Hi Steve,

Thanks for the reply. I already have a 2nd drive! I am trying to keep applications on the C drive because my laptop only has one drive. I want to be able to move seamlessly between the two computers with files and not worry about pathing issues.

Thanks,

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>>I called Microsoft and they basically said that Ghosting was not a good idea - that it caused more problems that it was worth - etc., etc. They recommended a complete re-install of software to the new drive.
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>>I would prefer not to have to re-install everything. Does anyone have any "positive" experience Ghosting a C drive? If so, I would appreciate a small step-by-step tutorial. If not, please let me know and I will set aside some time for the software re-install.
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>I have had positive experience, but not with WinXP. I think ghosting is a *great* idea, it saves me many hours of time configuring workstations. Unfortunately, I think MS implemented a bad idea of their own with the licensing protection in Windows XP.
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>If your original drive is intact, I would recommend putting it back in and adding the new drive as an additional drive. On my machine I prefer to keep data on a secondary drive if possible, so I don't have to move as many bytes around if I need to install the OS again on drive C.