Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista

Posted: 07-15-2007, 08:34 PM

Phil

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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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Richard G. Harper

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Re: Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista

Posted: 07-15-2007, 09:05 PM

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" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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

Gary G. Little

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Re: Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista

Posted: 07-16-2007, 03:13 AM

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" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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

Rutetuti

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Re: Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista

Posted: 07-16-2007, 09:23 AM

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" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C2AEA70-8271-4CD3-877F-11B197543303@microsoft.com...

> 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

runningonair

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Re: Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista

Posted: 01-06-2009, 04:51 PM

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

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

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