Is there any hope in moving Win7 HDD to a new home?

[4sqrs]

Hello all,

I have been searching for a few days for a solution to this disaster that I should blame "hummm" for. anyway, I know there are tons of threads/tutorials about moving A win7 hdd to new hardware, however, I did not find a single solution that helped me (tried most, no luck).

So here is what I want to do exactly:
1) I have a laptop that has NON-OEM Win7x32 on it that need to move to a tower.
2) Custom built PC with NON-OEM win7x64 that I'm planning on upgrading its Mobo and CPU.

Any NEWER solutions are welcome. Clean install is NOT AN OPTION.

Thank you.

 

[Ziggieke]

ok, why is clean install not an option? Do you not have the registration key you need to use to register? If that is the only reason not to use a clean install, see this topic.

Other than that, ghost imaging your PC and then restoring it on the new computer might work.

 

[oxymoron02]

When you say "tried most, no luck", it would help if you listed what you have tried. No one wants to take the time to write up a method you could try only to have you tell us that you did it already.

Incidentally, did you try changing all drivers, -and I mean all-, to generic/legacy versions in device manager? This worked for me once when I moved an XP installation into a completely new system. Of course there was a lot of cleaning up to do afterward but those are the burdens we bear!

 

[TVeblen]

Forum rules prohibit members from helping people bypass software licensing requirements, which is pretty obvious in your case.

I suggest you buy a legit copy of Windows 7 and do a clean install. If you don't have the money for software you don't have the money to upgrade. That is not an option.

 

[oxymoron02]

Forum rules prohibit members from helping people bypass software licensing requirements, which is pretty obvious in your case.

I suggest you buy a legit copy of Windows 7 and do a clean install. If you don't have the money for software you don't have the money to upgrade. That is not an option.

It is entirely possible to have Windows legitimately without having the install disc. My old XP was from the system's original installation, where I was never provided with an install disc, and swapping it over to a newer build necessitated my driver method.

inb4 "your XP was obviously not legit" because, seriously you guys; we're just going to hop on the pirate bandwagon the second we catch a scent without even being told the full situation?

 

[edwar]

Simple get an Imaging program that supports moving the OS from one computer to another. something like Acronis True Image with the Plus pack. Image the notebook drive then Restore to the desktop drive using the Universal Restore option.

 

[TVeblen]

Sorry oxy, just following my gut on this one. Let the OP explain his problem more clearly if that is the case. I'd be happy to be wrong.

Edit: when the typical solutions to upgrade hardware do not work then clean install is the only viable option. You only need a product key to do this. You can download an ISO if you don't have a disk.

 

[edwar]

Forum rules prohibit members from helping people bypass software licensing requirements, which is pretty obvious in your case.

I suggest you buy a legit copy of Windows 7 and do a clean install. If you don't have the money for software you don't have the money to upgrade. That is not an option.

OP stated the install of Win 7 on the notebook is a NON OEM version. In other words a Retail version. No problem moving that around from one computer to another. So I'm not sure why you bothered to post as you have not read the OP first post.

 

[alphanumeric]

If it's Retail why not just say its Retail? Saying its NON OEM could also mean its just not a Preinstalled OEM version. That's the way I read it, but we'll just have to wait for the OP to clarify the situation.

 

[mitchell65]

If it's Retail why not just say its Retail? Saying its NON OEM could also mean its just not a Preinstalled OEM version. That's the way I read it, but we'll just have to wait for the OP to clarify the situation.

I think you will have a bit of a wait. it would appear that he was using a compter at about 3 o /clock this morning!

 

[oxymoron02]

I think you will have a bit of a wait. it would appear that he was using a compter at about 3 o /clock this morning!

Nonsense, it was 9am!

 

[DeaconFrost]

It is entirely possible to have Windows legitimately without having the install disc.

That was true with XP, but we're talking about Windows 7. When you can download the .iso file from a legit source to use with your legit license key, there's no excuse not to have the install media.

When a person is legit all the way around, a clean install is always an option.

 

[mitchell65]

I think you will have a bit of a wait. it would appear that he was using a compter at about 3 o /clock this morning!

Nonsense, it was 9am!

You don't live in Cornwall then! Ask Boohbah, he'll give you the time o' day!

When Spike Milligan was alive he said that if anyone asked him the time he had it written down on a piece of paper. When asked "What if the paper in wrong?" He said "I just don't tell 'um"

 

[oxymoron02]

You don't live in Cornwall then! Ask Boohbah, he'll give you the time o' day!

When Spike Milligan was alive he said that if anyone asked him the time he had it written down on a piece of paper. When asked "What if the paper in wrong?" He said "I just don't tell 'um"

I live in Northamptonshire, and the forum tells me that Op's post was seven hours ago.

 

[mitchell65]

You don't live in Cornwall then! Ask Boohbah, he'll give you the time o' day!

When Spike Milligan was alive he said that if anyone asked him the time he had it written down on a piece of paper. When asked "What if the paper in wrong?" He said "I just don't tell 'um"

I live in Northamptonshire, and the forum tells me that Op's post was seven hours ago.

True but 7 hrs ago in the part of the US the OP resides it was 2am (Sorry I said 3am before, miscalculation.)

 

[oxymoron02]

I'm pretty sure the forum just applies the "[x] hours ago" in relation to your current time.

 

[gregrocker]

How would we know what "newer" options you require since we dont' know exactly what you've tried?

There are several freeware and paid methods to move an OS from one PC to another:

You can SysPrep to move HD to another computer then transfer a backup image to the other PC using freeware like Macrium to Image your system.

You can transfer the image then boot free Paragon Virtualization Manager CD (previously named Paragon Adaptive Restore) to adjust the image to boot on the new hardware.

Or you can purchase and use Acronis True Image with Universal Restore (2010 and later) to adjust the image as you are reimaging it onto the new HD.

Please explain which of these methods recommended here you have tried and how exactly they failed.

 

[mitchell65]

I'm pretty sure the forum just applies the "[x] hours ago" in relation to your current time.

I think the universal time for the Forum is as stated "All times are GMT +1."
I don't think the Forum software would be capable of adjusting for all the other time zones that exist. What I believe is that when we look at this thread and see that post #19 says 2 hours ago then in a different time zone it will say 2 hours ago. I could be wrong but I belong to a Forum that is based in Taiwan and the timing bear this theory out!

EDIT: Perhaps as we have gone way off topic we should continue this by PM or start a thread on the Chill Out Forum?

 

[bigmck]

You don't live in Cornwall then! Ask Boohbah, he'll give you the time o' day!

Don't ask me....... I won't give you the time of day. :roflmao:

 

[mitchell65]

You don't live in Cornwall then! Ask Boohbah, he'll give you the time o' day!

Don't ask me....... I won't give you the time of day. :roflmao:

OK but please could you look at post #14 of this thread an tell me how many hours ago it was posted? If it says 2 hours that means about 10 o/clock in the morning your time. Thanks