See this article, I think you just need to select Install, then you will get the option to restore an image.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/7702/restoring-windows-7-from-an-image-backup/

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Hey Mombodog

Just wanted to thank you for your reply. The linked website itself didn't really help, but your comment about continuing through on the Install prompted me to look at some other installation step-by-steps, and their screenshots. I just clicked through until the "Install" screen, and there it was, lower left corner, Repair Your Computer! So, it's in the process of restoring my backup image to the drive now. Thanks a ton!!  :emotion-2:

Okay, maybe I celebrated too soon, lol.  The restore from image went well, but unfortunately looking at My Computer, it shows the total drive space as 55.8 GB, which was my old drive's capacity. Partitioning is messed up.

This has been resolved....

After restoring the image to the larger drive, boot up the system, then go into Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Drive Management,

Right-click on the partition that contains your new image/install, then select Extend Partition.....and that's it! :emotion-1:

Woohoo, that was easy, well once you figured it out that is.

Thanks for posting the solution.

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Thanks!  I should probably add, though, that there's a couple more things to do after you right click and select Extend Partition...

You have to tell it how much you want to extend the partition...it defaults to the maximum, which is what I left it at.