No matter what anyone says, carefully setting up a new OS takes an order of magnitude longer than it takes to understand the process of creating its image and then transferring it to another PC.
Windows 7: backup and recovery. Built-in tool in OS (Windows migration)
The easiest way. Windows 7 Transfer. Operating system location of the tool Reserve copy: "Start | All programs | Service | Archiving and restoration." The menu in the left column is “Create a system repair disk” and “Create a system image”
Creating a system image
You must specify the location where the data will be archived: select another disk partition, external HDD or optical disk(DVD, Blue Ray). There is also the ability to save a backup copy to a network drive. It is not practical to use optical media, so use a logical drive with sufficient storage space or an external HDD to store the backup. Select a location and click the “Archive” button. After the backup procedure is complete, boot into another computer with installation disk Windows 7 (or from boot disk ERD Commander 6.5, how to create such a disk or how to make bootable USB flash drive with ERD Commander I described), having previously disconnected it from the old one and connected a USB HDD or any other media of your choice containing the system image. Select system recovery and specify the disk with the Windows 7 image. Now wait for the recovery process to complete and reboot, remembering to set the BIOS to boot from hard drive.
This built-in Windows tool It is not without its drawbacks, such as long archive creation times and the lack of a compression function. However, there are other, more functional products.
Cloning an operating system
A bootable copy of your old hard drive can be transferred to a new computer using a backup utility or through virtualization. In this case, Windows and applications will be available immediately, without reinstallation.
You purchased a new computer with an operating system Windows system 7, but you don't want to give up your customized Windows XP from your old PC, along with all the applications. Then you need a copy of the system partition, which includes the boot sector, which is necessary to start the OS.
To physically clone the hard drive of an old computer, install the Paragon Drive Copy 11 program on it - this is a solution for backup, recovery and migration of systems in physical and virtual Windows environments, that is transfer Windows from one computer to another won't be difficult.
Paragon Drive Copy 11 supports all existing technologies Reserve copy. As a result, the user has more than seven ways to create backup copies and a whole range of archive storage options: from CD / DVD / Blu-ray media to FTP servers.
The 11th line has expanded functionality system recovery, which now allows you to return your PC to functionality not only using boot disks on Linux based/ DOS and WinPE 2.1, but also through migration and deployment of the system to another hardware platform (P2P) or to any virtual environment (P2V). Paragon Drive Copy 11 functions correctly in all popular types of virtual machines, including MS Virtual PC, VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. Support available USB devices 3.0.
Transferring Windows with Paragon Drive Copy
Open the program and call “Backup disk or partition”. Select the partition you want to clone and check the "Change archiving settings" checkbox. In the next dialog box, under “Archive Settings | Compression level”, you must select the “No compression” entry and check that the “Direct access to partition sectors” option is activated in the “Copy Settings” section.
It is more convenient to transfer data using an external HDD, but if you don’t have one, you can use network drives or burn data to Blu-ray discs.
Data archiving. Selecting a location for data recovery: creating a partition
Created in Paragon Drive Copy operating system clone(or system partition) is best saved to external drive(USB, E-SATA)
Once the copy is created, transfer it to your new computer. If you want to keep the modern OS installed there, create for Windows XP new section and integrate it into the Windows boot loader selection menu. To do this, first install the Paragon program on your new computer. Launch and select "Additional archiving operations". Paragon Drive Copy will show the existing partitions on the disk in a new window. If there is an area that suits the size and is not divided into disks, click on it right click mouse and select “Create partition”. Its volume should not be less than the copied archive from Windows XP. If your new computer only has one large Windows partition, you'll need to shrink it down first. Unfortunately, you won't be able to do this in Paragon. Therefore, use an additional utility for working with partitions, for example Partition Wizard Professional Edition 5.0
When the partition for the copy of Windows XP is ready, click on it in the “Backup & Recovery” program and select “Recover a logical drive from an archive.” Click on "Switch to File View" and select required archive. Follow further instructions. Finally, copy the clone to new system using the "Run" button.
Now you can run old computer through the Windows bootloader - the utility from Paragon brought it there under the name " Microsoft Windows" It is better to rename it using the EasyBCD program. Click on “Edit” in its interface Boot Menu" and select the above entry. The “Rename” function allows you to set a more informative name.
Data archiving. Alternative solution: virtual cloning
Use the Virtualization Operations section of the program to turn your old computer into a virtual machine and run it on your new PC. Select "P2V copy" to create a virtual copy of your computer. In the wizard, be sure to select the "Microsoft Virtual PC" option, even if you are using VirtualBox. Run "P2V OS setup". On a new PC, install the VirtualBox utility and launch the copy by double-clicking the VMC file.
