Quite often, users of computers and laptops have situations when they replace existing equipment (for example, motherboard or HDD). Naturally, the old OS will not accept a new "motherboard" or an uninitialized hard drive (like other built-in or peripheral equipment for which you just need to install drivers) will not accept. Some people argue that the easiest way is to reinstall the system. Yes, indeed it is. But after all, in the old OS, which, moreover, works quite well, the programs necessary for the user may be installed, the re-installation of which may take too long, or the user simply does not have their installation distributions. This is where the need to transfer Windows 7 to another "hardware" or even to new computer if the old one is not upgradeable.
But everything is not so simple here. The fact is that, according to some, creating an image will not give any effect, since the OS itself is, as it were, "tied" to the equipment that was installed earlier. And it's not a fact that just copying the system from an image to a disk with a volume of 2 TB or more, which have not MBR, will be possible. However, to perform such actions, you can use several options of actions, which we will talk about later, but the main emphasis will be on the built-in tools of the system itself, so as not to resort to installing or using a third-party software.
Is it possible to transfer Windows 7 to another "hardware": options
To begin with, let's briefly dwell on the possible situations on which further user actions will depend. The most, as it is believed, the simplest option is associated with replacing the motherboard. In this case, the installed equipment will need to be “untied” from the system in order to bring it to the state as if it was just beginning to recognize new equipment (most often this may be due to the replacement of the motherboard). In the second case, when you want to transfer the working system to new hard 1TB disk or any other size, the actions are somewhat more complicated. But, if you follow all the instructions below exactly, there shouldn't be any special problems.
Checking the hardware of a new computer or laptop
It goes without saying that you should also consider the configuration of the new hardware that is installed on the motherboard. For example, what processor is needed for a 64-bit G7?
Naturally, only the one that has the appropriate architecture, otherwise the system simply will not work. In a sense, this can also apply to hard drives, only here the problem rests on the style of the partition. A hard disk with 1TB of memory of any OS of the seventh version is recognized without problems, but devices with 2TB and higher volumes can be detected only partially (not all available ones will be available. disk space) or not recognized at all (not to mention SSD drives). We will dwell on the actions with hard drives a little later, but for now we will focus on some important aspects related to preliminary preparation.
Utilities Used
As for the software used, you can use a variety of utilities, for example from Acronis, or even run a complete one with a production system. However, if such tools are not at hand, you can use the built-in "native" Windows program 7 Sysprep. With its help, the transfer, however, can take a little more time, nevertheless, in most cases, the use of this particular tool looks the most acceptable for any user.
Preliminary actions
Finally, before proceeding with the transfer of Windows 7 to another "hardware", it is advisable to completely uninstall all installed antiviruses, as well as applications for working with disk images or virtual drives like UltraISO or Alcohol 120%, since during the transfer their presence can provoke conflicts or unexpected errors.
Also, just in case, when transferring Windows 7 to another computer, which will use the existing hard drive, it is advisable to create an image of the original system in advance. If something goes wrong, you can recover from it quickly enough.
How to transfer Windows 7 to another "hardware" with an existing hard drive?
Now directly about the actions performed. First of all, we launch the Sysprep utility (Windows 7 will start migration only the next time it is launched).
We call the command line on behalf of the admin, enter the command of the same name, then in the window that appears from the list of actions, select the entry to the welcome window (OOBE), check the box for preparation for use and set the shutdown mode. At this point, the running service will remove all hardware IDs, activation information, and so on.
After turning off the computer, remove the hard drive, replace the motherboard and reconnect it (or install it on a new PC). After switching on, the system will independently update the registry parameters, launch the necessary services, install the equipment and test it upon restart.
Setting system parameters immediately after transfer
After that, as with the first installation of the system, you will need to select the language and region, and then create a new user registration.
It is imperative that it be different from those already in the system! Subsequently, this entry can be deleted. Next, you will need to follow the standard procedures for setting the time, Internet, etc. When the system starts up, in the welcome window, you must select the registration that was installed in the system earlier (and not the one that was created at the stage of transfer) and delete the temporary "account".
Note: Please note that the system will need to be reactivated. If you do not have a license, use the KMSAuto Net utility or similar, although this is considered, to put it mildly, illegal or even illegal action.
Transferring the system to a new HDD
In the case of transferring Windows 7 to another disk, the actions performed are completely similar to those just described, only the disk with the system is connected as external media and placed first in priority BIOS boot... After starting the OS, you need to go to the backup and restore section in the "Control Panel" and create an image of the system. To save the image, you will need additional third media (for example, external USB HDD). You can skip the recovery disc creation step. After that, you need to disconnect the original disk, boot the system from the installation DVD, select the recovery partition and specify recovery from the previously created image.
