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transferring everything first to a new hd then a new system
Ive done a little reading on this site and have found it an extremely useful resource. But I just need to make sure I am not missing anything. I am scared of losing my system but am upgrading my hardware. This is the parts and what I have planned:
1 old computer with 160gb (hereinafter 160o)
1 blank version of the same 160 (hereinafter 160n)
1 blank SSD drive (hereinafter ssd)
1 pair of TB hard drives that are mirrored (hereinafter tb)
1 new computer that was just built (CPU, MB, RAM) and has not booted (hereinafter awesome)
The goal is to take the old computer create an image of 160o and mount it on 160n so that there are two identical copies of the working system. And ultimately mount the image on ssd and transfer that drive into the awesome computer.
The steps will be:
To first create a system image backup of windows 7 using this link: Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup
The mirror will be stored on the tb drive. I will then swap the 160o for the 160n insert my win 7 disk and use the restore option and the backup that is on tb. This will give me two copies of the system just in case something goes wrong. Given that the image is stored on the internal tb hard drive and that the restore process cannot restore the drive that the image is stored in I will be able to save the image used for 160n and also use that on ssd.
Once I get the backed up system running on ssd, I will then use steps 1 through 12 of method one in this link to get the new processor/mb and ram working with ssd: Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer
Am I over looking anything? Will these restore processes work with the ssd? Any input will be greatly appreciated.
TIA
-Julian