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    New HD, Clone old HD or Clean Install New One?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by wickitom, Jan 4, 2009.

  1. wickitom

    wickitom Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am upgrading my HD from my T400 to a bigger one. I don't know if I should clone the old hard drive into the new one, and make the operating windows partition bigger, or just do a clean install on the new HD.

    I read through the discussions here, that one of the partitions that came with the laptop is necessary (the SERVICEV003 (S :) partition).

    Can any help? I am confused on that partition. I know that Lenovo (Q :) partition is just the backup of the operation system.
     
    wickitom, Jan 4, 2009
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Whatever you decide make sure that you have the recovery discs and a copy of the SWTools folder. I personally prefer a clean install. I don't use much of the ThinkVantage apps.
     
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