Cloning

[JasonP]

Hey,

 

So I have a desktop running Windows 7 and I am trying to clone it over to a HP ProLiant Microserver N54l. I can clone the drive fine but I keep having issues with the OS crashing.

 

It's on a 250GB SATA but I am trying to move it over to a 120GB SSD. I can clone the drive fine(have just about every disk clone app installed and boot disk like Acronis, EaseUS Advanced Server) and I just can't seem to get Windows 7 to boot up on the new server. If I install from scratch it runs fine.

 

Do I need to download the drivers and install them first? Or do I install Windows 7 on the new machine first then copy the drivers folder over to the other disk so it will boot up correctly?

 

Tried:

http://www.todo-backup.com/support/tutorial/redeploy-system-to-dissimilar-hardware.htm

 

Help?

Edited November 6, 2013 by JasonP

[jmwills]

Which port is the SSD drive connected to?

[schoondoggy]

You do need the correct MicroServer drivers on the drive before you clone it, to get it to boot.

[JasonP]

You do need the correct MicroServer drivers on the drive before you clone it, to get it to boot.

What Drivers? I checked this page:

http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/psi/swdHome/?cc=us&cc=us&lang=en&lang=en&sp4ts.oid=5336618&ac.admitted=1383750217810.876444892.492883150

 

• I assume I can use the 2008 or 2012 ones for Windows 7?
• Do I just install them and then shutdown and clone?

Which port is the SSD drive connected to?

I am using the first 2.

[schoondoggy]

As Win 7 is not a supported OS on the N54L I would go to the AMD website and get the chipset drivers from there for Win7.

[JasonP]

As Win 7 is not a supported OS on the N54L I would go to the AMD website and get the chipset drivers from there for Win7.

Thanks.

 

So this chipset right? AMD RS785E/SB820M chipset

http://www.amd.com/us/products/embedded/chipsets/Pages/785E.aspx

 

Where do I find the drivers? Are they compiled in with Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics? When I follow drivers page I get the graphics driver page.

[jmwills]

Aren't Server 2008 and Windows 7 the same architecture (basically)?

[schoondoggy]

They are hard to find;

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx

 

Here are the chipsets;

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows%208%20-%2032

Aren't Server 2008 and Windows 7 the same architecture (basically)?

That should work as well.

[jmwills]

What I am saying, if Server 2008 runs, then so should Windows 7

[JasonP]

Is there a trick to get the AMD drivers/InstallManager to install and run? Win7x64 here and it crashes(on the old box getting the drivers preinstalled)

 

There a way to pull the error log?

Edited November 6, 2013 by JasonP