Great! Yep XP does not have the tools to do this. Glad it worked so
smoothly for you too. Gives you some confidence in the Complete PC backup.
I image my systems using Acronis True Image Home version 10 and Complete PC
Backup for redundancy.
"SCFrank" <SCFrank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> Rock --
>
> Bought 2 new 320GB drives - Prior to installing the primary, I did a
> complete PC Backup to the slave. Installed the new drive, booted into the
> Vista DVD, did my keyboard-language etc; then did a Windows Repair. It
> found
> the backup and restored it completely. Once finished (after a reboot for
> the
> new hard drive), expanded the 111GB partition, to the full 320GB. Worked
> like
> a champ! Must admit, this was a very easy (albeit a little time-consuming
> due
> to the volume of data) way to upgrade a drive, without having to re-load.
> All
> done with tools available within Vista. Final note: copied all data from
> the
> old slave to a directory on the new disk, installed the second new 320GB
> drive, prepared it, then copied the data back. A couple of things needed
> to
> be re-indexed (Music Library on D), but it's working very well indeed. Do
> not
> remember this capability in XP without 3rd party software.
>
> Thought you all would like to know -- 
>
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "SCFrank" <SCFrank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> > Greetings all-
>> > Looks like this group has some pretty serious expertise with Vista.
>> > I'm
>> > running Vista Ultimate (Home Premium upgrade - anytime upgrade to
>> > Ultimate).
>> > All is currently very smooth, with one exception which needs to be
>> > addressed,
>> > so I thought this would be the best place to ask to following question:
>> >
>> > I am running out of disk space on my 120GB drive and would like to
>> > replace
>> > it with a 300GB or better, so what I'd like to know is --- Is there a
>> > ghosting type program such as Acronis True Image, or Norton Ghost, that
>> > would
>> > allow me to make a bit-for-bit copy of my existing Vista volume and
>> > move
>> > it
>> > to a larger drive, without having to back-up critical files, and do a
>> > triple
>> > re-install (XP, then Home Premium, then the Ultimate install)??
>> >
>> > Any help is appriciated - Frank
>>
>> In addition to Frankster's reply, Ultimate comes with Complete PC Backup
>> which is drive imaging. Use that to image all the partitions to an
>> external
>> USB drive, then remove the old drive, install the new, and restore the
>> image
>> by booting the Vista DVD and choose repair the computer. Then choose
>> Complete PC Backup restore.
>>
>> Acronis True Image Home version 10 works in Vista as well. I'm not sure
>> if
>> Symantec has a Vista compatible ghost product yet,
--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]