Here is my situation, I have a 2-120 GB hard drives and the primary one is filling up. I have a 800 GB one I want to replace it with. My problem is that I don't want to reinstall Windows. I was reading this guide here, and was wondering if anyone had ever tried it.
This is what I was planing on doing.
Make a "System Image" and save it to my second 120 GB hard drive.
Then remove my 120 GB drive, replacing it with the 800 GB one.
Install Windows 7 on that drive.
Boot into recovery mode, and then restore my computer on to the 800 GB drive using the image on the 2nd 120 GB drive.
Would this work? I would like it to appear as if my install is the same, programs and settings, just on a bigger drive.
Thanks for any input.
Brennan
The link to the guide below:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/675-system-image-recovery.html
This is what I was planing on doing.
Make a "System Image" and save it to my second 120 GB hard drive.
Then remove my 120 GB drive, replacing it with the 800 GB one.
Install Windows 7 on that drive.
Boot into recovery mode, and then restore my computer on to the 800 GB drive using the image on the 2nd 120 GB drive.
Would this work? I would like it to appear as if my install is the same, programs and settings, just on a bigger drive.
Thanks for any input.
Brennan
The link to the guide below:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/675-system-image-recovery.html