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| | How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? I'm getting a new hard drive and have been running vista on my current hard drive for awhile and have my programs setup on it and don't want the hassle of starting over. I'm wondering if there's a way that I can just move the vista installation to my new hard drive. All help is appreciated. Thankyou. -jeff |
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| | Re: How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? "Jeff" <honda@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:5E85C7F3-EE68-4906-8B5D-135C605446FC@xxxxxx Quote: > I'm getting a new hard drive and have been running vista on my current > hard drive for awhile and have my programs setup on it and don't want the > hassle of starting over. I'm wondering if there's a way that I can just > move the vista installation to my new hard drive. All help is appreciated. > Thankyou. > > > -jeff believe it worked! Good luck, Rich |
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| | Re: How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? "Jeff" <honda@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:5E85C7F3-EE68-4906-8B5D-135C605446FC@xxxxxx Quote: > I'm getting a new hard drive and have been running vista on my current > hard drive for awhile and have my programs setup on it and don't want the > hassle of starting over. I'm wondering if there's a way that I can just > move the vista installation to my new hard drive. All help is appreciated. > Thankyou. It's very nice of Acronis to give a fully functional 15-day trial of Migrate Easy 7.0. A one day trial would have been fine! http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...s/migrateeasy/ ss. |
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| | Re: How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? Jeff, You might consider investing in Acronis True Image 11 Home. You can get a copy at Best Buy for $39.95. One way to do this is to: Connect your new drive, run Acronis 11 stand alone (Boot up disk). Copy all the files to your new from your old to new HD. Reinstall your new drive as boot up drive and away you go. -- BobF. "Jeff" <honda@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:5E85C7F3-EE68-4906-8B5D-135C605446FC@xxxxxx Quote: > I'm getting a new hard drive and have been running vista on my current > hard drive for awhile and have my programs setup on it and don't want the > hassle of starting over. I'm wondering if there's a way that I can just > move the vista installation to my new hard drive. All help is appreciated. > Thankyou. > > > -jeff |
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| Windows 7 RC | Re: How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? I'm getting a new hard drive and have been running vista on my current hard drive for awhile and have my programs setup on it and don't want the hassle of starting over. I'm wondering if there's a way that I can just move the vista installation to my new hard drive. All help is appreciated. Thankyou. -jeff The link below talks about cloning the hard drive for just such an event. Mentioned in this thread is a commercial program called Acronis True Image. You can download copy here: Acronis True Image - Vista Here's the discussion: Clone Vista onto new larger drive I hope this helps. |
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| | Re: How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? i found a web site with info on doing it with something included on the Vista DVD. It's more complicated than running the Acronis program but just to let everyone know there is something in Vista that allows you to duplicate an install. http://geekswithblogs.net/lorint/arc...07/100596.aspx -jeff "Jeff" <honda@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:5E85C7F3-EE68-4906-8B5D-135C605446FC@xxxxxx Quote: > I'm getting a new hard drive and have been running vista on my current > hard drive for awhile and have my programs setup on it and don't want the > hassle of starting over. I'm wondering if there's a way that I can just > move the vista installation to my new hard drive. All help is appreciated. > Thankyou. > > > -jeff |
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| | Re: How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? I've used Acronis for several years, now. It's a good product, which has gotten me out of serious difficulties when my hard drives have gone south. It's saved me tons of time in restoring everything. I know you'll be delighted with it. I am currently using Acronis 11. Ernie "Jeff" <honda@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C44BFA21-0AD6-4D98-9888-C80429D319DD@xxxxxx Quote: >i found a web site with info on doing it with something included on the >Vista DVD. It's more complicated than running the Acronis program but just >to let everyone know there is something in Vista that allows you to >duplicate an install. >Howto: Duplicate any Windows installation to a new hard disk using only a Vista DVD (!) > > > > -jeff > "Jeff" <honda@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:5E85C7F3-EE68-4906-8B5D-135C605446FC@xxxxxx Quote: >> I'm getting a new hard drive and have been running vista on my current >> hard drive for awhile and have my programs setup on it and don't want the >> hassle of starting over. I'm wondering if there's a way that I can just >> move the vista installation to my new hard drive. All help is >> appreciated. Thankyou. >> >> >> -jeff |
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| | Re: How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? Hi, I have a question. Is Acronis True Image 11 Home works with Vista Home Premium x64 ? Thank you in advance Best regards S.Jastrzębski -- Trutta ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trutta's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?u=51935 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=932406 http://forums.techarena.in |
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| | Re: How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? Yes. It is an excellent choice for Vista Home Premium x64. That is what my wife uses on her HP laptop running VHP x64. Have no fear. "Trutta" <Trutta.3bgjbc@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Trutta.3bgjbc@xxxxxx Quote: > > Hi, > > I have a question. Is Acronis True Image 11 Home works with Vista Home > Premium x64 ? > > Thank you in advance > Best regards > > S.Jastrzębski > > > -- > Trutta > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Trutta's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?u=51935 > View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=932406 > > http://forums.techarena.in > |
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| | Re: How to transfer installed Vista from one hard drive to another? thanks a lot :-) -- Trutta ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trutta's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?u=51935 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=932406 http://forums.techarena.in |
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