Migrate Old HDD with OS to New Computer

Learn how to Migrate Old Hard Drive with OS to New Computer? Yes it is very easy to perform this method. Now you can simply migrate your Old HDD containing Old Windows with all Programs to New Computer quickly without installation.

It is a really good trick for Hardware related people mostly to transfer an old hard drive with OS to new computer. As we all know that Windows XP era has gone probably but in the Asia Pacific it is still alive and nowadays most people prefer Windows 7 and above. But among Microsoft's Operating systems, Windows 7 has got much more lovers currently. As Windows XP will be corrupted very shortly after being attacked by Viruses besides, Windows 7 will survive long enough even being attacked by Viruses. But this article isn't about Windows 7, but somehow it will favour it. Everyone has a lot of necessary and important programs in their Operating System and many have a bunch of programs and software installed in Windows and suddenly time to time we need to upgrade our Computer with the latest hardware and sometimes we exchange out PC with newer one and we hardly do not want to lose our installed program and want same Windows with all installed programs in our new PC.

Migrate Old HDD with OS to New Computer

So there is a small and easy method and built-in tool by Microsoft and I am sure many of us don't know about it. It means now you can migrate and attach your Old Hard Drive with OS in your New PC without installing Windows and all Programs because you will get your old OS in your New PC with this method. This method doesn't require any Windows Disk or USB Drive. The post will let you understand the use of the System Preparation Built-in Tool by Microsoft.

Step-by-Step Procedure:

1. Use the "WINKEY + R" buttons from Keyboard.
2. Type "SYSPREP" in Run then Press the "OK" button.
   (Directory 'C:\Windows\System32\sysprep' will be opened)
3. Double Click on the "SYSPREP" application file to Launch it.
4. Leave System Cleanup Action as "ENTER SYSTEM OUT-OF-BOX EXPERIENCE (OOBE)"
5. Click to Tick "GENERALIZE".
6. Select Shutdown Options as "SHUTDOWN" from the drop list.
7. Finally, Click on "OK" and wait for a few minutes then your PC will be shut down automatically.

(Note: Before performing these steps, please un-install any Anti-Virus Program installed on your PC)

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