Vista - Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista

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

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
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

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
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

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

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