[ML-General] windows 7 movement

[david]

I've tried the Linux versions of both and never could get either to 
run.  <sigh>

In Winblows, I thought maybe I'd boot up in safe mode first, and try to 
make incremental updates if we can do that anymore.  (from XP days)

I had an XP "master" floppy but it stopped working many years ago.

I'll leave a DVD; does it matter which kind?  +R -R, write-once, rewritable?

Thanks,
David



On 03/22/2016 11:29 PM, joshua carr wrote:
>
> Take this with a truckload of salt. I'm pretty sure that drivers for 
> that particular computer were written to the windows registry and 
> included for use on that computer when Windows was installed on that 
> laptop.
>
> I know that a full driver database is not copied from the installation 
> media to the target disk when Windows is installed.
>
> It has been my experience that when you try to make serious changes to 
> hardware on any Windows machine, the install is unable, for whatever 
> reason, to be modified to run on the new hardware. Probably due to a 
> lack of any native registry editing tools and a focus toward insuring 
> that you pay for every copy on every machine, every time.
>
> I carry a programmable live installer ISO for setting up windows 7 
> machines, that I burn to temporary media when I need windows on a 
> machine. This is technically piracy, but M$ doesn't support it anymore 
> anyway.
>
> If you want a copy, just leave a blank dvd somewhere I can find it.
> Also, additional blanks for any of those games. Finding install ISOs 
> shouldn't be too hard, if the game was a popular one.
>
> On Mar 22, 2016 11:07 PM, "Chris Bero" <bigbero at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bigbero at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Age of Kings - Conquerors
>
>
>     ​ Age of Empires? That runs pretty well under Wine/PlayOnLinux for
>     me..
>
>     There's also the open source ​version: http://openage.sft.mx/
>
>     I don't know much about migrating Windows, but I do remember
>     Windows 7 locking me out because I took a laptop hard disk and put
>     it in a desktop... It thought I'd stolen it.. from myself.
>
>     Chris Bero
>
>
>     On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:58 PM, david <ainut at knology.net
>     <mailto:ainut at knology.net>> wrote:
>
>         I have a laptop that came with Win7 (as well as a much older
>         one with XP) that doesn't get used often.
>
>         What tricks do I have to play to move that Win7 to a desktop?
>
>         I can store a disk image to the backup server then load that
>         image to a (larger) bare hard drive on the desktop with no
>         sweat.  I don't think Win7 is cpu-locked but I do think it is
>         UUID-locked, but not sure.
>
>         Any ideas, guys?
>
>         There are some old Win games (Age of Kings - Conquerors) I'd
>         like to play again.  And Descent 3D as well.  :)
>
>         Thanks,
>         David
>
>
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