Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer

Each subsequent Sysprep with Generalize switch does exactly the same: check for your Windows setup for existing hardware related information and remove it. It works and reacts exactly the same way regardless if it's done several times on the same install (useless but a geek way to test: sysprep, reboot to OOBE, reinstall drivers, sysprep again and so on), or on a restored image then afterwards restore the same image and sysprep again.

Sysprep does not care how many times it has been previously done.

Please upload and post all log files, especially the setupact.log and setuperr.log from folder C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Panther on the sysprepped system, I will check them to see if an obvious error can be found.

You need to find a way to boot the system up, for instance using Windows install media and selecting Repair instead of Install and then accessing the folder in question from Command Prompt in Repair Console, or with a Linux Live-CD.

OK.

Real life keeps me a bit preoccupied at the moment, house full of visitors (re: Today [14.2¾]). I'll check those as soon as possible, posting then back here.

I found something.

Your Canon PIXMA MP630 printer / scanner's TWAIN drivers seem to cause problems for Sysprep. The same with the Nvidia GPU. My suggestion:

• Restore the system image on old hardware
• Shut down the PC, remove Nvidia GPU (use on-board GPU instead)
• Disconnect PIXMA device
• Boot
• Uninstall all software for both PIXMA and NVIDIA
• Reboot
• Run Sysprep with the Generalize switch and Shutdown selected
• Replace old hardware
• Boot to Safe Mode
• Reboot normally

If everything works, shut down the PC, install drivers and software for them.

Kari