With BitLocker activated the only flag you'll be activating is the "This
data is STOLEN!" flag. I doubt any process you can use to clone or copy the
drive will result in its being able to be read in the "new" system, nor will
you be able to put it in the new system and read data off it. Back up data
you need now, then restore that data on the "new" system.

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"Nate" <Nate@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4075F02F-68AC-486C-B088-3FED3C3BCFF1@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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]