[kwlug-disc] Copying a Windows 7 partition to a new disk

[Charles M]

Can you make a "Windows 7 Repair Disc" on your original system? If so
I don't see why you can't just the use a Clonezilla disc to clone
both. Then boot Windows on the new drive, if it doesn't boot then run
the Windows 7 repair disc. Grub can always be fixed by booting a Linux
live CD after the fact. (I might have misread, not enough sleep last
night).


On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Hubert Chathi <hubert at uhoreg.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:43:15 -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> said:
>
>> I would reinstall Windows, since that is also the cleanest approach.
>> Except that laptop came with Vista (or something that ancient) and we
>> have no media for it. It was upgraded to Windows 7 a while back, and
>> the key is not written anywhere.
>
> The key is stored in the registry.  A quick Google brings me to
> https://techwalla.com/content/windows-product-key-registry
>
> I don't know if, in your case, that would be the original install key or
> the Windows 7 key, but it might be worth a try if all else fails.
>
>
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