Online storage for PC. Image of your system on the network
If you have a fast Internet connection, it is possible to place a copy of your old computer on online discs. Not only will you transfer your data to a new system, but you will also be able to restore it after a failure.
Laptop users who are concerned about the safety of their data should save it online: if the device and external HDD will be stolen, this will help you restore the system on another computer, but before you put your data in web storage, you need to take care of security.
The most important factor in the successful implementation of the plan is a sufficient amount of free space for a system clone. For small partitions, free online storage of 25 GB is quite suitable .
Learn more about Windows Live Skydrive storage from Microsoft
Using SkyDrive tools you can create three various types Folders accessed over the Internet (these folders are stored on a server managed by Microsoft):
- personal folders that only their creator has access to;
- shared folders with limited access, assigned by their creator to the specific individuals to whom the files are provided;
- shared folders with unlimited access that anyone can open via the Internet.
After registration, the following options are available:
- Access 25GB of free storage from any Internet-connected computer or mobile device with web access support. With help additional program You can even drag and drop files directly from your computer to SkyDrive. Availability this application provides convenient uploading and synchronization of files to the server. Some people do not accept the ubiquitous web interface and prefer to use the usual win-shells.
- Free. Today, almost all services of this type are free to one degree or another, only some resort to micropayment services to expand functionality. Nevertheless, in the age of capitalism and the global financial crisis, the absence of any fee for such a service can easily be considered an advantage.
- Own folder structure. Storing any types of files. Ability to link accounts. Direct links to folders.
To create a copy, you can use the Paragon Drive Copy program presented in the previous section. You can repeat the process described above, and also use the proposed compression function for backup archives - this will significantly reduce the upload and download time. You can also clone your old computer using Paragon's Virtualization Operation, creating a virtual copy of the system and then storing it online. The generated image can be downloaded at any time and run in VirtualBox. But before that, it won’t hurt to encrypt the copy using TrueCrypt.
Secure data encryption
Some online repositories offer own function encryption. I recommend performing this operation on your computer in order to initially exclude the possibility of access to an unprotected clone during the download or immediately after it for particularly cautious users.
After successfully creating a copy of your old computer, install TrueCrypt and the corresponding localization file. Create an encrypted image of the folder or
disk, placing it on local or external HDD. To do this, launch TrueCrypt and use the “Create Volume” menu item to place the encrypted file container on the selected disk. Choose a medium-strength algorithm, such as Serpent, as too strong encryption will negatively impact upload and download speeds. To place files in a ready-made container, you need to connect the latter as a disk. In the main window of the TrueCrypt interface, select any letter and use the “File” button to navigate to your container. Click "Mount" and enter the password. IN Windows Explorer you will see a new local drive where you can place a clone of your PC. Disconnect from the TrueCrypt program and go to the new computer on which you want to install the system clone. Install TrueCrypt on this PC and connect an external drive with an encrypted container to it. Then connect, as above, the file container as a new local disk and open it in Windows Explorer. Now you can import the clone.
If you use online storage to host an encrypted container, then in order to prevent it from being constantly loaded by the TrueCrypt program, in the “Settings - Options” section you must check the box “Save modification date in container files”.
Situation No. 1: new computer, identical operating systems
If you replaced your old (previous) PC with a device with a similar OS, data transfer carried out very quickly using the backup protocol created by the Ocster Backup program.
Because the standard folders, such as “My Documents”, do not differ from each other in old and new versions of Windows, you only need to select in the Ocster utility the required copy and restore it with the help of a wizard. If the computer failure occurred before you created a current backup copy, use the program calendar to access an earlier version of the backup. Be sure to activate the “Use default access permissions” option. Otherwise, the new OS will not have access to the data due to the lack of the necessary rights. In addition, in the wizard you can click on the backup folder and selectively restore files.
Situation #2: new computer, different version of Windows OS
If you change the client PC to more modern device With latest version OS, you will have to take into account its features. For example, in XP, your profile files are saved in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\username, and in Vista and Windows 7 they are stored in C:\User\username.
For such cases, Ocster Backup offers few settings, so you will have to download the program Windows Easy Transfer (link above). However, it is worth mentioning some limitations. You will not be able to transfer personal data using this utility if the versions of Windows on the old and new computers have different localizations, and there may be problems with transferring data from a 64-bit system to a 32-bit one.
