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July 19th 07, 06:48 PM
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upgrading to smaller solid state disk
I am thinking about going to a solid state disk on my laptop. I probably won't do it until prices come down a bit, but meanwhile I am thinking about the process: (a) In the past I have done HD upgrades by running a full backup, then changing the HD, installing the OS, then restoring files and system state from the backup. Of course, my current OS is Win2K. What licensing problems will I have in Vista? (b) If instead I use Ghost or TrueImage, or a freeware imaging utility, isn't it a problem that the new HD is smaller than the old HD? Which software programs will handle that? Many thanks for your help, -- Chuckles 
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July 20th 07, 10:46 AM
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upgrading to smaller solid state disk
Hi Chuckles,
a) No licensing problems, you will simply need to reactivate the installation. b) I'm not sure that this is a problem. The only issue I would foresee is if the amount of physical data stored leaves insufficient free space on the new drive. Imaging solutions generally only store actual data bits. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "Chuckles" wrote in message ... I am thinking about going to a solid state disk on my laptop. I probably won't do it until prices come down a bit, but meanwhile I am thinking about the process: (a) In the past I have done HD upgrades by running a full backup, then changing the HD, installing the OS, then restoring files and system state from the backup. Of course, my current OS is Win2K. What licensing problems will I have in Vista? (b) If instead I use Ghost or TrueImage, or a freeware imaging utility, isn't it a problem that the new HD is smaller than the old HD? Which software programs will handle that? Many thanks for your help, -- Chuckles
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