Aaaargh….loosing the will to live with windows.
My 50gb ocz vertex drive gave up the ghost today.
So I bought a samsung 250gb model and thought I could restore onto it.

I have a separate 2tb d: drive with all my files and most programs installed on it, and i have a second 2tb drive that I have set to use windows own backup software to create backups and images of c: and d:

My motherboard is a gigabyte and my processor and amd x6 phenom jobby.

Really flumoxed!

I cant do a restore from the boot disc (genuine win 7 home premium 64bit) as it gives some guff about BiOs versus EPI installation.
i currently have a clean install on the new samsung c: drive, but windows wont let me restore onto it from the image on the backup drive.

What am I doing wrong?

Help, I cant be the first person to try and replace a knackered ssd with a bigger model and wish to restore from win7 backup files!

Get a Mac!

Dont tempt me! How can microsoft make something as basic as replacing a knackered SSD hard drive so difficult.
I have faith in the collective brains of Singletrack to answer though, never let me down yet!

I am not an IT geezer:

google found this which gets confusing for me but ends up with

Finally Acronis achieved the job without problem.

Have Acronis 2013. No luck so far as it says it didnt create the VHD files so doesnt want to play.
Now I remember why I use my iPad so much!