Solved Pre-upgrade of Hardware & change to Win 7

[miztrniceguy]

If I make an iso image I can completely copy it to my SATA 500 gb drive, right?

 

[gregrocker]

Use a backup imaging or cloning program like Acronis which comes free with any WD or Seagate HD (google for downloads page) or Macrium - Image your system

 

[miztrniceguy]

I have Acronis and will do that, thanks!

 

[gregrocker]

If it's Acronis with Universal Restore then it will adjust to the new hardware for you. Otherwise you will need to do a Repair Install, SysPrep to move HD to another computer, or boot Paragon Adaptive Restore CD freeware.

 

[miztrniceguy]

Hmm...TruImage 13.0 not sure if Universal Repair is on there as guess what drive it's on, and Win 7 says not installed !!! lol

 

[gregrocker]

Use the Acronis boot disk to locate the image?

 

[miztrniceguy]

I have not made an image yet.

 

[gregrocker]

You're wasting a lot of time with an XPired OS which is so old and decrepit it can't be installed on modern hardware without major surgery.

Have you installed WIn7 yet? Unplug all other drives except the target HD to Clean Install Windows 7.

We can deal with XP once 7 is up and running. Read over the Reinstall link in my siggy below to see valuable tips about what assures a perfect Win7 install.

 

[miztrniceguy]

I have & installed fine. I may just skip XP as it is a lot of work.

 

[miztrniceguy]

Thanks for all the help. Much appreciated.