I will do this of course if it works - taking one of these Acer's apart to change the HDD is very hard so i don't want to do this more than twice. One thread suggested using the windows 7 own back up n restore using the system back up facility in System. The MS guys said I should take the laptop to a 'shop' and get them to do it.
#Norton ghost upgrade hard drive install#
I understand that MS has installed better controls in win 7 to protect from piracy BUT how do I upgrade my hdd space?Ī clean install is not sensible as i will have to re load all of the other non MS software afterwards and restore all my data.
I have cloned hdd in my old Dell to get more space many times using Ghost. Backing up and restoring your entire computer including operating system, applications, and your data files. So here I am asking you experts what is the truth. Advanced backup and recovery for your PC. As you know, Microsoft Windows operating systems are well-known and chosen by the vast majority of computer users. The latter suggested I buy another copy of Win 7 to load to the new hdd. Norton Ghost for Dos: Apart from the famous hard disk partition backup and restore feature, Ghost can also achieve the formatting of disk to get partitions in a variety of formats: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, OS2, etc.
The second person told me that I had to delete /de instal the OS on the old drive before I could instal it on the new drive AND that clone software will not work. The first person I spoke to today asked me for my reg key and product key, then told me that these combinations are not valid win 7 keys. Rom this forum I noticed a post that suggested I clone the drive with Marcium Reflect too which I have now done BUT I also thought of checking with Microsoft support. Offsite backup copies recovery points to a FTP site for easier offsite backup management.
#Norton ghost upgrade hard drive full#
Restore from system failures with full recovery, even when your operating system wont start.
The new drive 'boots' BUT displays a 'blue' screen with small text bottom right suggesting that the installed OS is invalid (error code 7500 I think) Norton Ghost 15.0 provides professional grade backup and recovery quickly restore after system failures and recover lost or damaged files. I have attempted to 'clone the 160gb to the 500gb drives via USB/Norton Ghost 15 I have decided to increase the size of the HDD from the original 160gb to 500gb to accomodate iTunes files. It came with XP and I have upgraded it to Windows 7. I have a fairly new ACER Aspire One 0531h.