Upgrade Hard Disk in Vista

runningonair931272 Wrote:

> > > > 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.> > I found this method worked well. Also my system was dual booting with

> XP and the XP installation still worked after the disk copy.

I was wanting to upgrade my hard drive on my Dell E1505 with Vista

Ultimate and Complete PC Backup. I bought my E1505 used and do not have

a Vista DVD. I do have a Dell Win7 Pro Reinstallation DVD. Can I use

this to boot and access the System Recovery Options?

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satwilson