I have a Dell Studio 1537 laptop running Windows 7 32-bit on the original 320 GB disk, partitioned into C and D with a Recovery partition on D. It has 4 GB memory of which only 2.99 GB is usable, presumably because of the 32-bit installation. The Windows 7 was installed over Vista 32 using an upgrade Windows 7 3-license package several years ago.
The goal is to end up with Windows 7 64 bit system running on a single partition OCZ Octane 128GB I salvaged from upgrading my main desktop during an upgrade, cloning the OCZ to a Corsair MX100 512GB using Macrium Reflect and a SATA-to-USB external adaptor. I may later put the 320 GB HDD in a CD replacement tray for extra (unneeded at present) storage.
Hopefully this can be done without any double installs (since the Windows 7 disk is Upgrade) or calling Microsoft to transfer registrations. Another consideration is speed - the Dell has only USB2 so I'd prefer to do as much as possible of this on the much faster USB3-equipped desktop machine. Any suggestions on the most hassle-free, speedy method of doing this?
The goal is to end up with Windows 7 64 bit system running on a single partition OCZ Octane 128GB I salvaged from upgrading my main desktop during an upgrade, cloning the OCZ to a Corsair MX100 512GB using Macrium Reflect and a SATA-to-USB external adaptor. I may later put the 320 GB HDD in a CD replacement tray for extra (unneeded at present) storage.
Hopefully this can be done without any double installs (since the Windows 7 disk is Upgrade) or calling Microsoft to transfer registrations. Another consideration is speed - the Dell has only USB2 so I'd prefer to do as much as possible of this on the much faster USB3-equipped desktop machine. Any suggestions on the most hassle-free, speedy method of doing this?