In Windows 7 this program is already built-in. This way, you can seamlessly import all settings to your new computer using the same wizard.
How to transfer Windows to an SSD drive
Special situation: transferring Windows from IDE or SATA to an SSD drive
Regular hard disks store data on tracks divided into sectors. There is no such breakdown in SSDs. When installing Windows 7 on solid state drive The operating system takes into account the features of flash memory, but when you import a clone of an old computer, the drive will be about half as slow because most backup utilities save the clone according to the old sector logic.
Program for transferring Windows to SSD
Paragon offers the Drive Copy 11 Professional utility, which allows you to correctly transfer a system clone (system image) to solid state drive. It's tempting to take advantage of the latest, fastest, and quietest solid-state drives. But the capacities of affordable SSDs are limited, and in most cases, the size of your system partition will be larger than you would like. The option of this program Migrate OS to SSD is a unique way to transfer only those necessary for work Windows files, eliminating everything unnecessary in order to migrate the system to an SSD or any other smaller drive.
Using a 3TB disk (the system does not see the entire volume of the 3TB HDD)
Having become the owner of a high-capacity hard drive - more than 2.2 TB, you may be faced with the inability of your system to use all the free space (full volume). Reason: The traditional MBR partitioning method does not provide this feature. But Drive Copy 11 Professional will come to the rescue again, which will allow you to transfer the system and use new hard 3TB disk for the entire volume.
Quite often, computer and laptop users have situations where they replace existing equipment (for example, a motherboard or hard drive). Naturally, the old OS will not accept a new “motherboard” or an uninitialized hard drive just like that (like other built-in or peripheral equipment for which you just need to install drivers). Some argue that the system is easiest to reinstall. Yes, indeed, this is so. But in an old OS, which also works quite normally, they can be installed needed by the user programs, the re-installation of which may take too much time, or the user simply does not have their installation distributions. This is where the need arises to transfer Windows 7 to another hardware or even to a new computer if the old one cannot be upgraded.
But it's not that simple. 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 previously. And it’s not a fact that it will be possible to simply copy the system from an image to a disk with a capacity of 2 TB or more, which has not an MBR. However, to perform such actions, you can use several options, which we will discuss 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 third-party software.
Is it possible to transfer Windows 7 to another hardware: options
First, let's take a brief look at possible situations on which the user's further actions will depend. The easiest option, it is believed, involves replacing the motherboard. In this case, the installed equipment will need to be “decoupled” from the system in order to bring it into a state as if it was just beginning to recognize new equipment (most often this may be associated with replacing the motherboard). In the second case, when you need to transfer a working system to a new 1TB hard drive or any other size, the actions become somewhat more complicated. But, if you follow all the instructions below exactly, there shouldn’t be any problems.
Checking the hardware of a new computer or laptop
It goes without saying that the configuration of the new hardware installed on the motherboard should also be taken into account. For example, what kind of processor is needed for a 64-bit “seven”?
Naturally, only 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 comes down to the partition style. A hard drive with 1TB of memory of any OS version seven is recognized without problems, but devices with capacities of 2TB and higher can be detected only partially (not all available disk space will be available) or not recognized at all (not to mention SSD drives). We will dwell on actions with hard drives a little later, but for now we will focus on some important aspects regarding preliminary preparation.
Utilities used
As for the software used, you can use many utilities, for example from Acronis, or even run a complete one with working system. However, if you don’t have such tools at hand, you can use the built-in “native” Windows program 7 Sysprep. With its help, the transfer, however, may take a little longer, however, in most cases, the use of this particular tool seems to be the most acceptable for any user.
Preliminary actions
Finally, before you start transferring 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 process their presence can provoke conflicts or unexpected errors.
Also, just in case Windows transfer 7 to another computer that will use the existing hard drive, it is advisable to create an image in advance original system. If something goes wrong, you can recover from it fairly quickly.
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 begin the transfer only the next time it starts).
We call the command line on behalf of the administrator, enter the command of the same name, after which in the window that appears, from the list of actions, select the option to go to the welcome window (OOBE), check the box for preparation for use and set the shutdown mode. At this stage running service will remove all hardware IDs, activation information, etc.
After turning off the computer, remove the hard drive, replace the motherboard and connect it again (or install it on a new PC). After turning on, the system will independently update the registry settings, launch the necessary services, install the equipment and test it upon restart.
Configuring system settings immediately after the transfer
After this, as with the first installation of the system, you will need to select a language and region, and then create a new user registration.
