what is the "correct" way to upgrade your hard drive when using XP Home SP2?  
I can't seem to find consistent opinions on this after 2 hours of searching.  
I have PartionMagic 8.0 but I know that just cloning the drive does not work
(based on other's attempts).  I can't afford to ...

Why does SP2 download cause my Computer to crash
Running WindowsXP

I want to install XP Professional over the currently pre-
installed XP Home OEM edition on my Sony Vaio laptop.
What will happen to other applications and softwares that
came with OEM pre-installation? Will they continue to work

I have a new Sony Vaio notebook with XP Home Edition SP2 installed.  I would
like to upgrade to XP Professional so that I can use IIS.  I purchased a XP
Professional upgrade and attempted to install, but the installation stopped
right away saying that the version of XP on my ...

I tried to run sysprep before making an image of an XPsp2 Professional box.
I received an error and was unable to run sysprep. At microsoft, I found a
newer version of sysprep for use w/XPsp1 (5.1.2600.1106)
I ran this through the run command, not the command line

I'm attempting to install a new OEM copy of XP on a newly assembled machine.  
It recognizes hard drive & formats it. It installs setup files and when it
goes to do the main install, I get a screen prompt that says: "File setup
placed on hard drive is not a valid Windows XP system ...

is there a media set that will support 200GB drives out of the box without
reg tweaks
and
is there a media set that integrates SP2 in its build

After installing SP2 on my notebook which runs an XP Home Edition, it goes
to stanby, but when I want to restore it, it doesn't come up. Actually the
notebook's fans start working, and the HDD light comes up, but no display.
The keyboard seems to be locked or frozen. Any ...

i am trying to get a windows xp home edition to complete the installation
process(repair type).  i get an erorr message in the set up log that say the
RegOpenKeyEx(System)  2 failed to get PID.  is there anyway to stop setup and
go back to the windows xp home edition before i ...

I am getting an error when I boot to PE from the hard drive.  The error is
“Shutdown WinPE...” there is a drop down with options.  Has anyone seen this?
It doesn’t happen when I have a WinPE bootable CD in the driver.
I am making a WinPE image using PowerQuest deploy center.  We ...

Installing to a Compaq Notebook.  backup starts smoothly but locks up system
at different points each time.
Suggestions please.

I was reinstalling XP PRO and it had an error during the setup and couldn't
finish. Now when I try to load windows I get the error message:'windows could
not start because windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt'
when i try to use the 'r' command at the setup screen ...

I recently purchased a new dell 2400 with xp pro.
I have a Microsoft wireless mouse and keyboard.
On boot, the keyboard is always working, but the mouse seems to be
detected only about 25-50% of the time. If it's not detected, then the

I need to install xp professional on my machine, it's a
dual boot (windows 2000 and windows me). The original os
I had was windows me (c drive), I then installed w2k (f
drive), I used partition magic 6.0 to partition my disc.

I have a laptop where I travel to many different
locations. Each location is a separate organization, and
has no logical need (do to different companys intellectual
property) to create a trust between these domains. Is