I am thinking about going to a solid state disk on my laptop. I probably won't do it until prices come down a bit, but meanwhile I am thinking about the process:

(a) In the past I have done HD upgrades by running a full backup, then changing the HD, installing the OS, then restoring files and system state from the backup. Of course, my current OS is Win2K. What licensing problems will I have in Vista?

(b) If instead I use Ghost or TrueImage, or a freeware imaging utility, isn't it a problem that the new HD is smaller than the old HD? Which software programs will handle that?

Many thanks for your help,

Hi Chuckles,

a) No licensing problems, you will simply need to reactivate the
installation.

b) I'm not sure that this is a problem. The only issue I would foresee is if
the amount of physical data stored leaves insufficient free space on the new
drive. Imaging solutions generally only store actual data bits.

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"Chuckles" <chuckles@vader.phys.northwestern.edu> wrote in message
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>
> I am thinking about going to a solid state disk on my laptop. I probably
> won't do it until prices come down a bit, but meanwhile I am thinking
> about the process:
>
> (a) In the past I have done HD upgrades by running a full backup, then
> changing the HD, installing the OS, then restoring files and system
> state from the backup. Of course, my current OS is Win2K. What licensing
> problems will I have in Vista?
>
> (b) If instead I use Ghost or TrueImage, or a freeware imaging utility,
> isn't it a problem that the new HD is smaller than the old HD? Which
> software programs will handle that?
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
>
> --
> Chuckles[/color]