Moving to larger drive using R&R.

I want to upgrade my hard disk to a larger capacity, but Lenovo did not ship an OS disk so how can I move my OS (Vista Business) to the new drive?
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Message Edited by Agotthelf on 30-03-2009 09:39 AM

Hello,
First I would suggest to create porduct recovery discs:
You will need blank CD or DVD discs
depending on what your optical drive is capable of burning. If your
system does not have an internal burner, you will have to use an
external burner. You will need about 1CD + 3 DVD's for recovery sets in DVD
format and about 10 CD's for recovery sets in CD format. You can only
make one set of recovery discs and you can use them as many time as you
wish. These discs will restore your system to factory state.
1. Click Start, select All Programs, select ThinkVantage, then click Create Rescue and Recovery Media.
2. Select Create a set of Product Recovery discs now.
3. Verify the correct recordable drive is selected and click OK.
4. To verify the recovery discs were created successfully, repeat step
one. You should not be able to make another set of recovery discs.
Second method in R&R is to create a complete system recovery, you´ll find this option in the same way, as suggested above,
This will restore you system with all your data and application.
Third way is cloning the drive with Acronis True Image, from internal hdd to usb hdd, then insert your new disc and clone back from usb to internal. You´ll find many hints at the forums search: cloning hdd
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can I back up my hard drive onto Time Machine then replace with a larger drive then just use time machine to restore without reinstalling all the software?? I currently have a 5400RPM 320 GB hard drive and I want to replace with a 750 GB 7200RPM drive.

Yes you can, but I'd advise you use cloning software and another powered external drive instead, leave the TM drive as extra backup.
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So you get a lot more protection that you can get online and working in a few seconds with a clone.
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