Microsoft keeps certain information in the registry. If you're able to copy the information over to another drive, microsoft might not let you run the operating system because it's on a different hard drive. Everyone should make sure they have the license key before they do anythiing. There is a freeware program called Keyfinder - see http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ In addition to a flat copy of your drive, if you get a larger drive and manage to do a copy, you may lose all the extra size of the new drive, because the operating system you just copied from doesn't "know" about the rest of the drive. However, you can partition the drive first, into two parts, one the size of the old drive (make sure you make it the "C:" drive) and one the size of the rest of the new Hard Drive. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

This backup stuff is greek to me, but you guys are making it so much easier.  Thanks   Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away"     ________________________________ From: "Morton1000@aol.com" <Morton1000@aol.com> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:54:54 AM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions Microsoft keeps certain information in the registry. If you're able to copy the information over to another drive, microsoft might not let you run the operating system because it's on a different hard drive. Everyone should make sure they have the license key before they do anythiing. There is a freeware program called Keyfinder - see http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ In addition to a flat copy of your drive, if you get a larger drive and manage to do a copy, you may lose all the extra size of the new drive, because the operating system you just copied from doesn't "know" about the rest of the drive. However, you can partition the drive first, into two parts, one the size of the old drive (make sure you make it the "C:" drive) and one the size of the rest of the new Hard Drive. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message