[ML-General] windows 7 movement

[Steve Boyer]

Here's AN idea (not the greatest, but an idea nonetheless):
MAKE A BACKUP OF THE HDD BEFORE DOING THIS
run C:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe as an administrator
select generalize and poweroff
let it run and after it's done, image the drive to the desktop via
something like systemrescuecd and partclone or clonezilla
boot the desktop
This will "generalize" the OS (generate a new SID, temp files, etc)
but leave installed programs on the drive. I use this technique when
making a system image that gets pushed via a Windows Deployment Server
to new installs within my group at work - I don't have to deal with
installing the same programs/servers on every single box and can get a
fully configured OS with all of the programs we regularly use from
bare drive to up and running in 15 minutes.

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 4:46 AM, david <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
> I have about half a tower of dvdr's left.
> Don't want Win-10-tin.
> I have the game DVD's, original.
> Haven't had any success with the "new" version of Wine.  That's why I'm
> hoping this bare drive thing will work ok.  I especially want to keep
> drivers and such as well, just in case.  Backups, even bit-for-bit backups
> only go so far.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
>
>
> On 03/23/2016 12:42 AM, joshua carr wrote:
>
> A master, yes. A win7 slipstream compiler/installer. It auto-activates and
> requires no key, but it is not updatable to 10. Even if push notifications
> and nag screens promise it will; it won't; it will fail to upgrade to 10. As
> is- for no price.
> A cheap, single-burn dvdr will do. I don't know who sells them anymore.?
>
> Game data will probably migrate easier than an entire operating system.
> Keep the laptop in bootable condition, if you can, so you can rip files from
> it.
>
> If not, then pull the harddive out and connect it to a Linux box to pluck
> the files you want from it that way. You will have to do a little research
> on each game, to know which files carry game data, and are needed for stable
> operation.
>
> This probably seems convoluted and difficult, but I don't do this often, so
> I haven't learned a better way yet. Most of this can be avoided if you don't
> need your save-games moved over.
> Jm2¢.
> Message me, off list tomorrow for deets.
> Past my bedtime.
> Josh,out.
>
>
>
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