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Well it's almost time, new x120e is on schedule to be delivered this afternoon.

First thing I'm planning on doing is a hard drive upgrade to a Seagate momentus xt hybrid. What is the easiest way to do a direct copy of the installed OS onto the new drive? First, I don't have a windows install disk and second, I would like to keep Lenovo enhanced experience on the machine (mostly for improved boot times).

So far from preliminary research I think I may be able to burn recovery disks to USB (or external HDD) with this:
http://download.cnet.com/Windows-7-USB- ... 72600.html

Please share your comments/suggestions, thanks!

I've used G4U freeware to clone to a new HD
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

You'll need a second PC as an FTP server and a router or an external enclosure with USB interface for your new HD.

Worked perfectly for me.

If you don't have a CD drive with USB interface, you may be able to make a bootable USB memory stick. I've never tried it - please let us know if you do.

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X100e L335, T42 SXGA, R31 (semi-retired)

You can use several products.

I did the same thing with CloneZilla ( http://clonezilla.org/ ) and a USB external drive. It is a good practice to take a copy of the drive from time to time since installing windows, apps and patches can be loooooong.