installing a an image to upgraded motherboard

rjleake

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Hi,
I want build an upgraded system (motherboard and CPU) and reuse the same software. If I make an image of the hard drive will it run with newer hardware?. I have ASUS P6TD with quadcore i7-930 CPU
 
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It probably won't work on a different MB, etc. You can sysprep your older windows.

copied from another thread here at Tomshardware:
Sysprep it before plugging it to new PC to avoid boot BSODs. To do this, go to C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\sysprep.exe, check 'generalize', select 'OOBE' on drop down menu, and 'Shut down'.

When your new PC boots off of your old HDD, you'll get the 'out of box experience' screen, asking you to create new user account. Just call it anything and after that's done, you can log off and switch to your main user account.

Once you're logged in with your main account, you can safely proceed with deleting the newly made account in Control Panel > User Accounts applet


It probably won't work on a different MB, etc. You can sysprep your older windows.

copied from another thread here at Tomshardware:
Sysprep it before plugging it to new PC to avoid boot BSODs. To do this, go to C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\sysprep.exe, check 'generalize', select 'OOBE' on drop down menu, and 'Shut down'.

When your new PC boots off of your old HDD, you'll get the 'out of box experience' screen, asking you to create new user account. Just call it anything and after that's done, you can log off and switch to your main user account.

Once you're logged in with your main account, you can safely proceed with deleting the newly made account in Control Panel > User Accounts applet


 
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rjleake

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Thanks for your reply - very helpful