problems with reinstalling xp pro on replacement hard drive

I have a Dell Dimension 8400 purchased in 2005. I am trying to replace the old hard drive (SATA, WD, 250 G) with a similar (same room, only 500 G). After many difficulties, I had a bootable CD and was able to start with the new drive in, and I started to reinstall XP. But halfway through, he started to say various files were missing, and the installation worked properly - XP starts to load, then a get a blue screen and error message.

Has been the problem with the partition of the drive? With the file system? With missing controllers?

A reinstallation is possible with the Dell XP?

There a better way to do it, by copying the old disk to the new disk image? Which copy on XP properly?

I have spent hours on this problem so far and would welcome any advice.

Several people seem to have had similar problems, but do not know if they are exactly the same questions.

Thank you


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