Hi everyone,
I have a ThinkPad T400 (model number: 2768-11G), with a 160 GB
hard disk drive and I'd like to upgrade this HDD storage capacity.
I have bought a
ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive
Part number: 43N3411
that I'd like to use instead of the 160GB 5400 rpm (default) one.
In the meanwhile, I want to upgrade the OS from Windows Vista Business
UK (pre-installed) to Windows Seven Ultimate FR using a "Windows 7
Ultimate UPGRADE on a USB! 32 BIT (French)", that I got through an
Academic program. Is it possible?[1]
[1] If I understand well Windows 7 Upgrade Considerations:
"Upgrading Windows Vista from one language (such as English) to
Windows 7 in a different language (such as French), requires custom
installation."
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-considerations.aspx
So it seems to be feasable ! (sigh with relief )
Do you have an idea how I could do that?
I want to do a "fresh install" of Windows Seven, I don't care about
softwares I have installed on Vista, nor about Vista configuration
(and I have already done a backup of all my data on an external HDD).
1. But I'd like to have all these "thinkpad-related" stuffs (actually all
the "ThinkVantage" softwares). How can I do that?
2. How should I manage my (future) partitions?
Would you advice me to create a recovery partition?
If yes, where and of which size?
As information, here is how my current (160 GB Vista factory-installed)
HDD is partitioned:
unallocated 1.00 MiB
/dev/sda1 1.46 GiB SERVICEV003 (S:) % don't know (has a
lifebuoy, restauration points?)
/dev/sda2 137.82 GiB SW_Preload (C:)
/dev/sda3 9.77 GiB Lenovo (Q:) % recovery
Many thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Xavier
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Xavier Scheuer <[email protected]>
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