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Install sys image Win7 home prem 64bit in Dell Inspiron 5748
I have a Dell Inspiron 5721 running Win7 home premium 64bit SP1 - 3rd Gen i7-3537U proc
I'm trying to save a System Image and transfer it to a
Dell Inspiron 5748 that is running Win 8.1 - 4th Gen i7-4510U proc.
The 5748 had Win7 HP64bit SP1 loaded on it, but I lost it due to an unsuccessful
attempt to load a Sys Image into it.
[I didn't know my last success doing this was because I had identical computers]
And the 5748 only came with Win 8.1 Disk, which I loaded to see if i could live with it, but I can't.
[Too many legacy programs that won't run in 8.1]
Dell did send me the Sys7 Disk and license code for the 5748, if that would help at any stage.
I've read a lot on the forums about Sysprep, OOBE and Generalizing and Audit Mode and I'm not clear which tutorial i should use to get this to work? I believe I need to reconfig the BIOS in some ways too?
I also have downloaded all suggested drivers from Dell and have them on a USB drive.
Thanks in advance for any help. From my browsing this looks like a pretty amazing forum.
Last edited by djbeede54; 23 Dec 2014 at 00:02.