Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

Hi.

I want to replace my existing main internal hdd with a faster, higher
capacity model.
I'm aware there are likely to be be licencing problems after a disk clone.
Will someone please give me a link for the micorosoft recommended process to
follow.

Thanks

Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

There is no recommended process. Personally, I'd use whatever utility the
drive manufacture offers for "cloning" the old hard drive to the new one,
then when asked to re-activate just call the telephone number and it will
take only a few minutes.

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"Phil" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I want to replace my existing main internal hdd with a faster, higher
capacity model.
I'm aware there are likely to be be licencing problems after a disk clone.
Will someone please give me a link for the micorosoft recommended process
to
follow.

Thanks

Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

I recently upgraded my HDD to 160GB. I used Complete PC Backup to image the
existing drive to an external HDD, installed the new drive, booted to the
Vista DVD, selected System Repair from the install environment and restored
the image to the new disc. Maybe it was because of using Vista to image and
restore, but I did not have to call to re-activate.

Gary

"Phil" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I want to replace my existing main internal hdd with a faster, higher
capacity model.
I'm aware there are likely to be be licencing problems after a disk clone.
Will someone please give me a link for the micorosoft recommended process
to
follow.

Thanks

Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

I recently replaced my older ATA drive with a larger, SATA, drive and used
Acronis True Image. No problems Vista but Adobe Acrobat (V7) detected the
change of drive and I had to re-register that.

Good luck.

"Phil" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I want to replace my existing main internal hdd with a faster, higher
capacity model.
I'm aware there are likely to be be licencing problems after a disk clone.
Will someone please give me a link for the micorosoft recommended process
to
follow.

Thanks

Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

I recently upgraded my HDD to 160GB. I used Complete PC Backup to image
the
existing drive to an external HDD, installed the new drive, booted to
the
Vista DVD, selected System Repair from the install environment and
restored
the image to the new disc. Maybe it was because of using Vista to image
and
restore, but I did not have to call to re-activate.

I found this method worked well. Also my system was dual booting with
XP and the XP installation still worked after the disk copy.


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runningonair

Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

runningonair;931272 Wrote:
I recently upgraded my HDD to 160GB. I used Complete PC Backup to image
the
existing drive to an external HDD, installed the new drive, booted to
the
Vista DVD, selected System Repair from the install environment and
restored
the image to the new disc. Maybe it was because of using Vista to image
and
restore, but I did not have to call to re-activate. I found this method worked well. Also my system was dual booting with
XP and the XP installation still worked after the disk copy.
I was wanting to upgrade my hard drive on my Dell E1505 with Vista
Ultimate and Complete PC Backup. I bought my E1505 used and do not have
a Vista DVD. I do have a Dell Win7 Pro Reinstallation DVD. Can I use
this to boot and access the System Recovery Options?


--
satwilson

Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

runningonair;931272 Wrote:
I recently upgraded my HDD to 160GB. I used Complete PC Backup to image
the
existing drive to an external HDD, installed the new drive, booted to
the
Vista DVD, selected System Repair from the install environment and
restored
the image to the new disc. Maybe it was because of using Vista to image
and
restore, but I did not have to call to re-activate. I found this method worked well. Also my system was dual booting with
XP and the XP installation still worked after the disk copy.
I was wanting to upgrade my hard drive on my Dell E1505 with Vista
Ultimate and Complete PC Backup. I bought my E1505 used and do not have
a Vista DVD. I do have a Dell Win7 Pro Reinstallation DVD. Can I use
this to boot and access the System Recovery Options?


--
satwilson

Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change
of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS.


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whs

Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change
of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS.


--
whs

Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
 

whs;1260115 Wrote:
Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change
of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS.
I wasn't concerned with reactivation issues, but rather if I could use
my Win7 PRO DVD to boot and access the the System Recovery Options on my
Vista O/S. Please read my original post, thank you.


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satwilson