Clone a bootable partition

I am exchanging a laptop that I just purchased. Can someone recommend a free or freeware piece of software to copy the C: partition of this computer into a external hard drive. Then use that to overwrite the C: partition of the replacement laptop. I used my own windows 7 key for the broken laptop, will I have any problems using that windows 7 install on the replacement laptop. Will be any problems with purchased software. I have a legitimate copy of Microsoft Office that I received from my school but they do not give you the license key. Will it still work when I copy the partition on to the new hard drive?

 

I don't recommend this. You may encounter problems with the keys for the operating system. If your new laptop has different hardware, you may additionally have driver issues.

How did they deliver the copy of MS Office to you, and get it installed?

Anyway, somebody probably has a way to extract the key from the running copy of Office... search Google.

 

agreed, best bet is to just windows copy the c: (as much as you can) on to a usb drive, just in case.
then have clean install on the new one running ok and only copy any personal files you need.
if you have been legit copy of office before (corporate license? ) i amn sure they will give it to you again.