full version installation CD package.

 

[starune]

@entomber so pretty much just format it because its a lost cause?

 

[Entomber]

Lost cause? I don't know what you mean by that.

Personally I wouldn't use Windows XP any longer.

 

[PCIBUSDRIVER]

Yes, simple, image the drive using available image software from the drive manufacturer. Place that image file on a usb and stick it into a drawer.