Then the found image will appear on external drive, which you need to use. This will be followed by the start of the process of transferring all the parameters, at the end of it the computer will reboot, but after the restart you will receive the system in the form in which it was on the old hard drive. As you can see, the Sysprep utility in Windows 7 (or any other OS of this family) is not as difficult to use as it might seem at first glance.
What should be considered when porting an OS to large disks?
Finally, a few words about the hard drives themselves. Firstly, if you transfer the system to a new HDD, please note that quite often you may need to initial and create simple volume(for example, after connecting an old drive to a new computer as an external one).
Secondly, new disc it is advisable to divide it into partitions in order to leave not all the space for the system, but as much as is needed. Thirdly, for large volumes (2 TB or more), you should use exclusively 64-bit Windows paired with UEFI, not BIOS. Otherwise, the transfer of Windows 7 to another "hardware" will be impossible. As a last resort, a large hard drive can be partitioned into more than two logical partitions (but not more than four), setting each of them to the MBR style, not GPT. It goes without saying that in order to correctly perform the transfer, as mentioned above, one should take into account which processor is used, how much random access memory installed and what is the bit depth of the OS itself. And in general, does a new or upgraded PC match minimum requirements portable version of "seven".
Purchasing a new SSD or HDD doesn't have to have a consequence Windows installation from scratch. On a new hard drive, if the old one is still connected to the computer, Windows with all its settings and installed software can be transferred using special software. This process is called operating system migration. It provides for cloning the system partition (drive C and boot sector) to another hard drive. Such operations can be performed by the Acronis program True Image, various assemblies of software from Paragon, including the Paragon Migrate OS to SSD utility specially designed for these purposes, as well as products from the developer AOMEI. But while products from Acronis and Paragon can only be used on a paid basis, software from AOMEI is available completely free of charge.
The ability to transfer Windows to another hard drive is contained in two AOMEI products - the program for Reserve copy AOMEI Backupper Professional and in the AOMEI Partition Assistant disk manager. You can use the free Windows migration feature in AOMEI Backupper Professional for only a month, until the fully functional trial version expires. But using the free Standard edition of the AOMEI Partition Assistant disk manager, transfer Windows from one hard disk on the other, you can permanently. But not only this moment makes AOMEI Partition Assistant a profitable solution for transferring Windows to another hard drive. This program is, in fact, a single tool for migrating the operating system, and for allocating space on a new hard drive for specific user needs. Today we will consider how with using AOMEI Partition Assistant migrates Windows to another empty hard drive.
1. The specifics of the operation: must be read
The Windows migration method described below does not preserve the partition structure and data of the target hard disk (the one to which the operating system will be migrated). Therefore, this method is only suitable for cases when nothing should be saved on the target SSD or HDD. For example, if you purchase a new device with unallocated space. Or when connecting a used device, the data of which is not valuable. AOMEI Partition Assistant can transfer Windows to a separate system partition of the target hard disk while preserving the structure of the latter and data stored on other partitions. In this case, the migration method will differ from the one below. If the target hard disk contains important data, you cannot use the instructions below.
2. Download and run the program
AOMEI Partition Assistant can be downloaded from the official website of the creators. In the list of editions of the program, you can select the free Standard. Its capabilities will be enough to transfer Windows to another hard drive and to create partitions on it (if necessary).
After starting the program, in the center of the window, we will see a picture of all connected disks and their partitions - in a tabular version at the top and in a visual format at the bottom. If the target SSD or HDD is new, its space will be unallocated as shown in the screenshot.
In this case, we remember its serial number - Disk 1, Disk 2, etc. - and immediately proceed to paragraph 4 of the article.
3. Removing partitions on the target hard disk with the existing partition
Before starting a Windows transfer operation, the target hard drives with the existing markup, you need to get rid of the partitions by deleting them. The operation to delete partitions requires special care. If several devices are connected to the computer hard drives with a similar structure of sections, their properties window will help to figure out where the target one to which you need to transfer Windows to. To find out which of the hard drives is displayed as Disk 1, as Disk 2, etc., click on it (on the block of the entire disk, as shown in the screenshot), call the context menu and select Properties.
In the properties window, in the first column, we will see the brand and model of the hard disk.
We make sure that the required hard disk is selected, and we delete its partitions one by one. On each of the sections, we call the context menu and select "Delete section".
For each of the sections, we confirm the deletion without changing the preset option "Quickly delete a section".
When the entire target hard disk is displayed as unallocated space, click the button at the top of the "Apply" window.
Once again we confirm the decision to delete the sections.
At the end of the operation, click "OK".
