is it possible to replace an older HDD....

is it possible to replace an older HDD, with a newer one, put winXP on the newer one and transfer info from the older one, (making the older one the "slave ").
the rub is that the older one will not complete the boot process, coming up with a DLL fault, just before it finishes.
I have tried to boot off the win98se CD, but it drops me @ the Aprompt, wna won't "see" the CD-ROM

thanks for the help (in advance)

 

Yes

See this thread.

 

You could try a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com .

If you know where the dll is from
DLL database
you could install it in Safe Mode (do a find/search for the name, backup copies of DLLs are sometimes kept in the program's folder...copy the file to the Windows/System folder) or disable the driver that is asking for it or disable the program that is asking for it (msconfig in Start>Run). Reinstall the driver/progam in normal mode.

Matt