jamesd3rd Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I've a ton of migrations and have always wondered if there was a way to migrate an entire Windows installation from one computer to a completely different hardware set up with apps and all and not have Windows completely choke. I've heard there are issues with the HAL.dll file and registry if it is attempted. I know the best thing to do is do all the installs on a new system and migrate working data, and other backed files. This is my standard approach but I was just curious. I've heard of tools that will migrate accounts, profiles and permissions for servers but that isn't exactly the same thing as a desktop. Quote
BlueWyvern Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 I stumbled across this a while ago, haven't used it... but it seems to be what you are looking for. Migration Assistant Quote
Infiltrator Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 You could migrate the OS to a virtual machine, but migrating it to a new hardware platform, it might work but you will definitely run into some hardware or software compatibility issues. Quote
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