Steps to replace Hard drive in T61

Hi,
I need help !!!
I have been using T61 (Windows Vista Ultimate 2GB Ram without Ultra Bay) for the last 1 year. My original hard drive had 80 GB and I decided to upgrade with a Hitachi Travelstar 250GB hard drive. This was a bare drive. I bought the Norton Ghost 14. I loaded the hard drive in a 2.5" enclosure. Norton Ghost says the new drive should be setup as slave before proceeding to copy/image the old hard drive to the new hard drive. I am not sure how to set this up. Can somebody pls let me know how to do this. Is there any other way to upgrade with the stuff I already have.
Any help is appreciated.
Regards
Previsun

I think you did it the other way around. The steps that should be:
1. Install drive image/ghost software.
2. Create boot disk CD using that software with imaging utility on it
3. then...Take out your old HDD, put in new HDD, make old HDD as external Drive.
4. Boot using just created boot disk CD
5. Image your old external HDD on to your new internal HDD using the utility on the boot disk CD
If your software cannot create boot disk with imaging utility on it...
I suggest, try Acronis.. Free full trial ware.
Nothing personal on the preference... simply good software and free... for the purpose at least.
I googled copywipe.
I think you are mistaken the term "image" and "copy".
In our case "image" is also called "ghost". wiki on it ... for more info.
"Image" transfer or "ghost".. is different from "copy". Image/Ghost includes all system state..copy is ..copy
You should have used "image for windows"... not "copywipe" from the same developer's site
I hope i explained it right...
Better explanation or correction from others are very much welcomed.
Good luck!
Message Edited by Mo-T on 12-11-2008 09:42 PM
ThinkPad T61 Windows Vista Business 32 SP1
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 @ 2.00Ghz 2.00Ghz
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