XCOPY32 C:\*.* D:\ /e /c /h /r /k

will work IF run from a CD-OS such as BartPE, or by putting both disks onto
another computer as slaves. It will NOT work if run on the parent machine,
because XP 'locks open' certain files. After the transfer you need to run
fixboot from the recovery console, as the copy process doesn't update to
bootsector.

Or, get Acronis, etc.

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> Xcopy32 will not accomplish what you want. If you are buying a retail
> drive it will come with instructions and software that will copy
> everything from the old drive to the new, including parts of the disk
> that xcopy doesn't copy. In addition, all the major disk makers provide
> handholding-type help for setting up your new drive.
>
> It's real easy...you'll do fine.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> titus12 wrote:
> > I am hearing noise from my hard drive and I am going to replace it. I
> > read that the Xcopy32 command is a good program to use. Will this work
> > well with WinXP SP3? Will everything be the same as on the old hard
> > drive? If so, what steps should I use?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > David
>