topic Fresh Install in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/fresh-install/m-p/154623#M55166 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi there. Please could someone tell me if i changed my hard drive in my FE31Z to a higher capacity, would my backup disks i purchased from sony still work and allow me to install onto this new hard drive. Will it detect that there is a different hard drive or is it not that sensitive?<BR /><BR />Cheers<BR /><BR />Aaron<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:30:28 GMT julius0202 2009-03-08T16:30:28Z Fresh Install https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/fresh-install/m-p/154623#M55166 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi there. Please could someone tell me if i changed my hard drive in my FE31Z to a higher capacity, would my backup disks i purchased from sony still work and allow me to install onto this new hard drive. Will it detect that there is a different hard drive or is it not that sensitive?<BR /><BR />Cheers<BR /><BR />Aaron<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:30:28 GMT https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/fresh-install/m-p/154623#M55166 julius0202 2009-03-08T16:30:28Z Re: Fresh Install https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/fresh-install/m-p/154624#M55167 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Aaron,<BR /><BR />your backup disc's should work fine, it may be worth creating a second set of recovery disc's as a spare..<BR /><BR />Alternatively you could purchase something like Acronis True Image and use this to create an image of your current drive, use the following link for more information on: <A href="http://www.acronis.eu/homecomputing/products/trueimage/" target="_blank">Acronis True Image</A> <BR /><BR />Depending on what you have created a backup image of, you could restore your Vaio Operating system, applications, user settings, and all your personal data..<BR /><BR />Make sure you check the dimensions of your new drive as some of the higher capacity 2.5 inch drives are larger then 9.5mm..<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:02:25 GMT https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/fresh-install/m-p/154624#M55167 Thalamus. 2009-03-08T17:02:25Z