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by: OzExpat May 20, 2012 6:14 AM PDT

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New HDD & upgrade to Win 7

by OzExpat - 5/20/12 6:14 AM

Hi. My laptop's 105GB drive is getting full (3GB free). Also it's running Win Vista which I get frustrated with at times. I propose getting a larger HDD and at the same time upgrading to Win7. Question: What sequence should I do this. Upgrade original OS to Win7 then clone to new HDD or what ? All advice greatfully received. thanks.


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by Jimmy Greystone - 5/20/12 9:28 AM

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Often times this question is made rather simple by virtue of the fact that you don't have any physical media you can point the upgrade version of Windows 7 at to prove you qualify for the upgrade. All the restore software is stored on a HDD partition.

There are also often practical issues in cloning from one drive to another, so you'll want to be sure to read up on that before you get too far ahead of yourself.

Finally, you should know that Windows 7 is just a warmed over Vista. A revamped taskbar and a couple of other minor under the hood tweaks is all it really is. It's not some magical new operating system that cures everything that people thought was wrong with Vista, it's just that the requirements are virtually the same as Vista, and Windows 7 came along after the hardware had time to catch up to Vista's evolutionary leap. Just like in the early days, integrated video chipsets had a hard time coping with XP's Luna UI, and everyone complained about how slow and bloated it was. Don't go getting your hopes up too high for Win7.


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by Kees_B Moderator - 5/20/12 11:24 AM

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That's rather simple. You don't have enough diskspace to do it in the sequence you outline. So it's first clone, then upgrade. Nice to have the old hard disk as backup for the moment.

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Hmmm.

by bob b - 5/20/12 2:11 PM

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Perhaps a toss/archive/clean sequence might cure part of this problem.

If you do decide to go with W7 make sure of driver support before making the leap.

Clone first.
Tuck away the orig hd ..........it's your escape route if everything goes to heck.
Run the new hd for a couple of weeks........just to check for hidden gremlins.

If all ok it's your call on the OS upgrade.


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Creating an iso

by badenpowellstrawblount - 5/25/12 7:18 PM

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Try this link http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/428068-legal-windows-7-download-links-just-like-vista-before.html


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