Moving Windows Installation

[boo]

i want to move my Windows Vista home premium installation to a larger HDD. I have tried this in the past using partition software to try and clone the HDD but it didnt work.

if i were to run Ubuntu off a CD and then copy the whole HDD to the new destination, would i bee able to just change the boot priority from the BIOS and run it with no problems or are there extra steps.

please note, NO other hardware will be changed

[patio]

Copying will not work...
The easiest solution for this is to use the new HDD manuf. utilities CD ( ships with the drive) to "clone the old drive to the new drive.
Hook up the new drive as a slave.
Boot to the HDD utility and select the "clone" option
Power down.
Remove the old drive and hook up the new drive as master.
Boot up and you're done.

[boo]

thanks, ill try that
i tired cloning with other programs but it created a partition that was the same size as the original drive but i couldnt expand it to fill the whole drive
im assuming that's what is going to happen

[boo]

Done!
i realised that the reason i couldnt extend the partition was because the HDD had bad sectors! i downloaded a free prgram that fixed them then extended the partition... problem solved!

just a quick afternote, is there any problem with deleting the old installation?
im assuming none of the old files are being used

[boo]

i tried to format the HDD but it said that some programs were using it.
how can i find out which programs are using the HDD so i can modify them to use the new one?