New "C" Drive

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Carl

Hello, if i install a new drive, which is to be a replacement for a failing
drive, can I get away with just copying the contents off the old one onto
the new one, then installing that? I seem to remember something about MBR
etc. How will Vista react if I do this, will it require reactivation? Will I
have to reinstall all programs that are on the other hard drives? Is there
any cloning utility I can use, for example within Nero 8 as I have that?
 
Carl said:
Hello, if i install a new drive, which is to be a replacement for a
failing drive, can I get away with just copying the contents off the old
one onto the new one, then installing that? I seem to remember
something about MBR etc. How will Vista react if I do this, will it
require reactivation? Will I have to reinstall all programs that are on
the other hard drives? Is there any cloning utility I can use, for
example within Nero 8 as I have that?
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If you have either a Maxtor or Seagate hard drive, you can download an
ISO from their website that can be burned to a CD that will clone your
old drive to the new one. Now whether Vista will see that as "new
hardware" and require that you bend over for Microsoft's WPA program, I
couldn't say.

Alias
 
Frank said:
If you don't know then don't answer. We don't need misleading
statements about WPA from the likes of you, a known and admitted liar
and MS/Vista hater.
Correct answer, yes, just clone your existing C drive to your new
drive, remove the old drive and you should be good to go.
Acronis is an excellent app to clone a drive.
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You should not have to be concerned about that. Mac and Linux do not
have that aggravation. It took a while but the Unix based Mac Leopard
is superior to Vista at this point.
 
I did exactly that using a download of Acronis True Image.
Very easy to use and no issues once I'd swapped the drives.
 
measekite said:
You should not have to be concerned about that. Mac and Linux do not have
that aggravation. It took a while but the Unix based Mac Leopard is
superior to Vista at this point.
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hahaha, you been sucking some mac user dick to huh
 
Frank said:
Acronis is an excellent app to clone a drive.
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No it's not Frank. It's a company.

I bet you are one of those idiots that call Photoshop 'Adobe', as well.

ss.
 
Synapse said:
No it's not Frank. It's a company.

I bet you are one of those idiots that call Photoshop 'Adobe', as well.

ss.
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And thinks that the people in Mexico speak "Mexican" ;-)

Alias
 
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