Clone Vista onto new larger drive

OK,

Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...

In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton Ghost,
a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive on a
larger drive, swap them over, job done.

Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?

Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.

I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.

What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?

Jim.

wrote:

> OK,
>
> Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
> changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...
>
> In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton Ghost,
> a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive on a
> larger drive, swap them over, job done.
>
> Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?
>
> Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.
>
> I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
> activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.
>
> What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?

You can still use Ghost (probably not your old copy, however) or Acronis
True Image (my preference) with Vista. I don't know why you think you
can't. It works fine. The tricksy bit will be to go from IDE to SATA. I
know it can be done, but someone else will need to tell you how.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Acronis true Image 11x the latest version always... ROCKS!

I hate anything to do with norton.. even the new norton 14 thats coming out
looks crappy (screenshots)
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreens...hot-29350.html







<> wrote in message
news:f7a90ca9-17a1-47f9-92fe-...
> OK,
>
> Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
> changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...
>
> In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton Ghost,
> a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive on a
> larger drive, swap them over, job done.
>
> Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?
>
> Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.
>
> I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
> activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.
>
> What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?
>
> Jim.

If this were XP, you would need to do a repair installation of XP after the
cloning in order to install SATA drivers, since XP has not native support
for SATA. And, to do that repair you would need a retail XP CD, the same
one that installed originally, or a new CD with associated unused license.

Try a few newsgroup/google searches to see whether Vista is any smarter, or
how to procede

<> wrote in message
news:f7a90ca9-17a1-47f9-92fe-...
> OK,
>
> Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
> changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...
>
> In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton Ghost,
> a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive on a
> larger drive, swap them over, job done.
>
> Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?
>
> Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.
>
> I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
> activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.
>
> What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?
>
> Jim.

"Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%...
> If this were XP, you would need to do a repair installation of XP after
> the cloning in order to install SATA drivers, since XP has not native
> support for SATA. And, to do that repair you would need a retail XP CD,
> the same one that installed originally, or a new CD with associated unused
> license.
>
> Try a few newsgroup/google searches to see whether Vista is any smarter,
> or how to procede
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:f7a90ca9-17a1-47f9-92fe-...
>> OK,
>>
>> Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
>> changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...
>>
>> In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton Ghost,
>> a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive on a
>> larger drive, swap them over, job done.
>>
>> Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?
>>
>> Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.
>>
>> I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
>> activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.
>>
>> What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?
>>
>> Jim.
>
>

Bob hi,

Could you elaborate on that. I am just curious. I installed XP on a few
machines in the past with MB that does not even have IEDE support. They had
only SATA slots. The MB was definitely designed for XP but at the time I
purchased it from DELL I wanted Win2K badly (it was a bad idea which I later
came to regret). So, they installed Win2K on 3 machines which I later had to
abandon. I installed XP on same SATA drives then Vista.

"Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%...
> If this were XP, you would need to do a repair installation of XP after
> the cloning in order to install SATA drivers, since XP has not native
> support for SATA. And, to do that repair you would need a retail XP CD,
> the same one that installed originally, or a new CD with associated unused
> license.
>
> Try a few newsgroup/google searches to see whether Vista is any smarter,
> or how to procede
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:f7a90ca9-17a1-47f9-92fe-...
>> OK,
>>
>> Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
>> changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...
>>
>> In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton Ghost,
>> a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive on a
>> larger drive, swap them over, job done.
>>
>> Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?
>>
>> Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.
>>
>> I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
>> activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.
>>
>> What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?
>>
>> Jim.
>
>