It is extremely important that it differs from those already available in the system! This entry can be deleted later. Next, you will need to perform standard procedures for setting the time, Internet, etc. When the system starts, in the welcome window you need to select the registration that was installed in the system earlier (and not the one that was created at the transfer stage) 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 a similar one, although this is considered, to put it mildly, illegal or even illegal.
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 is set first in priority BIOS boot. After starting the OS, you need to go to the backup and recovery section in the Control Panel and create a system image. To save the image, you will need an additional third media (for example, an external USB HDD). You can skip the recovery disk creation step. After this, you need to disconnect the source disk, boot the system from the installation DVD, select the recovery partition and specify recovery from a previously created image.
Then the found image will appear on the external drive, which should be used. This will be followed by the start of the process of transferring all parameters, upon completion 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 in this family) is not as difficult to use as it might seem at first glance.
What should you consider when migrating an OS to large disks?
Finally, a few words about the hard drives themselves. Firstly, if you are migrating the system to a new HDD, please note that quite often you may need to perform a primary and create simple volume(for example, after connecting an old drive to a new computer as an external drive).
Secondly, new disk 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, and not BIOS. Otherwise, transferring Windows 7 to another hardware will be impossible. As a last resort, a large hard drive can be divided into more than two logical partitions (but no more than four), setting the MBR style for each of them, not GPT. It goes without saying that in order to carry out the transfer correctly, as mentioned above, you should take into account which processor is used, how many random access memory installed and what is the bit depth of the OS itself. And in general, does a new or upgraded PC comply with minimum requirements portable version of the "seven".
When buying a new PC, users often ask the question of how to transfer Windows 7 to another computer. This is very important, because you really don’t want to deprive yourself of everything installed programs, accounts and personal files.The system utility sysprep will help you perform this operation. 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 it to a compatible architecture. Those. It may not be possible to transfer Windows from an AMD platform to an Intel platform and vice versa. Having started a transfer, it is advisable to create backup image your system, so that if the transfer is unsuccessful, you can recover from it. Before creating the image, you need to remove all virtual hard disk emulators (UltraISO, DAEMON Tools, etc.)
To start with command line you need to run the command slmgr/dlv.
After this, a window will open where you can see the number of Windows transfers to other PCs.
Next step you need to enter the command C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Sysprep.exe. This command will open system utility, which will begin to prepare Windows 7 for “deportation” to new hardware.
You need to set everything exactly as in the screenshot above.
It is necessary to put the system into mode OOBE, which will ensure that the transfer mode is activated the next time the system is launched 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 in which the process will be displayed Windows preparation 7 to 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 dismantling it. After the drive is secured and connected to the new computer, the PC must be turned on. After this, Windows 7 will begin updating registry configurations and starting services. If an error occurs, 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 normal, the system will begin installing devices and applying the configuration settings.
This will be followed by a normal reboot and setting up account settings. It is very important to enter a new username here. For example, on the old PC the name was Sergey. To avoid a conflict in the system during transfer, you need to enter any other name, because This account will be temporary. Next are the standard operations for setting up the system - password, time zone, accept the license terms. In the window " Windows setup » select the item « defer decision" When you first boot, the system will offer to run from multiple accounts. If the old PC had, for example, two accounts, then Windows will offer to start with three, including the new one, which was created in the previous paragraph. After downloading this account can be deleted.
To use the operating system, you need space on which it will store files for work. Thus, you can start from both a hard drive and a flash drive, from a disk. What to do when you need to transfer Windows with all the necessary files to another medium, without loss of performance? In this case, we will consider the option of transferring the system to second hard disk.
What is the transfer done with?
Of course, you won’t be able to simply transfer the system, because copying/pasting here simply won’t work. To perform this operation you will need a special software, which will be launched from under DOS, i.e., without starting the system itself at all - working only at the pre-boot stage. Yes, you can use a large list of algorithms with DOS commands, but it is much better to pay attention to programs with ready-made solutions.
These include Acronis, Seagate DiscWizard, Samsung Data Migration and others. Each of them is simple in its own way, has a different cost, or may even be shareware. We turned our attention to a program from Acronis – Acronis Disk Director, which can be downloaded from torrents along with license keys. The best version for Windows migration is 11 Home and higher.
After downloading the program, install it and connect the second hard drive to the computer. The PC must, of course, be turned off, and after rebooting we launch the application. You don't need to do anything else with the disk. Then everything is done directly in Acronis Disk Director 11 Home.
