Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer

Kaktussoft said:

try uninstalling special sata drivers in device manager (like intel sata driver). just upgrade that driver in device manager to "Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA controller"
Also set all ide-drivers to standard. then shutdown and DON'T reboot. instead start in virtual machine

Exactly. Thanks for jumping in :)

Kari

or even simpler: remove sata and ide drivers from device manager and shutdown. DO NOT reboot

Kaktussoft said:

try uninstalling special sata drivers in device manager (like intel sata driver). just upgrade that driver in device manager to "Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA controller"
Also set all ide-drivers to standard. then shutdown and DON'T reboot. instead start in virtual machine

"Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA controller" -> Done before, without success
"Also set all ide-drivers to standard" -> Not done, but I think it's already in ide standard MS driver.

And when I want to try, I shutdown, backup the image of my HDD with snapshot, then restart in Windows and try the image in VirtualBox.

Here are a couple of screenshots:






search on google for to stopcode. it's a logon process problem!

Kaktussoft said:

Geat tutorial!! Some questions:

• Do I have to reinstall all windows updates?
• All program settings are still active?
• what is meant by "personalization"? Also mousepointer, screensaver, background image, etc?

What exactly is lost?

Here's an extract from the original tutorial, explanations answering your questions added in blue:

   Note

What does Sysprep generalizing do to my Windows 7 setup?

• All system specific information is removed or uninstalled
  
  • All system / hardware specific drivers are rolled back (changed) to general Windows drivers. For instance your graphics card driver is changed to a general Windows display driver
  • I recommend re-installing all hardware specific drivers like chipset, video, audio, NIC's etc.
• Security ID (SID) of your hardware setup is reseted
  
  • What this means: Security Identifier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• All system restore points are deleted
  
  • After generalizing it is not possible to do a system restore to an earlier point. This is why it is extremely important to do a backup prior to generalizing
• All event logs are deleted
  
  • Windows starts "from beginning", event logs are cleared as if the PC was a new computer booted first time
• All personalization is removed (taskbar, toolbars, folder options, start orb etc.)
  
  • Absolutely every change you have made to change Windows appearance and feel is lost. This includes your personalized themes, self made Start orbs, color changes, personalized pointers etc. When booted first time after generalization Windows uses default factory theme, colors, sounds and pointers
• Built-in administrator account is disabled (if it was enabled) and needs to be re-enabled if needed
  
  • If you have enabled built-in administrator account, it will be disabled

What happens when booting first time after sysprep generalizing?

• First boot configuration is run
  
  • Windows boots in so called Welcome mode (OOBE)
• New SID is created
  
  • What this means: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Identifier
• Re-arm counter is reseted if not already re-armed three times
  
  • If Windows was not yet activated when generalized, and if the max amount of rearms (3) to lenghten pre-activation period were not yet used, Windows starts as brand new installation meaning you have 30 days time to activate and you can rearm (= get another 30 days grace period) total of three times
• Windows 7 is booted using first boot default drivers and settings
  
  • Windows uses built-in defaults in every aspect; a generalized Windows 7 is, feels and looks as any brand new Windows 7 when booted first time. Only exception is user-installed software and user files and folders, as well as installed Windows updates; all these remain

Kari