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screen broken: migration of data & programs to identical laptop

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hi all,

is it possible to restore a backup from one laptop to another absoultely identical one in terms of hardware?
However, does a different partition size matter? (the "old"one had two partitions, the new will only have one)
Do I have to re-register all programs again? thanks for your help!

cheers,

Florian

PS: I use Win7, 64x

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Yes, if the hardware is identical (most important the chipset and disk controller(s))
Change in partition can matter if for example the partitions for windows and/or programs change. To work around this, you would uninstall programs that are changing partition, then reinstall them after the backup. For example if you have a C:\System partition with windows and your office programs, but you put your programs in a D:\ partition, and you want to bring all programs in C:\, you would have to uninstall your D:\ programs before the backup.