4. Transfer (migration) Windows to another hard drive
Well, on the target SSD or HDD disk space is not allocated, now we can proceed directly to the process of transferring Windows to it, which is located on the original hard disk and in this moment works. In the AOMEI Partition Assistant window, click the "Master" menu and select "Transfer OS SSD or HDD".
Then we click on the target disk with unallocated space. Click "Next".
In the next window, the size of the future system partition on the target disk is configured. AOMEI Partition Assistant installs by default for C drive and boot Windows sectors the same dimensions as the original hard drive. If the target disk is not a 60 GB SSD, but a medium with a lot of space, the slider of the system partition can be pulled back to 70-100 GB. it optimal size currently for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. The remaining space of the target disk will later be allocated to non-system partitions for data storage. Click "Next".
The work of the wizard is completed - we press "End".
Returning to the main window of the program, press the button at the top "Apply".
Then we will see another dialog box with a warning that the operation will be carried out in pre-boot mode. We save the files open on the computer, close other active programs and click "Yes" in the AOMEI Partition Assistant window.
The computer will reboot, and on the screen we will observe the progress of the Windows transfer operation.
5. Checking the target hard drive
Upon completion of the operation, the system will boot from the original hard drive. You need to reboot the computer again in order to configure the BIOS to boot from the target hard disk and check the functionality of the transferred Windows.
For cases of transferring Windows to a single system SSD partition, the process is dead.
6. Creating non-system partitions on the target hard disk
AOMEI Partition Assistant moved to the target hard drive along with Windows. Having booted the computer from the target disk, we can use the program to create non-system partitions. We make a click on unallocated space after section C, call the context menu (or use the "Section" program menu) and select "Create Section".
In the window that appears, dragging the slider on the visual block, select all the available space or only a part of it for the section being created. Click "Ok".
If the disk space is divided into several partitions, we do this operation the required number of times. After the completion of the formation of the partitions, we apply the planned operations.
We confirm their launch.
Click "Ok".
Disk partitioning is complete.
Have a great day!
After buying a new HDD or SSD, the first thing to ask is what to do with the operating system you are currently using. Not many users have a need to install a clean OS, but rather want to clone an existing system from an old disk to a new one.
So that the user who decides to update the hard drive does not have to reinstall the operating system, it is possible to transfer it. In this case, the current user profile is saved, and in the future you can use Windows in the same way as before the procedure.
Usually those who want to divide the OS and user files into two physical drives are interested in the transfer. After moving the operating system will appear on the new hard drive, and will remain on the old one. In the future, it can be removed from the old hard drive by formatting, or you can leave it as a second system.
First, the user needs to connect a new drive to the system unit and make sure that the PC detects it (this is done through BIOS or Explorer).
Method 1: AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition
Unlike the previous two programs, Macrium Reflect cannot pre-allocate a free partition on the drive where the OS will be transferred. This means that the user files from disk 2 will be deleted. Therefore, it is best to use a blank HDD.
- Click on the link "Clone this disk ..." in the main window of the program.
- The Transfer Wizard will open. At the top, select the HDD from which you want to clone. All drives can be selected by default, so uncheck the drives you don't want to use.
- At the bottom of the window, click on the link "Select a disk to clone to ..." and select the hard drive you want to clone to.
- By selecting disk 2, you can use the link with cloning options.
- Here you can configure the space that will be occupied by the system. By default, a section with no stock will be created. free space... We recommend adding at least 20-30 GB (or more) to the system partition for correct subsequent updates and Windows needs. This can be done by regulators or by entering numbers.
- If you wish, you can choose a drive letter yourself.
- It is not necessary to change the rest of the parameters.
- In the next window, you can configure the cloning schedule, but we don't need this, so just click "Next".
- A list of actions that will be performed with the drive will be displayed, press "Finish".
- In the window with the offer to make restore points, agree or reject the offer.
- Cloning of the OS will start, and upon completion you will receive a notification "Clone completed", indicating that the transfer was successful.
- Now you can boot from the new drive, having previously made it the main one for booting into the BIOS. How to do this, see Method 1.
We talked about three ways to transfer an OS from one drive to another. As you can see, this is a very simple process and you usually don't have to run into any errors. After cloning Windows, you can test the disk for operability by booting the computer from it. If no problems are observed, you can remove the old HDD from system unit or leave it as a spare.
Transferring Windows 7 to another hardware. Detachment from the old one.
Sometimes it happens that it is necessary to replace the old obsolete iron with a new one. Usually there are no problems with this, I removed the old one - I put the new one, except for the replacement. It just doesn't work out with her. If we just replace the board, then at boot, somewhere in the area of the flickering flags, we will see everyone's “favorite” blue screen (BSOD) with the STOP 0x0000007B error.
