Recently had the Blue Screen Of Death occur on a GX280 running Windows XP-Pro service pack 3. (We need to run XP because of several legacy programs.)

Several years ago we upgraded the original GX280's HD to a new Seagate 500TB  SATA drive for more storage. We have routinely backed up the contents of the new Seagate drive just in case.

When the BSOD recently occurred, we tried to use the original Dell re-installation CD to do a repair (rather than a complete clean install). The repair install was very slow (over 2 hours) and did not work. On the reboot the BSOD appeared again.

As an initial diagnosis, we temporarily reinstalled the original original GX280 HD and everything worked perfectly. Therefore, I am assuming the problem is with the Seagate drive or its installed operating system.

I can also boot to the Seagate drive in Safe mode.

Any suggestions on a method of diagnosis or how to repair / reinstall the operating system on the Seagate drive?

If a new drive is the best / easiest solution, what would be the easiest method to copy the data from the Seagate drive to the new drive?