Vista - Is there a Microsoft 'recommended' approach to swap BOOT disk on VISTA?

Ok, Success!!!

I ended up using True Image 10 to CLONE in the Automatic mode.
Replaced the old drive with the new drive (on the drive-0 SATA
connector) and stored the old drive away.

The trick was this: AFTER I ran the Acronis True Image 10 software, I
still needed to boot from my Windows Vista (Anytime Upgrade) CD and
then tell it to REPAIR the installation. It immediately detected a
startup configuration problem and fixed it instantaneously. After
that, a reboot was all that was needed.

Acronis really should advise of this last step SOMEWHERE in the
process.

Anyway, it works perfect now.

On Jul 14, 2:21 pm, markharris2...@comcast.net wrote:
> Hi John, the original drive had a single Primary partition, and the
> new cloned drive should have the same config. I guess I need to
> reboot with the Windows Anytime Upgrade CD I have to see what to do
> next? See if it can repair/fix it?
>
> Stumped...
>
> On Jul 14, 7:56 am, "John Barnes" <jbar...@email.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > If you plugged it into the same SATA connector as your original drive, is it
> > in the same relative partition on the drive?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Oh yeah, I needed to RE-activate Vista, and had to speak with a human
to get the activation completed. They asked only twice how many
computers the license was running on, but I stayed firm in my
explanation and they finally gave in and generated the new code for
me...

Glad to hear your persistence paid off for you. Enjoy your new system.

<markharris2000@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1184474940.550120.15560@g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Oh yeah, I needed to RE-activate Vista, and had to speak with a human
> to get the activation completed. They asked only twice how many
> computers the license was running on, but I stayed firm in my
> explanation and they finally gave in and generated the new code for
> me...
>
>

By the way, I am still waiting 2 days later to hear from Acronis
technical support team with their explaination about the required
REPAIR step. I will post anything they tell me if/when I hear from
them...