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    Win7 Cloning issue.. SSD

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by zackor, Nov 4, 2011.

  1. zackor

    zackor Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    Since my laptop original Windows is vista , Win7 was installed on it when I bought, I decided to make a backup copy and save it on another computer then restore it to the SSD.. now I have 2 issues.. the blue screen which is related to the aligning "as I am assuming" and also the Windows product key.. so I have no idea what to do at this point, I heard acronis can do the job but I don't want to do everything then end up at the same point where the windows is not activated and I cannot activate it..

    I used the Lenovo backup and restore tool..

    Edit : I forgot to mention that my laptop is T400 and the SSD is Crucial M4 128G.. with the latest firmware 9
     
    zackor, Nov 4, 2011
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  2. gmoneyphatstyle

    gmoneyphatstyle Notebook Deity

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    Are you able to burn recovery disks on your T400?
     
    gmoneyphatstyle, Nov 4, 2011
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    gmoneyphatstyle Notebook Deity

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    Do you have access to a Windows7 disk? It can be either retail full install, upgrade, or OEM.
     
    gmoneyphatstyle, Nov 4, 2011
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  4. receph

    receph Notebook Evangelist

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    use ABR to transfer the activation key from one to the other
    as for the blue screen..
    did you try to take a lenovo prepared setup and put its windows partition into another hdd? I believe there are 3 partitions lenovo uses and all 3 need to be transferred, or some such thing.
     
    receph, Nov 5, 2011
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