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runningonair · 01-06-2009

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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.

01-06-2009	#5 (permalink)
runningonair Vista 64 Business 1 posts	Re: Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista Quote: 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.
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