Hard Drive Upgrade in Vista

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 I have an IBM T60p with original 90 gig HD.  I spent a weekend trying to upgrade to a larger capacity drive.  Downloaded several commercial programs.  None of them worked properly.  I finally found a way to use Vista to complete the task.  This procedure works, have a new 320 gig WD 7200 RPM drive working correctly in my computer.    Hard drive Upgrade in Windows Vista 
This procedure was used on an IBM ThinkPad T60p with 90 gig SATA HD.Machine was upgraded with a Western Digital 320 gig BEKT SATA drive (Scorpio Black).  
Before you start:You need to change the BIOS setting for Windows to recognize your new drive. 
Reboot and enter BIOS
Select “Config” => Serial ATA (SATA) => SATA Controller Mode Option: => COMPATIBILITY
Save and exit 
Review Boot priorities to enable the Boot from CD option
Have a copy of Windows Vista on CD; the version does not matter, you will use this only to boot from CD.  
See WD product description at following website
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?drivei​d=477  
You will need an external USB hard drive to back up your existing hard drive.
It needs to be large enough to back up your existing drive. 
Plug in the drive, Windows should recognize it.
Format the external hard drive so it is clean. 
Backup Existing Drive
Back up drive C to the external drive using Windows Vista.
Go to Control Panel => Backup and Restore Center
Select the “Back-up files or your entire computer” option
Select “Back up computer
”Windows displays “Where do you want to save the backup”
Select “On a hard disk”
Windows displays hard drives available,
Select the drive you just plugged in
Click “Next”
Review the screen “Confirm your backup settings”
Windows displays “Local Disk (C) (System)” in the bottom window.
Click “Start backup”. 
Backup will take 1-2 hours.  
When completed, you have a complete image of your drive created by Windows Vista on the external HD 
Install new Hard Drive
Shut down the machine.
Install the new hard drive per manufacturer instructions.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/documen​t.do?lndocid=MIGR-62826  
Boot the computer using the Vista CD.
Once files are loaded, Vista will open
Click “Next”
Click “Repair Your Computer”
Windows displays a window showing operating systems available, the window will be blank.
Click “Next”
Windows displays “Choose a Recovery Option”
Select “Windows Complete PC Restore”
Windows displays the saved image from your external drive
Click “Next”
Windows displays the restoration information
Click “Finish”
Remove the Windows CD
Restore will take 1-2 hours 
Set up the new drive
After restoration, the system will reboot and you should be at the Vista Log In screen. 
Log in normally and check to be sure your programs work.  
You now need to tell Vista you have a new drive, and resize the partition to the capacity of the new drive.  
Tell Windows to recognize the new drive
Start Menu, L click “Computer”
Drive C displays the stored image with the same capacity of the old drive.
R click on drive C => properties
Select the “Hardware” tab
Highlight drive C
Select the “Properties” tab, bottom right
Click on “Change settings”, bottom left
Click on the “Volumes” tab
Click the “Populate” tab 
Windows will now populate the table with the settings for the new drive. 
Save the settings and Reboot the computer. 
Windows will now recognize the new higher capacity drive. 
After reboot
Start Menu, R click “Computer”
Select “Manage”
In the L window, select “Storage” => “Disk Management”
Disk “0” is your new drive
Select Drive C
R click Drive C, select “Extend Volume”
The Extend Volume Wizard will open
Click “Next”
Click “Finish” 
The new drive capacity is now operational.
You will now have two partitions, one for Windows, one for programs and data.   

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