Swapping External HD

I'm changing my external HD to a larger capacity one, is it possible to put what's currently on my (smaller ext HD) onto my larger capacity HD, also I presume I'll have to create a partition on the new ext.HD for the TM backups or do I have to create the partitions first?
Or can I remove the TM partition that's currently on my (smaller) ext.HD and connect it to a Windows PC to access the files that's on it.
Thanks

You can continue your TM backups by creating a new TM partition on your new drive, then cloning the TM backups from the old drive to the new one using the Restore option of Disk Utility. Of course you must partition and format the new drive first.
Assuming you can connect the two drives to your computer the first thing to do is prepare the new drive as follows:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to two. Size the partitions to your preference. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
A TM volume should be at least twice the size of the drives it backs up, so be sure to make your TM partition large enough.
Now clone the old TM volume to the new one:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the new external TM backup partition.
Source means the old TM partition.

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Assign resources to all ISA - hang

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Hi , i realy need to know is what that D-led statment: assing resources to ISA means . Why? Becouse this problem realy @!?#ed me Please Help me. my Pc is running normaly before and now D-led show assing resources to ISA ... LOL i hawen´t ISA ! .The same trouble as dwayne_stone .I run pc with only memory graf card and CPU. Thanx
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See relative identifier which points to itself. grrrrr.
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You confirm?
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