I am trying to recover Vista from my old laptop's 2.5 HDD (HP Pavilion dv7-1135nr), via the Thermaltake BlacX Duet Dual HDD Docking station, with my Win 7 PC. If I am successful in creating boot DVDs then I will install the 2.5 HDD into my old Lian-Li PC6002COM case then install my recovered Vista OS back onto the 2.5 HDD residing in my Lian-Li PC6002COM case (ATX Form Factor. My Windows 7 PC sees both the [HP_RECOVERY (G drive)] and the Local Disk (H drive); I don't see much except a shortcut to my external WD HDD, which was used with each of my computers i.e., HP laptop, Win XP and Win 7 Home. I believe the Local Disk has all the program and system files, but I have been told that the Vista OS has a symbiotic relationship with the laptop's CPU and 2.5 HDD. If I cannot recover Vista, I may either reinstall Windows XP onto the Lian-Li computer, which has a BioStar P4M900-M4 motherboard or considering upgrading MOBO and install my Win 7 Home. I am open to suggestions. Thank you for reading my request and for providing your feedback.
Is it possible to capture Vista OS from laptop HDD and reinstall both into desktop pc?
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^ What he/she said. The Windows Vista product key is tied to the laptop, you wouldn't be able to use that key on the desktop. Plus, you should seriously consider upgrading from Windows Vista, if possible.
Thank you.
I guess I need to obtain a combination of a MOBO/CPU and maybe memory to upgrade to a 64-bit system.
I am cannibalizing and swapping hardware and software between my desktops. I received email from a Lian-Li representative for upgrade options for my case, so I may purchase them. I hope with a upgraded system I can still get use of my old floppy drive; however, it is not mandatory. I have four desktop computers and they are each old, older, much older and archaic. The archaic desktop is my first computer - a Intergraph TD-25 for giggles I may install the original OS - Win95. My Lian-Li computer through the years of upgrades hosted Win 98, 98SE, NT4.0 and XP. The HP Pavilion a6157c Desktop was given to me from a small business computer shop without the Vista OS because they messed up my Lian-Li computer. In other words they dumped it onto me without ever completing any work that they promised to me. I am trying to decide which computer I want to convert into a dedicated Linux machine, but I am leaning towards the Pavilion a6157c Desktop.
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