"AlexB" <> wrote in message
news:OS$...
> Bob hi,
>
> Could you elaborate on that. I am just curious. I installed XP on a few
> machines in the past with MB that does not even have IEDE support. They
> had only SATA slots. The MB was definitely designed for XP but at the time
> I purchased it from DELL I wanted Win2K badly (it was a bad idea which I
> later came to regret). So, they installed Win2K on 3 machines which I
> later had to abandon. I installed XP on same SATA drives then Vista.
>
> "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> If this were XP, you would need to do a repair installation of XP after
>> the cloning in order to install SATA drivers, since XP has not native
>> support for SATA. And, to do that repair you would need a retail XP CD,
>> the same one that installed originally, or a new CD with associated
>> unused license.
>>
>> Try a few newsgroup/google searches to see whether Vista is any smarter,
>> or how to procede
>>
>> <> wrote in message
>> news:f7a90ca9-17a1-47f9-92fe-...
>>> OK,
>>>
>>> Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
>>> changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...
>>>
>>> In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton Ghost,
>>> a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive on a
>>> larger drive, swap them over, job done.
>>>
>>> Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?
>>>
>>> Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.
>>>
>>> I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
>>> activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.
>>>
>>> What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?
>>>
>>> Jim.
>>
>>
>


The Dell Installation disk have SATA drivers...that's why.
My Dell XP SP2 installs just fine on SATA.

Try "bottom posting"......it 's the RAGE

Thanks a lot for the tip yesterday. I installed the driver for nVidia 7600
with no problem. It allowed me to finish off the last piece of work that
tied me to XP so far. Settled my last accounts with the old OS.

I should also give my thanks to DanS. You both have good awareness.

What is wrong with top posting? I am personally quite irritated when I have
to go down the long window and see what is down there. I would prefer
everyone would do it. Let's set a new rule: everyone top post from today.

I am kind of serious believe it or not.

"forty-nine" <> wrote in message news:fp5b2k$fts$...
> "AlexB" <> wrote in message
> news:OS$...
>> Bob hi,
>>
>> Could you elaborate on that. I am just curious. I installed XP on a few
>> machines in the past with MB that does not even have IEDE support. They
>> had only SATA slots. The MB was definitely designed for XP but at the
>> time I purchased it from DELL I wanted Win2K badly (it was a bad idea
>> which I later came to regret). So, they installed Win2K on 3 machines
>> which I later had to abandon. I installed XP on same SATA drives then
>> Vista.
>>
>> "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> If this were XP, you would need to do a repair installation of XP after
>>> the cloning in order to install SATA drivers, since XP has not native
>>> support for SATA. And, to do that repair you would need a retail XP CD,
>>> the same one that installed originally, or a new CD with associated
>>> unused license.
>>>
>>> Try a few newsgroup/google searches to see whether Vista is any smarter,
>>> or how to procede
>>>
>>> <> wrote in message
>>> news:f7a90ca9-17a1-47f9-92fe-...
>>>> OK,
>>>>
>>>> Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
>>>> changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...
>>>>
>>>> In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton Ghost,
>>>> a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive on a
>>>> larger drive, swap them over, job done.
>>>>
>>>> Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?
>>>>
>>>> Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.
>>>>
>>>> I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
>>>> activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.
>>>>
>>>> What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?
>>>>
>>>> Jim.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> The Dell Installation disk have SATA drivers...that's why.
> My Dell XP SP2 installs just fine on SATA.
>
> Try "bottom posting"......it 's the RAGE

"AlexB" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thanks a lot for the tip yesterday. I installed the driver for nVidia 7600
> with no problem. It allowed me to finish off the last piece of work that
> tied me to XP so far. Settled my last accounts with the old OS.
>
> I should also give my thanks to DanS. You both have good awareness.
>
> What is wrong with top posting? I am personally quite irritated when I
> have to go down the long window and see what is down there. I would prefer
> everyone would do it. Let's set a new rule: everyone top post from today.
>
> I am kind of serious believe it or not.
>
> "forty-nine" <> wrote in message
> news:fp5b2k$fts$...
>> "AlexB" <> wrote in message
>> news:OS$...
>>> Bob hi,
>>>
>>> Could you elaborate on that. I am just curious. I installed XP on a few
>>> machines in the past with MB that does not even have IEDE support. They
>>> had only SATA slots. The MB was definitely designed for XP but at the
>>> time I purchased it from DELL I wanted Win2K badly (it was a bad idea
>>> which I later came to regret). So, they installed Win2K on 3 machines
>>> which I later had to abandon. I installed XP on same SATA drives then
>>> Vista.
>>>
>>> "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> If this were XP, you would need to do a repair installation of XP after
>>>> the cloning in order to install SATA drivers, since XP has not native
>>>> support for SATA. And, to do that repair you would need a retail XP
>>>> CD, the same one that installed originally, or a new CD with associated
>>>> unused license.
>>>>
>>>> Try a few newsgroup/google searches to see whether Vista is any
>>>> smarter, or how to procede
>>>>
>>>> <> wrote in message
>>>> news:f7a90ca9-17a1-47f9-92fe-...
>>>>> OK,
>>>>>
>>>>> Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
>>>>> changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...
>>>>>
>>>>> In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton Ghost,
>>>>> a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive on a
>>>>> larger drive, swap them over, job done.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
>>>>> activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.
>>>>>
>>>>> What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> The Dell Installation disk have SATA drivers...that's why.
>> My Dell XP SP2 installs just fine on SATA.
>>
>> Try "bottom posting"......it 's the RAGE
>


