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How to Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms

Topic:  PC Troubleshooting, System Utilities, Windows  Product:  Paragon Hard Disk Manager , Paragon Backup & Recovery™  Related Articles:  paragon winpe drivers   hardware requirement run teamcenter 8.3   migrate windows 7 todifferent hardware platforms  

As you may know, Windows NT family operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 7 has the unique security identifier (SID) for each computers, which prevents you from directly copy the current system to another PC. In some cases, things are worse, if you replaced the HDD controller or motherboard on the current system, Windows will most like fail to boot. In this guide, you will learn how to Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms in a high efficiency way.

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Solution

Either Paragon Hard Disk Manager main program or Paragon WinPE recovery media can achieve the goal. If you have dual-boot/multi-boot system environment, then this tutorial is for you. Otherwise, please refer to Migrate Windows 7 to different hardware platforms in Windows PE environment.

This tutorial will introduce Paragon Hard Disk Manager Professional edition as an example. Please install the program to another Windows system other than the one to be adjusted.

  1. Purchase or download the demo version of Paragon Hard Disk Manager Professional from its website.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  2. Run the program setup, you will need to enter the Product Key and Serial Number to continue the commercial version of Paragon Hard Disk Manager Professional installation process.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  3. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  4. Launch "Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2010 Professional" shortcut on desktop, click the "Full Scale Launcher" link in the lower left corner.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  5. In the Paragon Hard Disk Manager main window, select "Wizards > Virtualization > P2P Adjust OS" on the top menu bar.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  6. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  7. Select the operating system you need to adjust to your new hardware.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  8. Choose whether you want to add third-party drivers or not, and the way to do it.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  9. Depending on which option you have selected in the above step, you may need to specify a path for the new drivers to be injected.
  10. Click Finish to close the Wizard.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  11. Back to the main window, click on "Apply" button to commit changes.
    Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms
  12. Now you can boot the Windows system smoothly.

Tips

  • Paragon Virtualization Manager can also perform the task, you can download it via Paragon official website.
  • If you want advanced features for physical systems' data backup and recovery, you can try Paragon Backup & Recovery Suite. For more information about the differences between Free edition and Suite edition of Paragon Backup & Recovery, please refer Paragon official website.

See also

How to Migrate Windows system from virtual environment to physical
How to Migrate Windows 7 VHD from virtual environment to physical
How to Migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7 smoothly and securely

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As you may know, Windows NT family operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 7 has the unique security identifier (SID) for each computers, which prevents you from directly copy the current system to another PC. In some cases, things are worse, if you replaced the HDD controller or motherboard on the current system, Windows will most like fail to boot. In this guide, you will learn how to Migrate Windows to different hardware platforms in a high efficiency way.
How to Recover Windows 7 to different hardware platforms
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