out my hard drive & install a new 1, that I do everything first?

What will happen to my acer aspire 5100 when I remove my HDD and put a bigger drive hard memory in? Is there anything else I should do first? All of my games, photos, documents and music will still be on my computer? I have windows vista Home premium

Hello

Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

It appears from the description of the problem, that you replace the hard drive.

Because you are replacing your hard drive, you will need to install Windows Vista on your computer and transfer all the data and reinstall applications.

See the link.

Installation and reinstallation of Windows Vista

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows-Vista/installing-and-reinstalling-Windows-Vista

Hope it will be useful. If you still have questions, please reply and we will be happy to help you.

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