*sigh* I knew thats what it would amount to. Should have waited to install, I
guess. Thanks for the help!

~~ Nate



"freddy" wrote:
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> Nate,
>
> You have to do a fresh install. You'll never be able to boot your new
> system using your previous hard drive contents. Toooooo much new hardware,
> and Vista will be looking for the OLD hardware, but won't be able to find it.
>
> Start fresh and call Microsoft for a new activation key. Microsoft is
> usually very accommodating in these matters, so long as you have a legitimate
> copy of Vista and it doesn't remain installed on the old system.
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "Nate" wrote:
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> > All,
> >
> > I just installed Vista Ultimate about two weeks ago. I am debating on
> > purchasing/installing a new CPU, RAM, Motherboard, and primary Harddrive. My
> > question is: Is is going to be possible to clone my primary drive onto my new
> > primary drive, install the new Mobo, CPU, RAM without major issues? Keep in
> > mind I do have BitLocker enabled on my primary drive. Just curious to see if
> > anyone has had success doing this yet with Vista Ultimate and BitLocker, or
> > would it be better to start from scratch (fresh install). My concern comes
> > from it being a new operating system from Microsoft, and re-activating the OS
> > within a short ammount of time (about two to three weeks when I finally get
> > all the parts together). I don't want to activate the piracy flag ;-)[/color][/color]