Restore to different hardware

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DrTeeth
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Re: Restore to different hardware

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On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:02:07 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
Gary Seven disturbed my reverie and wrote:

> In fact, once installed, can I just reconnect my SSD's and boot into them (Windows 7, Linux, etc.) without even doing a restore (using the same SSD's here, just different mobo, CPU, and RAM)?

That is how I have always done it, >10 times. It was so many as a few
years ago, I got a new MB and had probs so swapped the drives between
5 different MBs/CPUs etc over 5 times without a burp.
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DrTeeth
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Re: Restore to different hardware

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On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:51:20 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
CyberSimian disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>Be aware that motherboards with Z370 and Z390 chipsets do not support Windows 7. If you try to run the Intel Driver Update Tool to update the drivers, it will (I think) refuse to update any drivers. Similarly if you try to run Microsoft Windows Update.

The Z390 only officially supports win 10, though I got win 8.1 to work
okay. Had to apply a hack to get windows update working though. The
only problem with win 7 and the Z390 chipset is no USB drivers. The
OS would boot, but I could not login as mouse and keyboard are USB.
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Gary Seven
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Re: Restore to different hardware

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Let me clarify my build plans. I've been sitting on an Asus Hero VII x470 mobo (AMD) for over six months and never got around to doing a new build. Now I have no choice (there goes my x570 plans). It would seem from the Asus website the x470 indeed will run Windows 7 on current Ryzen generation (gen1/2) CPU. So I think this might work.
https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/RO ... fications/

Maybe I should strip out as many of the drivers from my current install (an old MSI board), do a backup of that, and then try an image restore to the new build? Can then apply the chipset/mobo drivers from Asus after the restore? Hell, if I have to I will reinstall Win7 but it'll be hell considering how complicated my current setup is. Not too worried about Linux as the kernel seems to be much more forgiving when restoring to new hardware. Of course, I will have backups of everything from every drive so I'm not too worried there as well. TBH I just didn't think it would be possible to "restore" Win7 to new hardware and have always gone the "reinstall the entire mofo" all my life.

I use IFL for my backups and restores. Will I have any issues in a UEFI environment?
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Re: Restore to different hardware

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DrTeeth wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:02:07 PDT,
>
> That is how I have always done it, >10 times. It was so many as a few
> years ago, I got a new MB and had probs so swapped the drives between
> 5 different MBs/CPUs etc over 5 times without a burp.
> --
Dr. Teeth, so you did not have to use Sysprep before doing this? Have you ever tried moving between new hardware with an old install using Sysprep? Just wondering.
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Re: Restore to different hardware

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On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:34:07 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
Gary Seven disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>Dr. Teeth, so you did not have to use Sysprep before doing this?

Don't even know what "Sysprep" is! Each time I just swapped over the
hard drives and booted. Windows and Linux all booted fine.
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Gary Seven
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Re: Restore to different hardware

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DrTeeth wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:34:07 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
> Gary Seven disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>
> >Dr. Teeth, so you did not have to use Sysprep before doing this?
>
> Don't even know what "Sysprep" is! Each time I just swapped over the
> hard drives and booted. Windows and Linux all booted fine.

Just FYI. This is SysPrep [ Edit: https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=622 ]


G7
DrTeeth
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Re: Restore to different hardware

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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 09:59:50 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
Gary Seven disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>Just FYI. This is SysPrep

Thanks for the info.

It is in the same camp as UEFI for me; that camp being "too
complicated especially as I cannot see any advantages it gives me",
LOLZ!
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Gary Seven
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Re: Restore to different hardware

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Gary Seven wrote:
>
> Just FYI. This is SysPrep [ Edit:
> https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=622 ]

Hmmm. This is not the original link I posted as it was more of a convoluted "how to." This link was inserted by Terabyte forum moderators? I understand WHY you folks did that but still, not cool.

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