Make Windows 7 bootable after motherboard swap

Make Windows 7 bootable after motherboard swap, or bootable after swapping hard drive to new machine. Software described Paragon P2P Adjust OS.


This procedure describes how to do it. Procedure can be used in case of:

• Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer doesn't work.
• You forgot to SYSPREP.
• You can't SYSPREP because your motherboard died.
• You simply don't want to use SYSPREP.

1. Download "Paragon Adaptive Restore 2010" from Paragon Adaptive Restore 2010 on my DROPBOX.
2. Burn the ISO to CD/DVD using Windows Disc Image Burner or ImgBurn.
3. Set CD/DVD as first boot device in BIOS.

Do the following:

1. Boot the computer from Paragon Windows PE 3.0 based CD/DVD.
2. Accept the end user license agreement, otherwise you are not able to use the tool.
   
3. Launch P2P Adjust OS.
   
4. Select the operating system you need to adjust to your new hardware.
   
5. Choose whether you want to add third-party drivers or not, and the way to do it.
   
6. If you chose "Adjust the OS to the new hardware automatically", the P2P Adjust OS Wizard will automatically accomplish all the necessary actions.
   
7. The only thing that might need your interaction is to specify additional driver repository.
   
8. At last, choose "Yes, apply the changes physically" and then restart your computer after operations are done. Do remember, you cannot interrupt the process or undo the changes.
   

Compelete pdf manual: Paragon Adaptive Restore 2010 on my DROPBOX.

Just before the OS adjustment, you can additionally:

   Warning

Sometimes the internal hard drive is not recognized in Paragon P2P Adjust OS due to missing SATA or RAID driver. In that case add specific drivers to Windows PE based Paragon Recovery Environment.

1. Click to open Add Drivers dialog.
   
2. Browse for an .INF file of the required driver, then click the Open button to initiate the process.
   
3. Click Yes to confirm the operation.
   

   Information

You can only add third-party drivers in INF file. If they are zipped, you need to unpack them before processing the steps. The Windows PE environment is 32bit-based, so you need to use 32-bit drivers for injection.

After procedure has finished succesfully and system boots fine, first check if Enable hardware auto-updating via Windows Update (Set to Automatic) is on so it will query Windows Update. After that:

1. Uninstall Device and Device Driver for devices no longer attached to system. Uninstall associated software as well.
2. Install all of your device drivers, then Windows Updates.
3. Refresh your Windows Experience Index (WEI) score.
4. When done, all you will need to do is to activate Windows 7.

After rebooting from disk, drivers should start swapping out in a cascade you can monitor by clicking on the system tray animation. Wait until all are finished before doing the requested restart. After reboot, go immediately to Check for Updates and install all Important and Optional Updates which may include critical drivers and patches for the OS to run on that hardware.

You must reactivate at the Change Product Key link on System page. If it's not present you can insert Product Key and then Activate using SLMgr Commands

On some systems you see "setup is preparing your computer for first use" on every reboot. Read this to fix that issue: Fix "Setup is Preparing Your Computer for First Use" on Every Reboot

Related Tutorials

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• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/135077-windows-7-installation-transfer-new-computer.html
• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html
• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/96442-device-manager-finding-unknown-devices.html

 

[siliconbeaver]

Desktop computers using USB kb/mouse always failed. Hence I moved to laptop which has built-in kb/touchpad.

Installed HP customized USB3 drivers. It fixed the problem. USB ports and USB devices are working.
Solved: HP 15-ay041wm usb controller driver - HP Support Community - 5881549

google search many these issues, mouse keyboard NOT working

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As far as I know, paragon p2p doesn't do anything to usb.
That is why it is possible your usb3 drivers from hp8300 might be causing some problem on the switch to the G1.

 

[SIW2]

you can try doing it that way.

 

[siliconbeaver]

Windows 7 is last user of this tool/Paragon Adaptive Restore 2010.
Windows 10/11 no need of it any more.

 

[SIW2]

I dont know, I never had that isuue.

 

[glnz]

My Dell Optiplex 7010 MT dual-boots Win 7 Pro 64-bit and Win 10 Pro 64-bit. The Win 10 starts up but the Win 7 doesn't. The 7 goes as far as the four glowing MS flags, and stays there.

Do you think this app can help me fix my Win 7 and retain all the apps and files in the 7, but without damaging the Win 10?
-- Can I run the app without being able to start the 7?
-- If I start the 10 and run the app in the 10, will it see the 7 partition and fix only the 7 partition?

Thanks.

 

[SIW2]

you would need to extract it from the iso because it is an old pre sp1 winpe that doesnt support nvme.

so extract the Programs folder onto your win10 partition from the paragon 2010 iso \sources\boot.wim using 7-zip

click sources




dble click on boot.wim to open it in 7-zip


copy out the Programs folder onto your win10 partition.




then copy this file from \sources\boot.wim windows\system32



and this file



into the paragon Programs\program folder


put it into an updated win7 bootable wim file that supports 32 bit programs and which includes sp1 and the nvme updates

like this one 17514x64v30.iso


then run p2panalysis.exe









select the win7 installation you want to adjust and click next

 

[glnz]

SIW2 - very nicely detailed - thanks!

But, right now, it's my dual-booting original HDD that is not starting in Win 7, so I might not insert those NVMe driver files yet. I'd like to fix this original Win 7 before I try again to clone everything to my NVMe.

Just for my peace of mind,

1. if I run this app in its WinPE environment (or in my Win 10?), will it be smart enough to tell the difference between my Win 7 and 10 partitions and fix only the 7?
2. As it's a very old app, will it "fix" my Win 7 back to such an old version of 7 that I won't be able to update it to today?

Thanks!

 

[SIW2]

it needs to be run in win7 or win7 pe.

will it be smart enough to tell the difference between my Win 7 and 10 partitions and fix only the 7?

yes, you select from the os it has found.

As it's a very old app, will it "fix" my Win 7 back to such an old version of 7 that I won't be able to update it to today?

no it wont affect that at all. It just makes some changes in the system hive so that windows goes into setting up devices again.

 

[pcoff]

Does this works with Windows XP?

 

[SIW2]

It claims to work for Win2k up to win7

 

[pcoff]

It claims to work for Win2k up to win7

Thanks !