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Transporting Operating Systems Across Machines?
NathanLithia
Hey People
i have been trying to Google this subject for some time (no results)
Here's the situation
I have 2 laptops
1 Laptop has a Activated Windows 7 Home Premium
And my Second laptop has a Windows XP Copy
But i don't have a CD with the Windows 7 Installation on it
I want to know if there is a way i can Recompile my Windows 7 that is Already installed and transport it to my Second laptop and upgrade its Operating system From XP to Windows 7 without a CD?
Any Software or Leads on something powerful enough to do so?
I was thinking of moving my C:/Windows/ and appdata ect ect to the other PC Via Portable Hard drive
But i'm always sure that will just come up with lots of errors.
i have been trying to Google this subject for some time (no results)
Here's the situation
I have 2 laptops
1 Laptop has a Activated Windows 7 Home Premium
And my Second laptop has a Windows XP Copy
But i don't have a CD with the Windows 7 Installation on it
I want to know if there is a way i can Recompile my Windows 7 that is Already installed and transport it to my Second laptop and upgrade its Operating system From XP to Windows 7 without a CD?
Any Software or Leads on something powerful enough to do so?
I was thinking of moving my C:/Windows/ and appdata ect ect to the other PC Via Portable Hard drive
But i'm always sure that will just come up with lots of errors.
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moving the files will not work
even creating a virtual copy og your harddrive will not work as dinwos stores many files a a way that can not be reached by normal means
you will need a dvd/flashdrive to install windows period
after that you can copy all your personal settings over from one machine to the other
simply copying the "c:\users" folder will do the job (make sure that all the programms you want to copy the settingsfrom are already installed)
even creating a virtual copy og your harddrive will not work as dinwos stores many files a a way that can not be reached by normal means
you will need a dvd/flashdrive to install windows period
after that you can copy all your personal settings over from one machine to the other
simply copying the "c:\users" folder will do the job (make sure that all the programms you want to copy the settingsfrom are already installed)
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Awwh Ill just have to go and buy a CD then
Thanks for the information
Thanks for the information
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Copy the c drive.
