I'm upgrading from my hard drive. I will be able to move my current installation of Windows on a drive hard new without having to buy a new copy of Windows?

move windows 7 on a new hard drive


I have an oem version of windows 7 Home premium and I was thinking about adding a velociraptor to speed up my system, I would be able to switch from windows to a new hard drive without buying a new copy of windows and if yes, how I would do. all this would be on the same computer that I do not know if what counts.

Norton Ghost version 15 - has a 30 day trial available
http://www.Symantec.com/Norton/Ghost
Media: CDR/RW, DVD + R/RW, Blu - Ray, USB and FireWire® devices (IEEE 1394), Iomega Zip® and Jaz® drives
(Trial does not allow you to create a Bootable CD of restoration you need)
http://www.Symantec.com/Norton/downloads/trialsoftware/register.jsp?PVID=ghost15
User Guide: ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/ghost/15/manuals/ngh_15_user_guide.pdf

Acronis True Image 2010 - has a 30 day trial version available.
(Create a restoration/Rescue Media CD before you begin, trial version allows you to create the rescue CD)
http://www.Acronis.com/homecomputing/products/TrueImage/
The version comparison: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/comparison.html
True Image Guide:
http://S4U.download.Acronis.com/SL/oxUkMY4NOY5bRODNqa6MTQIoaAskW9VhTuYtu9h2uOM/p/PDF/TrueImage2010_UserGuide.en.PDF

Acronis True Image Western Digital (WD) Edition (can support Windows 7)
http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?Swid=119&type=download&wdc_lang=en

Product review
http://www.PCWorld.com/reviews/product/384118/review/Norton_Ghost_15.html
Ghost 15 screenshots:
http://www.Softpedia.com/get/system/back-up-and-recovery/Symantec-Norton-Ghost.shtml

Acronis True Image Home 2010 product review:
http://www.whatsabyte.com/P1/ATI_2010_Review.html

Also copy disc to disc with Norton Ghost
http://Service1.Symantec.com/support/PowerQuest.nsf/docid/2004111701520562?OpenDocument&src=hot&prod=Norton+Ghost&ver=10.0&CSM=no&SEG=HHO

Untested free alternatives:
Reflect disk imaging:
http://www.Macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition:
http://www.Paragon-Software.com/home/DB-Express/download.html

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