As we already know, there is a chipset and controllers that install their own drivers, when replacing, drivers in operating system the old ones remain, but the chipset and controllers change, as a result, the launch becomes impossible. Usually the problem appears due to the change of the ATA / SATA bus controller, Windows cannot independently change the controller driver during boot and loses the hard disk, it becomes impossible to start.
I want to make a reservation right away, the problem does not arise in 100% of cases. When replacing within one, there is a high probability of starting the system without the appearance blue screen(BSOD) with STOP error 0x0000007B.
Actually, this is where the theory ends and the eternal question arises: "What to do?" I will say without languishing, there are two options for solving this problem, simple and more complicated (the option with reinstalling the OS is not even considered).
Option 1.
Before transferring our HDD from installed Windows 7 for new hardware, you need to use the standard utility sysprep.
Click "Start", in the search bar (it is at the very bottom) we type CMD, in the found programs (usually the very first), we hover the cursor and press the right mouse button and run as administrator, confirm the launch. We type: C:\ Windows\ system32\ sysprep\ sysprep. exe and press Enter(you can just go to the file at this address and start it by double-clicking the left mouse button).
Starts up System preparation program 3.14 which rolls Windows back to the first logon state, to the point where the operating system was not tied to the hardware, by removing device drivers.
After completing the program, we replace the motherboard and other hardware, and start the computer. The process that occurs at the final stage of the Windows OS installation begins. It is necessary to enter the username (it should not be the same as the previous one, since that account already exists in the system) and the computer name and complete the installation. We reboot the computer (or exit through the end of the session) and log in under our account (the welcome screen will show both the new and the old one). After logging in, delete the created account and her profile. Now it remains to install new drivers and this is the end of the transfer.
However, the this method there is a drawback Windows activation and most of the software crashes, so you will need to activate everything again
This option is very simple and was considered in a condensed form. Ask why in condensed form? It's simple, we are not looking for easy ways! It usually happens to me like this: First, I change the hardware, then I realize that the OS does not want to start (therefore, Option 1 is described from a theoretical point of view, based on the knowledge of windows) and the search for a solution begins (do not rebuild the hardware back). Just for people like me there is option two, we will dwell on it in more detail.
When buying a new PC, users often ask the question of how to transfer Windows 7 to another computer. This is very important, because I really do not want to deprive myself of everyone installed programs, accounts and personal files.The fundamental ability to perform this operation will be helped by the sysprep system utility. It will help prepare an image of the entire system for transfer to a new PC. ...
For everything to work out, it is advisable to port to a compatible architecture. Those. migrating Windows from AMD to Intel and vice versa may not work. Having started the same transfer, it is advisable to create a backup image of your system so that in case of an unsuccessful transfer, you will be able to recover from it. Before creating an image, you need to remove all virtual hard disk emulators (UltraISO, DAEMON Tools, etc.)
To start in command line you need to run the command slmgr / dlv.
After that, a window will open where you can see the number of Windows transfers to other PCs.
The next step is to enter the command C: \ Windows \ System32 \ Sysprep \ Sysprep.exe... This command will open the system utility, which will begin to prepare Windows 7 for "deportation" to the new hardware.
You need to set everything up exactly as in the screenshot above.
It is necessary to put the system into the mode OOBE, which will ensure the activation of the transfer mode the next time the system is started on new equipment.
You need to check the box “ Preparation for use". This means that all information that the utility will not use for copying, namely (activation information, security identifiers), will be deleted from the system. All programs must be transferred in full. Next, a window will appear on the screen, which will display the process of preparing Windows 7 for transfer to a new computer. This operation will continue for several minutes, after which the PC will turn off.
The next step is to remove the hard drive from your old PC by carefully disassembling it. After the drive is secured and connected to the new computer, the PC must be turned on. Windows 7 will then start updating registry configurations and starting services. If an error occurs, then you need to restart the PC for the setup to start again. As a rule, errors occur if emulators or antivirus programs remain in the operating system that needs to be transferred. If everything is ok, the system will start installing the devices and apply the configuration parameters.
This will be followed by a regular reboot and setting the account settings. It is very important to enter a new username here. For example, the old PC had the name Sergey. To avoid a conflict in the system during the transfer, you need to enter any other name, since this account will be temporary. Further, the standard operations for setting up the system - password, time zone, accept the license terms. In the window " Windows setup "Select the item" postpone the decision". At the first boot, the system will offer to start from several accounts. If the old PC had, for example, two accounts, then Windows will be offered to start from three, including the new one that was created in the previous paragraph. Once downloaded, this account can be deleted.
