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<blockquote data-quote="gwrench2000" data-source="post: 2328313" data-attributes="member: 91522"><p>Clone will only work when using same system but changing/upgrading HDD to SSD. If you need to boot this on **dis-similar** hardware, you would need to first sysprep the machine. Simple clone sometimes worked in winxp days, but now MS ensures your licence will be invalid when used on different hardware. Procedure is Sysprep&gt;Capture Image&gt;Deploy to new HW. A different platform might use a completely different HAL and thus ur system will fail to boot. Sysprep with the **Generalise** and **OOBE** option ensures OOBE runs and detects the HAL of the new hardware. <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep--generalize--a-windows-installation?view=windows-11" target="_blank">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep--generalize--a-windows-installation?view=windows-11</a>. I would say do in this order 1. clone disk 2. Disconnect original HDD. 3. Boot clone on the **same** hardware 4. Run sysprep with oobe and generalise, shutdown when done. 5. Unplug the cloned and now syspreped disk and plug it in the new platform/hardware. 6 Boot.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="gwrench2000, post: 2328313, member: 91522"] Clone will only work when using same system but changing/upgrading HDD to SSD. If you need to boot this on **dis-similar** hardware, you would need to first sysprep the machine. Simple clone sometimes worked in winxp days, but now MS ensures your licence will be invalid when used on different hardware. Procedure is Sysprep>Capture Image>Deploy to new HW. A different platform might use a completely different HAL and thus ur system will fail to boot. Sysprep with the **Generalise** and **OOBE** option ensures OOBE runs and detects the HAL of the new hardware. [URL]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep--generalize--a-windows-installation?view=windows-11[/URL]. I would say do in this order 1. clone disk 2. Disconnect original HDD. 3. Boot clone on the **same** hardware 4. Run sysprep with oobe and generalise, shutdown when done. 5. Unplug the cloned and now syspreped disk and plug it in the new platform/hardware. 6 Boot. [/QUOTE]

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