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Re: New Hard Drive for notebook and vista
Use the utility from Hitachi. It is called the Drive Fitness Test.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
"Ted F" <nospam@no.com> wrote in message
news:20E6DB0C-36AC-4685-9550-228A8D8156B6@microsoft.com...
>I had a notebook computer and I want to replace a 60GB hard drive to a
>120GB hard drive.
>
> Question : Do I have to erase the old hard drive that has Vista Home Basic
> OS on it, before I install the new hard drive with the Vista OS?
>
> Next, If I have to erase the old hard drive, how do I wipe the drive
> without any Disk Manager? The maker HITACHI does not have any Disk
> Manager on there website to download.
>
> I want to use the same Vista Home Basic OEM software CD that I have on the
> new 120GB hard drive.
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