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Hi there
The Better backup products such as Acronis usually have a Universal Restore feature which allows you to take an image from one computer and restore it to another with different hardware (don't forget the small boot / system partition if it exixts and set it as the ACTIVE partition on restore).
You can also tell the restore to include any drivers it finds from user specified directories so if the new computer has a different MOBO with some of its own drivers just include that directory when doing the universal restore.
You'll probably have to run a Windows update in any case after restoring but it ususally always works.
On the very RARE times I've had a BSOD on boot simply do a "Windows repair" -- make sure also that the AHCI parameter in the BIOS is the same as the old machine too and other BIOS settings are OK.
You'll have to re-activate the new machine (not always !!! I've had a few cases where the machine didn't request re-activation and it was a totally new Mobo). MS won't have any problems when activating by phone.
Generally it's better to re-install W7 from start but this method saves you having to re-install all your applicatiuons etc again.
Cheers
jimbo
i faced problem in Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer
After run System Preparation Tool in windows 7 . it didn't complete
Error : A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine
What do i do ?