Solve : Hard drive switch ..?

1.	Solve : Hard drive switch ..?
Answer» I have a Dell Inspiron E1705 that runs great .. I just made a buy on a Dell XPS M1710 .. When I take the hard drive out of the E1705 and install it in the M1710 all I get is a loop .. It will say windows is loading files .. Then it will go to the Dell start up screen then back to the loading files and keep doing it over and over .. I guess what my question would be .. Is why does the hard drive work in the E1705 with no problems but when I swith the hard drive over to the M1710 it wont work .. Thanks in advance for the help .. I cant figure it out .. You cannot take a disc with Windows installed from one system, put it in another, and expect it to work You'll need to install Windows on your new system. Alternatively, Acronis True Image has a FEATURE that allows you to create an image on one system and restore it to another. I've never tried it, but I hear that it works fine.ok .. So I need a whole new hard drive then just transfer everything over from the E1705 to the M1710 .. sounds like a plan .. thanks for the info .. that just made it clear for me .. Quote from: Allan on September 14, 2013, 02:01:48 PM Acronis True Image has a feature that allows you to create an image on one system and restore it to another. Acronis Universal Restore, which patches Hal.dll and changes drivers where needed. Moving an existing Windows install might lead to Windows EULA and/or activation issues, especially with an OEM license. I have seen a thread on the Acronis official forum where someone sought information about this and was told, I quote: Quote Thank you for your interest in Acronis DISK Backup Software. We are very sorry for the delay with the response. Please be aware that after being transferred to a computer having hardware configuration different from that of the machine it was originally installed on, Windows may require a re-activation. HOWEVER, this issue is not related to Acronis software and depends of the particular Windows version\licence you use. We recommend that you contact Microsoft Support Team for further information regarding Windows licensing. If it is an OEM license, and they are pretty common with Dells, I always thought an OEM license is tied to the machine it came with, and dies with that machine, and I cannot imagine how I would try to ARGUE a Microsoft rep into saying otherwise about either, and giving me a key, but I may be being overly pessimistic. Quote from: Dave967 on September 14, 2013, 02:06:41 PM ok .. So I need a whole new hard drive then just transfer everything over from the E1705 to the M1710 .. sounds like a plan .. thanks for the info .. that just made it clear for me .. Not sure what you mean by "transfer everything over". You can either use Acronis True Image (as explained by Salmon Trout above) or you can copy over the data and REINSTALL all apps.

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I have a Dell Inspiron E1705 that runs great .. I just made a buy on a Dell XPS M1710 .. When I take the hard drive out of the E1705 and install it in the M1710 all I get is a loop .. It will say windows is loading files .. Then it will go to the Dell start up screen then back to the loading files and keep doing it over and over .. I guess what my question would be .. Is why does the hard drive work in the E1705 with no problems but when I swith the hard drive over to the M1710 it wont work .. Thanks in advance for the help .. I cant figure it out .. You cannot take a disc with Windows installed from one system, put it in another, and expect it to work You'll need to install Windows on your new system. Alternatively, Acronis True Image has a FEATURE that allows you to create an image on one system and restore it to another. I've never tried it, but I hear that it works fine.ok .. So I need a whole new hard drive then just transfer everything over from the E1705 to the M1710 .. sounds like a plan .. thanks for the info .. that just made it clear for me .. Quote from: Allan on September 14, 2013, 02:01:48 PM

Acronis True Image has a feature that allows you to create an image on one system and restore it to another.

Acronis Universal Restore, which patches Hal.dll and changes drivers where needed. Moving an existing Windows install might lead to Windows EULA and/or activation issues, especially with an OEM license. I have seen a thread on the Acronis official forum where someone sought information about this and was told, I quote:

Quote

Thank you for your interest in Acronis DISK Backup Software.

We are very sorry for the delay with the response.

Please be aware that after being transferred to a computer having hardware configuration different from that of the machine it was originally installed on, Windows may require a re-activation. HOWEVER, this issue is not related to Acronis software and depends of the particular Windows version\licence you use. We recommend that you contact Microsoft Support Team for further information regarding Windows licensing.

If it is an OEM license, and they are pretty common with Dells, I always thought an OEM license is tied to the machine it came with, and dies with that machine, and I cannot imagine how I would try to ARGUE a Microsoft rep into saying otherwise about either, and giving me a key, but I may be being overly pessimistic.

Quote from: Dave967 on September 14, 2013, 02:06:41 PM

ok .. So I need a whole new hard drive then just transfer everything over from the E1705 to the M1710 .. sounds like a plan .. thanks for the info .. that just made it clear for me ..

Not sure what you mean by "transfer everything over". You can either use Acronis True Image (as explained by Salmon Trout above) or you can copy over the data and REINSTALL all apps.

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