Hard drive question

[busta1121]

hello,


I resentlly bought a new sata drive im installing in my pc. right now i am using a 30gig ide drive and was upgrading to the new sata. I am currently running windows vista ultimate 32. My question is that i do not have the vista cd or can not obtain one with out buying it. I was wondering if there is a way to get it from my old drive and install it to the new sata?

 

[chookman]

one must question how you are running Vista in the first place

 

[busta1121]

it was installed on my pc when i bought it from somebody

 

[serpent1202]

You can create an image of the drive and transfer for it to the new drive. Some people refer it as ghosting. I have never done it so I can't tell you specifics but google some of what I said and you'll figure it out.

 

[mford66215]

Then it should have a vista key code on the outside, and all you need is a vista CD to do a re-install.

There are plenty of drive imaging software packages out there (acronis is one) that will move the data from one drive to the next.

 

[Cranky1970]

+1 on ghosting that drive. Try Norton Ghost or some other imaging program and you should be good to go.

 

[Outlander_04]

head over to acronis.com and download their free 15 day trial version of Acronis Migrate Easy 7.0

Its the full version but it flames out in 15 days

 

[4745454b]

You should also be able to go to whoever made your new drives website and download software/utility that will do the same thing.

 

[busta1121]

there is no cd key on the side of the pc. It was a custom build. Also i am not what im suppose to do when i use norton ghost. Do i install the sata drive to my pc with the orginal ide drive still installed>?

 

[huron]

+1 to Acronis - it's easy and great.

 

[roadrunner197069]

+1 to Acronis.

You bought a Pirated OS if you dont have a key.

Contact the seller and tell him you will call Microsoft and turn him in if he dont give you a DvD with a product key.

All legal PCs will come with a product key no matter what, custom or retail.

 

[Winly]

+1 to roadrunner. you need to have your cd key, if not then its illegal. anyway like many people said use Acronis and you will be set to go.

 

[rodney_ws]

Pirated OS. Expect trouble.

I totally agree with the suggestion to report the seller... he should either make it right or be prepared to deal with Microsoft.

 

[busta1121]

which product do i use from acronis. there is a bunch of them

 

[Winly]

True Image, and clone de Hard Drive

 

[busta1121]

ok i tryed installing acronis tru image 2009 and it will not insatll . it keeps stoping during install. Is there another program i can use that does the same thing. Ive tryed 15 times to install it and it just wont

 

[Winly]

use the older version of Acronis. or use Norton Ghost