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I don't know if anyone can help with this - the answer should come from Symantec themselves, but I've found it impossible to get past their automated responses. I'm about to install a new bigger hard disk on my computer which will be the C: drive. I've got a subscription for Norton Internet Security 2003 which I've just renewed till Feb 2005. How do I migrate this to the new hard disk?

A bit off topic, I know. Apologies, but any help gratefully received:confused:

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You could probably mirror the drive on to the new larger drive using something like Partition Magic .. I've never done it, so don't quote me.

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If you reinstall your original product on a new install of windows on the new HDD, it will give you 12 months of live updates ;)

HTH

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Moved from Broadband discussion forum, to Computers & Technology Forum.

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dellwear is right. NIS will give you a 12 months subscription on a new install.

But if you want to keep your setup "as is", then you can duplicate your entire setup using Norton Ghost. I use it to regularly backup between two hard-disks, and have never had problems. It will cope with moving to larger HD, no problem.

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Jesus Norton??? I had it on my machine and it played havoc with it. I soon got rid.

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I quoted you...hahahaha :rofl: :rofl:

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Heh

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The subscription IIRC is controlled in a file called "catalog.livesubcribe" which is in the "x:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\LiveSubscribe" where X is the name of your drive.

Just copy this to your new installation after installing NIS and you should be fine.

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Thanks to all for the help. Seems to be a difference of opinion regarding Ghost, and this difference of opinion is matched in the reviews I've read of it. Looks like coin-tossing time, as is the case with far too much in the world of personal computing!