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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate
If I'm understanding you right, you pulled the original hard drive out and replaced it with another? If that's the case then that would explain why your restore disc didn't work. The way an OEM system restore disc works is by pulling data from a small (usually hidden) partition on the original drive; it does not save the OS to the restore disc and reinstall it. Don't know why Acer wouldn't throw in a restore disc, but if you're doing a complete replacement (as opposed to just adding a 2nd hard drive) then a complete reinstall will be the only way.
Also, FYI when the upgrade is to Vista or Win7, a fesh install is generally the best route; I've seen strange things happen with the upgrade option, resulting in a fresh reinstall which is what the client should have done in the first place.
HOWEVER, if you simply want what you have now only on a bigger hard drive (i.e. system migration) then I would look into something like Shadow Copy which basically clones your hard drive. HTH.
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Thanks, devilsadvocate. I'll look at getting a copy. Right now I feel about Acer about like Red feels about FDR....
Does Shadow copy clone across a USB 2.0 external hard drive? There room for only one HD in this machine.