Comments on: moving entire Windows OS and data from an old PC to a new one http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/moving-entire-windows-os-and-data-from-an-old-pc-to-a-new-one/ Sat, 26 May 2012 03:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Srooibok http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/moving-entire-windows-os-and-data-from-an-old-pc-to-a-new-one/#comment-51042 Srooibok Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:36:00 +0000 #comment-51042 Oops by the way you get a 30 day no limitation trial of Cbmr. 'S' Oops by the way you get a 30 day no limitation trial of Cbmr.

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]]> By: Srooibok http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/moving-entire-windows-os-and-data-from-an-old-pc-to-a-new-one/#comment-51041 Srooibok Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:33:09 +0000 #comment-51041 Get a copy of Cbmr for windows (the winpe version) it will allow you to back up your old machine and using the recovery environment re-install the old system on the new system, then using the dissimiliar hardware wizard you can inject the drivers for the new machine all you will need to inject to get it too boot is the ide/scsi drivers, the rest you can do with plug and play in the rebooted system. 'S' Get a copy of Cbmr for windows (the winpe version) it will allow you to back up your old machine and using the recovery environment re-install the old system on the new system, then using the dissimiliar hardware wizard you can inject the drivers for the new machine all you will need to inject to get it too boot is the ide/scsi drivers, the rest you can do with plug and play in the rebooted system.

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]]> By: JohnBF http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/moving-entire-windows-os-and-data-from-an-old-pc-to-a-new-one/#comment-51029 JohnBF Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:24:14 +0000 #comment-51029 I'm guessing here that you've got a "bare bones" machine that's been supplied without an operating system. Otherwise as above copy data files across and then re-install all the software, it takes a while but this gives you all the benefits of the "new" machine. This is no way an ideal solution but you could try removing the Hard disk from the old machine and installing it in the new one as the master drive so the new machine boots from it. It's highly unlikely that the old machine will have the drivers required by the new one but, if you're lucky you may be able to get it to start in "safe" mode and install them from there. If the new machine already has a hard disk this can be used as a slave for data storage. I’m guessing here that you’ve got a “bare bones” machine that’s been supplied without an operating system. Otherwise as above copy data files across and then re-install all the software, it takes a while but this gives you all the benefits of the “new” machine.

This is no way an ideal solution but you could try removing the Hard disk from the old machine and installing it in the new one as the master drive so the new machine boots from it. It’s highly unlikely that the old machine will have the drivers required by the new one but, if you’re lucky you may be able to get it to start in “safe” mode and install them from there. If the new machine already has a hard disk this can be used as a slave for data storage.

]]> By: Wrobinson http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/moving-entire-windows-os-and-data-from-an-old-pc-to-a-new-one/#comment-51017 Wrobinson Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:04:17 +0000 #comment-51017 You might want to consider using VMware Converter [A href="http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/"]http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/[/A] You might want to consider using VMware Converter

]]> By: Papp http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/moving-entire-windows-os-and-data-from-an-old-pc-to-a-new-one/#comment-50998 Papp Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:10:34 +0000 #comment-50998 ... of course there is all the junk and backdoors on new PCs. Not that standard Web objects have crossed that line long ago. ActiveX, .NET, Java, all good languages, in the hands of current human activities are way to broad in depth and scope to think you have a clean PC after 2 minutes on the web. So unless you have invested alot of time encrypting and scripting, the "copy partition" pay-off may not be so grand. Any decent security includes every device in the HAL and would not transfer well. Weed n' seed applications "is" like trying to transport plants, "if" you get most of the root, they will work. Since you had not stated the OS version the complexity varries greatly. … of course there is all the junk and backdoors on new PCs. Not that standard Web objects have crossed that line long ago. ActiveX, .NET, Java, all good languages, in the hands of current human activities are way to broad in depth and scope to think you have a clean PC after 2 minutes on the web. So unless you have invested alot of time encrypting and scripting, the “copy partition” pay-off may not be so grand. Any decent security includes every device in the HAL and would not transfer well. Weed n’ seed applications “is” like trying to transport plants, “if” you get most of the root, they will work. Since you had not stated the OS version the complexity varries greatly.

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