moving vista

scooby555t · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:14

right is there anyway i can move vista from my 180gb hd to my 250gb hd and since am gettin rid of my xp install as everything works with vista now???

Cob · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:21

Ghost or Acronis True Image would probably be your best bet.

scooby555t · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:23

will vista be ok if i clone the hdd, i mean will there be any probs etc with any software / or acvating online again

swinnie · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:29

There shouldn't be as you are keeping it on the same computer, you are just creating an 'image' of the hard drive, and moving it onto a different hard drive inside the computer.

Just remove Vista from the old drive when finished otherwise you have to copies.

Cloning the hard drive saves re-installing Vista and having to re-activate.

There are a few free programs as well, but I believe Acronis has a trial period.

scooby555t · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:37

cool tryin get get xp off the hd am wantin to put vista onto and grr its being a pain in the ass i cant format the drive any1 got any ideas

modo77 · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:43

goto disk management and delete the volume, then create a new one and format

scooby555t · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:49

tryed that it wont do it its not high lighed it says system active partaion any ideas

modo77 · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:52

Make the current vista drive active. You might have to repair the boot menu off the dvd when you reboot.

swinnie · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:52

BootDisk?

Did you try doing this in XP or Vista?

scooby555t · 29 Sep 2007 at 22:53

am trying to format the xp drive in vista and i cant find my vista dvd its dispared

swinnie · 29 Sep 2007 at 23:00

A BootDisk isn't your Vista DVD.

I really don't know how to explain this but I will give it a go.

Load up My Computer in Vista, make sure you know the drive letter of the drive you want to format.

Load up Command Prompt and format through there.

modo77 · 29 Sep 2007 at 23:00

Not going to be the best idea trying to move your os without the dvd, chances are you'll need to repair the boot.

scooby555t · 29 Sep 2007 at 23:00

yeah i know what a bootdisk is lol shame the drive don't work lol and i'll give the dos format a try

ok just tryed that and it said system partion is not allowed to be formated

swinnie · 29 Sep 2007 at 23:07

I am not sure what to do next.

I would try a Floppy Boot Disk but that does all depend on the pc having a floppy drive!

I am not sure if BartPE has DOS Built in.

Out of ideas now. Sorry!

scooby555t · 29 Sep 2007 at 23:11

cheers for the help guys my system don't have a floppy drive so i'll wait till i find my vista dvd and try formattin it via that way or get some sorta disk ulitly for it