Solved Newbie advise needed

[landi90]

Hello all i have a packhard bell extreme with 320gb hard drive, that i have now filled so i have brought a 1.5tb hard drive to replace place it. i purchased this computer from pc world with vista just before win 7 came out and no i didnt like one bit so i brought a genuine win7 upgrade.
So here is my plan to put the 1.5tb into this computer But reading some posts and info on this site it would appear to not as easy as i had hoped.. I never got any disks when i brought the computer vista was preinstalled. so can someone please advise what i need to do
thanks

 

[theog]

   Information

We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC.
& made the Startup Repair CD.
startup repair disc-create
​

Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?


Manual how to use Acer eRecovery Management here:
ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/empowering_technology/NB%20ET2%20user's%20guide/Acer%20eRecovery%20Management%20English.pdf

 

[landi90]

thanks for your reply theog. so far i have done nothing wanted to find what i was up against before i started. Could you please explain OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?

 

[theog]

The Acer OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks, will restore the PC back new.


Video:
Acer Support - Answers, E-Mail, Chat - How do I restore my computer using the eRecovery Management program?

 

[bigmck]

I think maybe Theog and myself are getting two different things from your original post. Do you want to install Windows 7 to your PC? If that is what you want, read this tutorial. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31402-clean-install-upgrade-windows-7-version.html This will tell you how to get Win 7 on your PC. You will need to back up your files because all of the files on your C: partition will be erased.

 

[AddRAM]

Your files will not be erased, as they are on the drive you will be pulling. But at the same time you will not be able to access them.

 

[DocBrown]

I think this might be best done with a Macrium image & then restore to the new HD

:ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73828-imaging-free-macrium.html

 

[whs]

Guys, you are confusing the OP. You better agree who has the lead.

And read his post:

He has a brand new HDD
and he wants to get rid of Vista
for that he has purchase a retail Win7 installation disc

 

[gregrocker]

Everything you need is here to Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 to your new hard drive.

Be sure to unplug the old HD beforehand, then after install you can plug it back in to copy over your files as described in the tutorial.

If you stick with the tools and methods in the install you will get and keep a perfect install.

 

[landi90]

Guys, you are confusing the OP. You better agree who has the lead.

And read his post:

He has a brand new HDD
and he wants to get rid of Vista
for that he has purchase a retail Win7 installation disc

Many Many Thanks everyone but still confused and believe me sometimes its not hard lol :banghead:.
But this is probadly down to me not explaining myself very well,

Yes a brand new hard drive
Yes win 7 disk but it is an win 7 upgrade disk from from vista
And YES i want rid of Vista

But the Vista os came with computer that i brought from Pc World and sadly came with NO disks

So fingers crossed i can have a clean install at the end of it with win 7. Any help, pointers, advise, please

 

[landi90]

Is the meaning installation disk the same as the upgrade win7 from vista

 

[landi90]

Hi again i have just been reading "gregrocker" last posting and followed the link in there There is talk of the Students version which mine is. I dont know if this makes any difference

 

[theog]

How to clean install the a upgrade:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31402-clean-install-upgrade-windows-7-version.html

 

[bigmck]

Is the meaning installation disk the same as the upgrade win7 from vista

Yes it is. The tutorial in message 13 from Theog will tell you what you need since you have the Upgrade Win 7.

 

[whs]

To go 100% safe, make an image of your Vista first. The instructions in the link work the sam for Vista as for /7. And once you have /7 installed, I also recommend to make periodic images. Else follow the advice of Greg.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73828-imaging-free-macrium.html?ltr=I

And download and burn the Macrium recovery CD from my Skydrive. It will save you a lot of time.

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=475a...cid=475A0A48CA6D4035&id=475A0A48CA6D4035!1812

Use this program to burn the downloaded .iso to CD.

http://filehippo.com/download_imgburn/

 

[landi90]

win 7 now on computer

Many thanks to everyone for your help and advice
sadly a new probelm no sound but thats a differant section

 

[theog]

Try downloading the sound drivers from Packhard Bell web site.

You are welcome.