This is the transfer of all data from the old drive ("donor") to the new one ("recipient"). Everything is copied without exception: the operating system with drivers, installed programs, photos, music and so on. After cloning and replacing the disk, there is no need to remember passwords, all files will be in their usual places.

Why clone your hard drive?

This operation is carried out for the following purposes:

1. To use new and more fast storage. Typical case- replacing a slow HDD with modern SSD. This will significantly speed up the responsiveness of Windows, and by cloning an upgrade computer will pass as comfortable as possible for the user. All shortcuts and settings will remain unchanged, but the system will become faster.
2. To avoid reinstalling operating system. For example, after buying a new computer, you want everything to be the same as on the old one and without reinstallations. This will happen when transferring information from the “donor” to the “recipient”, and the procedure itself will require relatively little action and attention on the part of the user.
3. To synchronize work different computers. Becoming increasingly common remote work. Cloning hard disk will allow you to deploy a full workplace where it is convenient and there can be as many such places as you like.
4. To do backup copy data. You can lose information on a storage device at any time - nothing lasts forever. Thanks to cloning in a few clicks, you can be protected in case of force majeure and have a fully working “cast” of all data.

It is important that the “donor” is free of viruses - clone the drive only after a thorough scan for malware.

Utilities and programs for cloning

There are many cloning apps available. Some are specially designed to perform such an operation - suitable for inexperienced users who value the simplicity of the process. Other programs have broader functionality. In them, creating a disk clone is just one of many available options.

Before using any application, please connect new drive to the computer. To do this, it is convenient to use the external pocket for hard drive

Renee Becca

A simple utility that everyone can understand. With its help, you can clone a storage medium in a few clicks. The algorithm of actions consists of the following steps:

• download, install and launch the application;
• select the item in the left panel "Clone". Using "Renee Becca" you can also make a clone of only certain local disks or transfer only the operating system to the new drive. The corresponding items are located below in the initial window of the program;

• indicate “donor” and “recipient”. To get full copy“donor”, ​​check the box “Make target disk boot..." at the bottom of the window. On the left, expand the “More” list and check the box next to “Clone all sectors...”. Then start the operation by clicking on “Clone”;

A functional program that costs a lot, but the demo version is also suitable for cloning. To download it, follow the link and enter your e-mail. After launching the application, do the following:

• select "donor". It is important to indicate not only local disk, but the entire drive. To do this, click right click mouse on the line with this drive and click on “Clone basic disk»;

• indicate the "recipient". When choosing this disk, remember that the data on it will be overwritten, and its volume cannot be less than the size of the occupied information on the “donor”;

• so that the “recipient” is exactly the same as the “donor”, ​​check the box next to the “One to One” line in the next window;

• in Acronis Disc Director, any manipulations with drives must always be confirmed separately. To do this, at the top of the window, click on “Apply pending operations” - only after this will cloning begin;

If you do not use the program for commercial purposes, then you do not need to pay for it. You just need to go to the developer’s website, click on “Home Use”, specify your e-mail and confirm it - you will receive a corresponding letter. After downloading, installing and launching " Macrium Reflect» do the following:

• on home screen click on “Clone this disk”;

• on the next window, check the box for all local disks on the “donor”;

• at the bottom, click on “Select a disk to clone ...” - a selection window will appear where you specify “donor”;

• at the end of the operation, click on “Finish”;

Paragon Drive Backup Personal

A free utility with enough capabilities for cloning. It is available for download on this page, and after downloading, installing and launching, do the following:

• create your own account in the application. This is done in a few clicks - you only need to specify your e-mail and personal information. After that, on the left, click on “My new backup”. On the right, indicate the “donor” in the “Backup source” field and the “recipient” in the “Destination” field;

• start cloning by clicking on “Back up now”;

Simple and free application. To download, go to the developer’s website and select the version with Russian localization.

After installation and launch, follow these steps sequentially:

• indicate "donor". If you need to clone not the entire drive, but only one of the local drives, then check the “Show partitions” line and select the required local drives. Then click on “Next”;

• Specify the “recipient” and click “Next” again.

• The settings window will appear. You don’t have to change anything and click “Next”;

• A window for setting the sizes of the “donor” and “recipient” will appear. Just check the box “Resize partitions proportionally” and click on “Next”;

• V last window Confirm the start of the operation by clicking on “Start copying”.

