How to deal with laptop drivers when cloning data on one internal SSD to another?

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Hi,

I am changing my old Sony Vaio to an Acer ES1-531 (not confirmed yet). I want to keep my the data from the SSD in my Vaio because a) I have a lot of programs, plugins for those programs and specific user settings that I want to maintain, and b) I don't want to 'upgrade' from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (pre installed in all new laptops).

I understand how to clone the partitions of my current SSD onto another, but one issue I have is with the fact that different laptops are going to need different drivers. How am I going to go about this? Can I pre-install the drivers for the new laptop on to the old SSD then clone it onto the new SSD, or is it more complicated?

Sorry if this seems like a bit of a noobie question, I am normally really good with this kind of stuff, but I just want to be sure before I do anything stupid.

If you need any more details or a better clarification then please ask.

Thanks.
 
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Cloning from one laptop to another is pretty hard. Desktops, so long as you have a compatible add-in SATA adapter, you can move from system to sytem (Even AMD to Intel and back. I have done this a few times).

Now you are trying to clone form the Vaio to the Acer the whole drive so that you would have identical drives in each laptop? The issue you would have is licensing. you would have to buy another Windows 7 License for that drive you cloned to the Acer IF you could even get it to boot.

how old is this Viao?

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Different drivers between the two laptops is the least of the issues you would be facing.

It will be virtually impossible that the cloned system from your Sony to Acer PCs will result in a bootable, functional system on the new PC. There's really no practical way to achieve your objective except to fresh install the Win 7 OS onto the Acer. And you would still have to copy/move data from the Sony to the Acer, including, of course, any program installation files in order to install those programs in the new laptop.

You should check with Acer re whether there will be any licensing issues involved because of the change in OSs. Probably not, but a sensible precaution to check this out with Acer.
 
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Cloning from one laptop to another is pretty hard. Desktops, so long as you have a compatible add-in SATA adapter, you can move from system to sytem (Even AMD to Intel and back. I have done this a few times).

Now you are trying to clone form the Vaio to the Acer the whole drive so that you would have identical drives in each laptop? The issue you would have is licensing. you would have to buy another Windows 7 License for that drive you cloned to the Acer IF you could even get it to boot.

how old is this Viao?

 
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