OS question

[trs]ALUMINUM · 04-23-2007, 09:42 PM

hey i have vista home premium. I'm going to get a faster Hardrive. Is there any way to install vista home premium on that hardrive along with all the files. or do i have to reinstall it from the beginning.

also is there any way i can deactivate windows so i can use the same keycode when and if i have to reinstall it.

Thanks

tlarkin · 04-23-2007, 09:47 PM

You can download a free open source application called Gparted, and it has a clone partition option (which I think just uses dd) to copy one partition to another. So, you would have to copy it over and then make sure that in your boot strap file (vista changed it) it was set to boot off the new volume.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

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04-23-2007, 09:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,239	You can download a free open source application called Gparted, and it has a clone partition option (which I think just uses dd) to copy one partition to another. So, you would have to copy it over and then make sure that in your boot strap file (vista changed it) it was set to boot off the new volume. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/