A good utility that has a demo version, the capabilities of which are enough for one-time disk cloning. After downloading, installing and launching the application, follow these steps:

• V top panel click on “Clone” - unfortunately, the program does not have a translation into Russian;

Hello friends! All topics that relate to personal data, files and settings are always very relevant. Just as relevant are the methods of preserving, transferring and restoring them. Therefore, today I want to write about how to transfer settings, accounts, program settings and files from one computer to another running the Windows operating system, in this article we will look at an example on Windows 7.

To transfer data, we will use standard utility. In operating systems Windows Vista and Windows 7 this utility is already built-in, and for Windows XP it can be downloaded from the Microsoft website http://www.microsoft.com/ru-ru/download/details.aspx?id=7349.

How to transfer data to another computer?

Well, let's get started.

We launch the utility, for this we go to “Start”, “All programs”, “Standard”, “Service” and launch .

The utility will start and home page You can read what she can endure. To continue, click “Next”.

Now we need to choose how we will transfer and receive data to new computer. There are three ways:

1. Using a data cable. To be honest, I still don’t understand what cable we are talking about. It seems that it’s not about the network, because next point, this is data transfer using the network. As far as I know, two computers cannot be connected via USB. Well, okay, let's skip this method and move on.
2. Second way. This is data transfer using the network. If you have both computers connected to the network, you can try this method.
3. Well, for example, we will use the third method. It seems to me the simplest and accessible to everyone. It consists of saving files and settings in one archive, with the ability to restore data from this archive on a new computer.

Therefore we choose “External drive or USB device flash memory".

Then we need to select on which computer you ran the Data Transfer Wizard. In order to create a file of all settings and files, you need to select “This is mine source computer” . We will choose the first option when we restore data on a new computer.

Now you need to wait while the program checks the possibility of transferring.

After verification, we will most likely have the opportunity to transfer general and specific account data. You can cancel some items (by clicking on “Settings”) that you do not want to transfer, such as videos or music, they take up a lot of space. Just uncheck the unnecessary items and click “Next”. Make sure that the transfer file is not very large.

If you want to protect the data recovery file, then specify a password, if not, just click “Save”.

Now we just need to specify the location where we will save our file with a copy of the data. If it will be restored on another computer, then save it to a flash drive, or external hard disk. And if you just want to restore it later on the same computer, you can save it on hard drive.

Just do not save to the partition where the operating system is installed, most likely it is the local drive C. Because when you reinstall Windows, this partition will be formatted. Save it to local drive D, or E. In any case, this file can then be copied and moved wherever needed.

You need to wait until the file is saved. After saving the file, you can begin restoring data on a new computer. Or after reinstalling the operating system.

Recovering data from a file

After the file has been saved and transferred if necessary, we need to recover the data from it. There is nothing complicated here, let's run it again. Click “Next”.

We choose the third option.

We choose.

Click “Yes”.

Select the file that we saved. Click “Open”.

We can configure the elements to be transferred and click “Transfer”.

That's all, now our files and settings have been transferred to the new computer.

When and where to use data transfer?

Perhaps this should have been written at the beginning of the article. I also wanted to say a few words about when data transfer may come in handy. In the article I wrote that we are transferring data to a new computer. And this is probably the most common option; when buying a new computer, you can transfer all the data in a few clicks, and this is very convenient.

But not only buying a new computer can cause data transfer. This feature can be used, for example, when replacing hard disk, or when reinstalling the operating system. Good luck friends!

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Windows 7: how to transfer files and settings to a new computer? updated: January 12, 2015 by: admin

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A universal way to transfer Windows 7 to a new platform

Task

Describe fast and maximum universal method transfer installed Windows to any hardware platform.

Limits of applicability

OS Windows 7. Theoretically, Windows 8, Server 2008, 2008 R2. 64-bit OSes can only be ported to 64-bit platforms.

