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    T61 Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by hawaiianlungs, Nov 4, 2010.

  1. hawaiianlungs

    hawaiianlungs Newbie

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    I want to replace my hard drive. I will buy a Hitachi320 GB SATA Drive.

    It will be blank.

    Do I have to do something special with this? First format to0 NTFS?

    I have a clone of my XP that is now working on a smaller drive.Is there a big difference between a 5400 rpm and a 7200 rpm?

    After it is working I want to upgrade to Windows 7 64 bit.

    I assume I can buy only the upgrade. Right?

    There is a Microsoft migration utility of XP>>>7. Anything better or should I use this?

    So the steps are first to put a larger hard drive then upgrade to WSindows 7 64 bit.

    Anything I should be careful of?
     
    hawaiianlungs, Nov 4, 2010
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  2. LegendaryKA8

    LegendaryKA8 Nutty ThinkPad Guy

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    I think what the OP is talking about is Windows Easy Transfer. It will transfer OS settings, browser histories/settings, and all of your documents/etc, but it won't transfer any actual programs from your XP install to your Win7. It makes system migration a much easier process.
     
    LegendaryKA8, Nov 5, 2010
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