Transfer XP to new hard drive.

My old computer has 20 GB hard drive with Windows XP installed in the store. Install the new 320 GB drive. How can I transfer XP to new hard drive? It is a legal registered copy of XP & I have the product key but not the disks.

Norton Ghost version 15 - has a 30 day trial available
http://www.Symantec.com/Norton/Ghost
Media: CDR/RW, DVD + R/RW, Blu - Ray, USB and FireWire® devices (IEEE 1394), Iomega Zip® and Jaz® drives
(Trial does not allow you to create a restore CD)
http://www.Symantec.com/Norton/downloads/trialsoftware/register.jsp?PVID=ghost15
User Guide: ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/ghost/15/manuals/ngh_15_user_guide.pdf

Acronis True Image 2011 - has a 30 day trial version available,
(Install Acronis and then create a restoration/Rescue CD Media before starting the creation of an image backup)
http://www.Acronis.com/homecomputing/products/TrueImage/
The version comparison: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/comparison.html
True Image User Guides and documentation:
http://www.Acronis.com/homecomputing/download/docs/

Product review
http://www.PCWorld.com/reviews/product/384118/review/Norton_Ghost_15.html
Ghost 15 screenshots:
http://www.Softpedia.com/get/system/back-up-and-recovery/Symantec-Norton-Ghost.shtml

Acronis True Image Home 2011 product review:
http://www.whatsabyte.com/P1/ATI_2010_Review.html
http://www.allacronis.com/Acronis-True-Image-home-review.php

Acronis True Image Seagate Edition (drive Assistant)
http://www.Seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/DiscWizard

Acronis True Image edition of Western Digital (WD)
http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?Swid=119&type=download&wdc_lang=en

Not tested or free alternatives:
EASEUS Todo Backup
http://www.TODO-backup.com/

Reflect disk imaging:
http://www.Macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition:
http://www.Paragon-Software.com/home/DB-Express/download.htm

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http://www.PAGESTART.com

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