Description of the task

A larger number of users prefer to transfer the OS disk/image rather than reinstall and lose all settings. The process is not trivial. If the update is minor, then there are no problems. If the motherboard is being updated, then it all depends on the parameters: the difference in platforms, the relevance of the OS release, the release date of the equipment. The worst option is to switch from amd to intel (or from intel to amd), where the target platform was released later than the OS distribution (and does not have entries about the corresponding drivers in the installation settings). In this case, with almost any transfer method, error 0x0000007B is guaranteed when starting the OS on new car. This method allows you to avoid this mistake. The Internet is full of questions and useless recipes. Here they are:

• Using the sysprep utility is useless and greatly delays the process.
• Take advantage third party utilities (Acronis True Image, etc...) - this takes a long time and does not guarantee results.
• Use the botrec and bootsect utilities - in general, the problem is not in finding boot sectors.

• Make sure that both the source and target systems have BIOS settings identical ones are installed AHCI modes
  Controller Mode: Compatible, AHCI Mode: Disabled, SATA Native Mode: Disable
  or
  Controller Mode: Enhanced, AHCI Mode: Enabled, SATA Native Mode: Enabled
• Make sure that Standard AHCI controller is installed in the system settings
  Start - Control Panel - System - Device Manager - IDE/ATAPI Controllers

Proper implementation of transfer

Requirements:

1. Windows distribution, similar to the installed one
2. A storage medium suitable for temporary installation of Windows on it

Process

1. Connect temporary storage media to new platform and make the initial Windows installation at him.
2. Export the registry hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase to a file
3. Import a file with a registry hive on an old machine
4. Reinstall Windows hard drive from old to new machine

Explanation:

The main problem with Windows startup on the new platform it becomes impossible for Windows to identify correct drivers to the hardware components of the new platform. Normally, the OS then looks at the hardware IDs and sets the appropriate standard driver. If, for many reasons, the OS does not have information on drivers corresponding to the current hardware identifiers, it continues to use the old drivers. By importing a registry key with the corresponding identifiers, we force the system to “recognize” our equipment and connect the appropriate driver (or a standard one, if the driver is not found)

Additionally:

• Can be installed new Windows to the same hard drive (only in a different directory than the distribution being transferred), export the registry hive to a file, boot the disk on the previous machine and import the data into the registry from the file
• It is possible to carry out the entire operation directly on the new platform if you use ERD Commander(aka Microsoft DART)
• For each Windows versions there is a corresponding DART. Here's a good one. You can easily google the link to the DART distribution
• If, for some reason, it is impossible to transfer the data file from the registry to your hard drive, then there is a way to embed it directly into boot.wim DART. To do this, you should use GImageX

Background information

The functionality of the method was tested when transferring Windows 7 Ultimate SP1, when transferring from nForce+AMD Athlon64x2 to Intel B75 + Celeron G1610. Below are links to materials used in preparing the article:

There are times when it is necessary to transfer the operating system to another hard drive. For example, imagine that you have a small hard drive installed on your computer, and you do not have enough memory. And so you finally bought new hard disk with a large amount of memory and want to install it on your PC. The question arises - how to transfer the operating system to another screw. By following my instructions, you can do this absolutely without problems. So, if you're ready, let's begin!

My computer has two installed hard drives. One of them is old with 80 GB (disk A), the second is new with 500 GB (disk B). So it turns out that I need to transfer the Windows operating system from hard drive A to drive B. For the transfer we will use a very convenient and multifunctional program called Acronis Disk Director 11 Home. It won’t be difficult to find it on various trackers, as it is very popular.

Well, we installed the program, now turn off the PC. Open the side cover and insert a new hard drive (also called a hard drive or screw). Turn on the computer. You don't have to prepare a new hard drive to copy the operating system. So, let's launch the Acronis program.

IMPORTANT! Before you start transferring the OS, you need to turn off sleep mode on your computer.

Having launched the program, we observe that another disk has appeared. Now you need move the system from one hard drive to another. Right-click on the disk on which the system is installed to call context menu, where we select the item Clone basic disk.

In this window, do not forget to check the One to One box. In this mode, the disk will be copied one to one. Click Finish

All we have to do is apply the actions by clicking the checkbox button.

Acronis will ask in a new window, where we click Continue

At this stage, the program will inform you that you need to restart the computer, since all operations to copy the system will be carried out in DOS mode. Before you click OK, check out the pictures below to understand what will happen to your PC after it restarts.

When the computer restarts, do not press anything, because important operations are now being carried out. After the second reboot, look carefully - the following message will appear in the lower left corner

After which the process of copying the Windows operating system will begin.

