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trouble migrating win7 image from old PC to another PC with SSD

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I am moving a win 7 image from an old PC to an ACER PC (M3450). I purchased a monster 120GB SSD
I have been able to image to SSD on the old PC. Boot win 7 on the old PC with the SSD, successfully run sysprep on the SSD, but when I try and boot it on the acer PC, it will not boot. IF I try and boot in safe mode, it stops loading when it hits the disk.sys file. using the win 7 repair disk, it cannot repair the drive and I get the following errors:
Problem Signature
Problem Event Name startupRepairOffline
Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: -1
Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 06: 1
Problem Signature 07: NoRootCause
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

I have tried via cmd prompt repairing mbr, making the part active, repairing the active part etc.

If I boot the new acer pc with the disk it came with and have the ssd attached. it recognizes it and I can access all of the files. the repair disk also sees the win 7 install on the ssd.

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This type of issue is the result of different hardware between the two systems. If using Sysprep, you would have to inject/add drivers for the new hardware found on the target system. I.E. disk controller, HAL (AMD vs. Intel), Video, etc.
If you have the Acronis Plus Pack for True Image Home 2012, you can restore the system image created with Acronis to new hardware using the Universal Restore feature, and have it inject the drivers to support your target system during the restore process.

As a quick test, I booted a Windows 7 system hard disk from an AMD CPU based system with AMD SATA controllers while connected to an Intel CPU based system with Intel SATA controllers. Of course, the system would not boot due to the differing hardware. I then tried to use Windows 7 Startup Repair to see if the error messages you received were similar to the ones I would experience due to the missing/incorrect HAL/controller drivers. They were exactly the same errors as you received, and Windows Startup Repair was unable to correct the issues.

Using 2013 with the Plus Pack, I created an image of the drive to an external USB drive while booted to the Acronis Rescue Media. I then restored the image back to the drive (overwriting the drive) using the Universal Restore feature of the 2013 Plus Pack, making the drivers available for the AMD chipset and controllers, and rebooted to a working system.

Universal Restore is exactly what is needed for the operation you are trying to accomplish. If you don't have the 2012 Plus Pack, you may be able to purchase it on eBay or some other online store that still has it in stock. If you can't find it, you could upgrade to 2013, and add the Plus Pack to be able to use the Universal Restore feature to accomplish your desired results.

James F wrote:

This type of issue is the result of different hardware between the two systems. If using Sysprep, you would have to inject/add drivers for the new hardware found on the target system. I.E. disk controller, HAL (AMD vs. Intel), Video, etc.
If you have the Acronis Plus Pack for True Image Home 2012, you can restore the system image created with Acronis to new hardware using the Universal Restore feature, and have it inject the drivers to support your target system during the restore process.

As a quick test, I booted a Windows 7 system hard disk from an AMD CPU based system with AMD SATA controllers while connected to an Intel CPU based system with Intel SATA controllers. Of course, the system would not boot due to the differing hardware. I then tried to use Windows 7 Startup Repair to see if the error messages you received were similar to the ones I would experience due to the missing/incorrect HAL/controller drivers. They were exactly the same errors as you received, and Windows Startup Repair was unable to correct the issues.

Using 2013 with the Plus Pack, I created an image of the drive to an external USB drive while booted to the Acronis Rescue Media. I then restored the image back to the drive (overwriting the drive) using the Universal Restore feature of the 2013 Plus Pack, making the drivers available for the AMD chipset and controllers, and rebooted to a working system.

Universal Restore is exactly what is needed for the operation you are trying to accomplish. If you don't have the 2012 Plus Pack, you may be able to purchase it on eBay or some other online store that still has it in stock. If you can't find it, you could upgrade to 2013, and add the Plus Pack to be able to use the Universal Restore feature to accomplish your desired results.

Dear James,

i'm having this exact same issue. Restoring an i7 system to and AMD laptop.

But I don't see any special AMD drivers on the Lenovo website. These are all the drivers I have for my pc model:

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/default.page?

Ok will try again, maybe i didn't point the exact location.

There is a registry key that needs altering if swapping AMD to Intel or vice versa.

See http://forum.acronis.com/forum/25208#comment-78542