SO we all know that connecting one hd from another one PC to another with different hardware is going to be trouble..
I have an older Windows 7 machine that I have CLONED the hd.
(I need it and all its software)
The new PC has different MB etc..
I went into the new PC bios, although it has an "AHCI" it will not change to IDE
Windows loads and gets stuck at Windows logo..then crashes into loop.
I am aware of the registry hack once ur in Windows but not there....
Any suggestions to get this cloned hd into a new PC would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Hey zINc,
You're going to have to create an image and merge it to the other system using one of the 2 suggested softwares that I have listed below. Your activation and programs will be lost any other way.
Acronis True Image has a feature that is called Universal Restore. This will allow you to restore an image of one PC to another PC with different hardware.
SO we all know that connecting one hd from another one PC to another with different hardware is going to be trouble..
I have an older Windows 7 machine that I have CLONED the hd.
(I need it and all its software)
The new PC has different MB etc..
I went into the new PC bios, although it has an "AHCI" it will not change to IDE
Windows loads and gets stuck at Windows logo..then crashes into loop.
I am aware of the registry hack once ur in Windows but not there....
Any suggestions to get this cloned hd into a new PC would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Hey zINc,
You're going to have to create an image and merge it to the other system using one of the 2 suggested softwares that I have listed below. Your activation and programs will be lost any other way.
Acronis True Image has a feature that is called Universal Restore. This will allow you to restore an image of one PC to another PC with different hardware.
I have had nightmare experience doing "Universal Restore" with Acronis.
In another project, "Acronis" help desk has been messing me around, sending them log files for 3 months and they still cant figure out
why thier software doesnt work. It may be great at backups,images etc but they certainly don't have the experience with new hardware drivers etc
to solve Restoring, what good is backup if u cant restore..
(08-21-2017, 02:46 AM)Compton Wrote: [ -> ]did you remove all drivers? you can try that video
I removed all I could.
A pitty about "Paragon" looks good.
"it was a free tool offered by the Paragon Software company up until about 2010 when they started to adapt it into their paid programs only."