Does this.

Top posting.

No sense.

It really makes.

When you bottom post , its like reading a book from the beginning.

When you top post, its good for reading one liners...but you lose the "jist"
of the conversation.

NoStop top post....DON'T BE A COMMIE !

hehe, OK. :-)

Cheers.

forty-nine wrote:

> "AlexB" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Thanks a lot for the tip yesterday. I installed the driver for nVidia
>> 7600 with no problem. It allowed me to finish off the last piece of work
>> that tied me to XP so far. Settled my last accounts with the old OS.
>>
>> I should also give my thanks to DanS. You both have good awareness.
>>
>> What is wrong with top posting? I am personally quite irritated when I
>> have to go down the long window and see what is down there. I would
>> prefer everyone would do it. Let's set a new rule: everyone top post from
>> today.
>>
>> I am kind of serious believe it or not.
>>
>> "forty-nine" <> wrote in message
>> news:fp5b2k$fts$...
>>> "AlexB" <> wrote in message
>>> news:OS$...
>>>> Bob hi,
>>>>
>>>> Could you elaborate on that. I am just curious. I installed XP on a few
>>>> machines in the past with MB that does not even have IEDE support. They
>>>> had only SATA slots. The MB was definitely designed for XP but at the
>>>> time I purchased it from DELL I wanted Win2K badly (it was a bad idea
>>>> which I later came to regret). So, they installed Win2K on 3 machines
>>>> which I later had to abandon. I installed XP on same SATA drives then
>>>> Vista.
>>>>
>>>> "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>> If this were XP, you would need to do a repair installation of XP
>>>>> after the cloning in order to install SATA drivers, since XP has not
>>>>> native
>>>>> support for SATA. And, to do that repair you would need a retail XP
>>>>> CD, the same one that installed originally, or a new CD with
>>>>> associated unused license.
>>>>>
>>>>> Try a few newsgroup/google searches to see whether Vista is any
>>>>> smarter, or how to procede
>>>>>
>>>>> <> wrote in message
>>>>>
news:f7a90ca9-17a1-47f9-92fe-...
>>>>>> OK,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hard drive is full, I've bought a larger new replacement drive,
>>>>>> changing from EIDE to SATA into the bargain...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the old days I would have just reached for my copy of Norton
>>>>>> Ghost, a short while later I had an exact copy of my original drive
>>>>>> on a larger drive, swap them over, job done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now...Vista...where do we start with that ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone any recomendations on any cloning software to use with Vista.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am aware that I may need to speak to Microsoft to get it re-
>>>>>> activated afterwards, but hey that's no great shakes is it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I'm after is a cloning program for Vista, ideally a free one..?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Dell Installation disk have SATA drivers...that's why.
>>> My Dell XP SP2 installs just fine on SATA.
>>>
>>> Try "bottom posting"......it 's the RAGE
>>
>
>
> Does this.
>
> Top posting.
>
> No sense.
>
> It really makes.
>
> When you bottom post , its like reading a book from the beginning.
>
> When you top post, its good for reading one liners...but you lose the
> "jist" of the conversation.
>
> NoStop top post....DON'T BE A COMMIE !

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