Here we click OK.

When all the operations are done, we can see that all the information from the old hard drive (including Windows itself) has been transferred to the new one. However, the new hard drive has more memory than the old one, so we will be left with an unallocated empty area. We can correct this.

First, right-click on the disk and in the menu that appears, click Resize Volume

Here we change the size of our disk. To do this, drag the slider to the very end.

Next, we’ll set the size of the unallocated space in front of the disk itself, since to increase drive C you need free space. My C drive was 50 GB, but I decided to increase the system disk to 100 GB. To do this, I need to leave about 50 GB in order to add it to drive C after all operations. Now click OK.

We perform the same operations with system disk S. By the way, I wrote recently.

After the disk sizes have been adjusted to the required volumes, click on the button with the checkbox for our changes to take effect.

Hello admin, I recently bought a new computer with quad-core processor and a two gig video card and now I want to transfer Windows 7 along with hard drive from the old computer to the new one. The only thing that confuses me is that they are different on the old and new computers. motherboards And different processors, even in my Windows 7 there are two users, that is, two accounts - mine and my younger brother. Both my brother and I have a lot of installed programs, I would like transfer Windows 7 to another computer along with existing accounts, installed programs and personal files.
I read your article and now I’m thinking of using this method for Windows 7, since the sysprep utility is present in both Windows 7 and Windows 8. I think everything will work out, but I’m worried whether Windows will be transferred and installed software, after all, motherboards are different!
And another question - what if I need to transfer Windows 7 completely to another computer with a different hard drive. How to proceed in this case?

How to transfer Windows 7 to another computer

Hello friends! This is very easy to do and does not depend on how many accounts you have in the system. To transfer, we will use the sysprep utility built into Windows 7, designed specifically to prepare a customized Windows image together with installed programs for transfer to another computer (preferably with a similar architecture). For those who want to completely transfer a customized operating system to another computer, there is also information in this article.

• Note : If you are interested in the article, visit the special section where from one hard drive to another.
• If you have a laptop, then perhaps the articles will be useful to you.

For example, let's move Windows 7 from my old work computer to a new one with a quad-core processor. My old and new computers also have different motherboards and different processors. Will Windows be transferred? Hopefully in most cases this method It works even if the computer to which we want to transfer Windows 7 has completely different hardware installed.
My Windows 7 also has two accounts “Alex” (administrator) and “Andrey” (simple account) and they both should function successfully after transferring the system to another computer. Almost all installed programs will start and work. Note: Before you start the process Windows migration 7, I recommend that you play it safe and if something goes wrong, you can recover from this image.
And also, if you have programs installed DAEMON Tools, Alcohol 120%, or UltraISO, I recommend removing them; it would also be a good idea to remove the antivirus, since if this is not done, the error “Windows could not complete system setup” may occur during the transfer. To resume the setup, restart the computer." In some cases, it is worth restarting the computer again (sometimes several times) and the error will disappear.

So, let's launch command line as administrator and enter the command slmgr /dlv,

A window appears in which we can see the remaining amount of Windows transfer to other computers.

System preparation program window.

We set everything as in the screenshot and click OK.

1. Transferring the system to OOBE mode - the operating system transfer mode is activated the next time the system starts.
2. Preparation for use - all data that should not be copied along with the image (security identifiers (SIDs), activation information, etc. will be removed from the system, but installed programs should be transferred without much difficulty.
Windows 7 prepares to be transferred to another computer for a few minutes, then the computer turns off.

Note: then you can successfully deploy this seven distribution kit on other computers, the only thing you will need to do after installation is to enter license key system or Windows will only work for 30 days and will ask for activation (everything is fair).

We remove our hard drive from the old computer and connect it to the new computer. Turn on the computer. operating room Windows system 7 updates the registry configuration settings,

Starts services

Sometimes at this stage of Windows 7 transfer the error “ Windows was unable to complete system setup. To resume setup, restart your computer“In some cases, it’s worth restarting the computer again (sometimes several times) and the error will disappear. Sometimes this error appears due to installed antivirus or DAEMON programs Tools, Alcohol 120%, UltraISO I recommend removing them before transferring the system.

binding to new equipment is carried out, devices are installed,

system configuration settings are applied

The computer is being prepared for first use. Reboot.