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Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista
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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 |
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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. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. -- runningonair |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. -- satwilson |
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