b-man Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 i currently have my pc here and am planning to upgrade just about everything on it even converting my current hdd to an ssdcan i use windows backup feature to back up the OS and then recover it to the ssd and it work on the PC after the upgrade?i know i should do a complete reformat but i really need to keep it going as is for now until i get the time to do a reformat.i have way too many settings, symlinks and programs that id need to change to get it back to how it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Care to read this? (re: Activation)Same concept, different methodology.If Drivers aren't present (if new MotherBoard) that will tend to complicate matters. Otherwise, you PROBABLY will be OK (but see above) but may need additional Drivers (NOT MotherBoard).HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-man Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) I am slightly confused with that, im not against having to reactivate, i was just wondering if i could do it without BSOD because of different hardwarei will be upgrading motherboard cpu and ram and obviously the ssdi have read there are ways to do it but thought this community would be able to say the easiest wayi did read windows backup could by installing windows 7 onto the fresh computer then recovering the backup onto that but havent been able to find too much about itits looking like a reformat, although not the best option for me at this time is still the best option, i may have to hold off on the upgrade for a few months or so until i can get it done properly Edited January 20, 2013 by b-man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdob Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 i could do it without BSOD because of different hardwarei will be upgrading motherboard cpu and ram and obviously the ssdWhich old and new hardware do you use?Most importand are mass storage drivers. Which one do you use currently?Set services msahci and pciide to start=0http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976/en-usThere is sysprep tooSysprep Command-Line Syntax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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