Step-by-step instructions on how to transfer Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10
The instructions are suitable for all versions of Windows that support the Acronis Disk Director program, i.e. starting with Windows 7. All actions are performed in the same way, there are no differences. Let's start transferring the system to another hard drive:
- Let's say there are two disks. The first is the main one, the second is the additional one to which the system needs to be transferred. In the program window we have Disk 2 and Disk 1;
- As shown in the screenshot, you need to right-click on the main disk and select "Clone base disk";
- In the next window that appears after clicking the button "Clone…", you will be asked to select which drive you want to transfer Windows to. In our case, we transfer to Disk 1, select it, and then click "Further";
- Do not forget that after pressing "Further", you will need to put a tick or mark opposite the item "One to One" in field "Cloning method" and then press "Complete";
- When this task will be accepted by the program, a checkbox with the option to use pending operations will be shown at the top. You need to left-click it and then click "Continue";
- Don't be alarmed, you will be asked to confirm again what you want to do. Click "OK";
- When the reboot starts, the program will automatically start in DOS mode and will clone from one disk to another. This may take a long time, but you should have your computer in sight, just in case.
- When the entire operation is completed, a reboot will occur and you can launch the application again. Now you will see that the system has been transferred correctly:
- To make sure everything is working properly, turn off the computer, disconnect the old hard drive and start the computer again - everything should work as before. We recommend formatting the old hard drive and using it as an additional drive.
- You can mark up the unallocated area that the program left during cloning as you wish - to do this, read
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steel, mink, beef, paper September 15, 2013 at 08:58 pmA universal way to transfer Windows 7 to a new platform
Task
Describe the fastest and most universal transfer method installed Windows to any hardware platform.Limits of applicability
OS Windows 7. Theoretically, Windows 8, Server 2008, 2008 R2. 64-bit OSes can only be ported to 64-bit platforms.Description of the task
A larger number of users prefer to transfer the OS disk/image rather than reinstall and lose all settings. The process is not trivial. If the update is minor, then there are no problems. If updated motherboard, then it all depends on the parameters: the difference in platforms, the relevance of the OS release, the release date of the equipment. The worst case scenario is to migrate from amd to intel (or from intel to amd), where the target platform is released later than the OS distribution (and has no records of the corresponding drivers in installation settings). In this case, with almost any transfer method, error 0x0000007B is guaranteed when starting the OS on new car. This method allows you to avoid this mistake. The Internet is full of questions and useless recipes. Here they are:- Using the sysprep utility is useless and greatly delays the process.
- Use third-party utilities ( Acronis True Image, etc...) - this takes a long time and does not guarantee results.
- Use the botrec and bootsect utilities - in general, the problem is not in finding boot sectors.
- Make sure that both the source and target systems have BIOS settings identical ones are installed AHCI modes
Controller Mode: Compatible, AHCI Mode: Disabled, SATA Native Mode: Disable
or
Controller Mode: Enhanced, AHCI Mode: Enabled, SATA Native Mode: Enabled - Make sure that Standard AHCI controller is installed in the system settings
Start - Control Panel - System - Device Manager - IDE/ATAPI Controllers
Proper implementation of transfer
Requirements:
- Windows distribution, similar to the installed one
- A storage medium suitable for temporary installation of Windows on it
Process
- Connect the temporary storage medium to the new platform and perform the initial Windows installation on him.
- Export the registry hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase to a file
- Import a file with a registry hive on an old machine
- Reinstall Windows hard drive from old to new machine
Explanation:
The main problem with Windows startup On a new platform, Windows becomes unable to identify the correct drivers for the hardware components of the new platform. Normally, the OS then looks up the hardware IDs and installs the appropriate standard driver. If, for many reasons, the OS does not have information on drivers corresponding to the current hardware identifiers, it continues to use the old drivers. By importing a registry key with the corresponding identifiers, we force the system to “recognize” our equipment and connect the appropriate driver (or a standard one, if the driver is not found)Additionally:
- Can be installed new Windows to the same hard drive (only in a different directory than the distribution being transferred), export the registry hive to a file, boot the disk on the previous machine and import the data into the registry from the file
- You can carry out the entire operation directly on the new platform if you use ERD Commander (aka Microsoft DART)
- There is a corresponding DART for each version of Windows. Here's a good one. You can easily google the link to the DART distribution
- If, for some reason, it is impossible to transfer the data file from the registry to your hard drive, then there is a way to embed it directly into boot.wim DART. To do this, you should use GImageX
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