Trying to clone a hard drive running XP SP3

The hard drive on my Dell Precision is old and only 30GB.  I am running XP, SP3. I bought a120GB drive and tried cloning the old drive with O&O diskimage.  I tried to clone the drive with each option, ranging from simple clone to "Direct forensic". Each result was the same, i would try and boot off the new drive and would get a missing file failure.  I tried to use my Dell OEM XP CD to repair the installation but it did not work.  I just get a missing file error and the PC reboots.   Any ideas?
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Norton Ghost version 15 - has a 30 day trial available
http://www.symantec.com/norton/ghost
Supports: CDR/RW, DVD+-R/RW, Blu-Ray devices,USB and FireWire® (IEEE 1394) devices,Iomega® Zip® and Jaz® drives
(Note: Trial does not allow you to create a Bootable Restore CD which you will need to restore the image)
http://www.symantec.com/norton/downloads/trialsoftware/register.jsp?pvid=ghost15
User's Guide: ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/ghost/15/manuals/ngh_15_user_guide.pdf


Acronis True Image 2011 - has a fully functional 30 day trial version available,
(Note: Install Acronis and then create a bootable Restore/Rescue Media CD before you start creating your first image backup)
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
Version Comparison: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/comparison.html
True Image User Guides and documentation:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/docs/

 

Also copying disk to disk with Norton Ghost
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/powerquest.nsf/docid/2004111701520562?OpenDocument&src=hot&prod=Norton+Ghost&ver=10.0&csm=no&seg=hho

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Last updated February 20, 2024 Views 448 Applies to: