IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE THAT WILL DO A TRUE IMAGE

**john19055** · 07-29-11, 01:34 PM

I want to change my harddrive and I was wondering if any software like Acronis True Image Home 2011 will let me copy everthing to a different harddrive and not have to reactivate my copy of windows 7 Pro,because I don't want to have to reinstall everthing over.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

**nekrosoft13** · 07-29-11, 02:10 PM

true image will do a a true image

, and you can do sector by sector if you want, 1:1 copy.

as far as re-activation goes, that depends, every 3-4 hardware change = re-activation. so if your number is up, a new hard drive can triger activation.

**john19055** · 07-29-11, 03:13 PM

Has anyone done with windows 7 64bit and it saves your activation plus work perfect like it did on the other harddrive .I know I used to doit with windows XP and had sucess

**nekrosoft13** · 07-29-11, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by john19055

Has anyone done with windows 7 64bit and it saves your activation plus work perfect like it did on the other harddrive .I know I used to doit with windows XP and had sucess

again, there is no "save activation" option, if hard drive is different, it counts as one "strike" towards your activation.

Vista, 7 etc.. has a certain amount of changes that are permitted, before it will ask for reactivation. if you used up all your allowed changes, it will ask you to reactive its that simple.

**john19055** · 07-30-11, 06:58 AM

I used Acronis*Migrate*Easy 7.0 and it worked like a charm,on my windows 7 Pro 64bit.People were saying I would need a boot CD for it to boot up right on the new harddrive ,but with Acronis Migrate Easy 7.0 I just copied it to the harddrve and no problems .Activation was fine on my new harddrive, my games still worked fine even tho I install them from my D drive and my old hardrive will still boot up and activation is fine on it .But I don't need it so I just made it a extra drive to put downloads in.

**Rakeesh** · 09-21-11, 02:04 AM

Jesus we really need to stop URL's for these low post accounts, these spambots are getting ridiculous.

Lyme · 09-25-11, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by john19055

I want to change my harddrive and I was wondering if any software like Acronis True Image Home 2011 will let me copy everthing to a different harddrive and not have to reactivate my copy of windows 7 Pro,because I don't want to have to reinstall everthing over.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

You don't need to do a true image, but you need to get the important things right. For example I use Windows Home Server V1 and it doesn't do a true image, but it will let me back up a pc, yank the hard drive, put in a new one of different make/model/size and restore to it, and I do not need to reactivate.

**XDanger** · 10-02-11, 02:13 PM

I used acronis true image WD edition (free) to transfer os to ssd, as long as you have a corresponding brand drive in your system somewhere the free versions work, you don't have to be transferring from or to whichever brand.

**crainger** · 11-07-11, 07:29 AM

Sweet. Didn't know Acronis did a WD version for free. :

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07-29-11, 01:34 PM	#1
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE THAT WILL DO A TRUE IMAGE I want to change my harddrive and I was wondering if any software like Acronis True Image Home 2011 will let me copy everthing to a different harddrive and not have to reactivate my copy of windows 7 Pro,because I don't want to have to reinstall everthing over.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

07-29-11, 02:10 PM	#2
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE THAT WILL DO A TRUE IMAGE true image will do a a true image , and you can do sector by sector if you want, 1:1 copy. as far as re-activation goes, that depends, every 3-4 hardware change = re-activation. so if your number is up, a new hard drive can triger activation.

07-29-11, 03:13 PM	#3
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE THAT WILL DO A TRUE IMAGE Has anyone done with windows 7 64bit and it saves your activation plus work perfect like it did on the other harddrive .I know I used to doit with windows XP and had sucess __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

07-30-11, 06:58 AM	#5
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE THAT WILL DO A TRUE IMAGE I used AcronisMigrateEasy 7.0 and it worked like a charm,on my windows 7 Pro 64bit.People were saying I would need a boot CD for it to boot up right on the new harddrive ,but with Acronis Migrate Easy 7.0 I just copied it to the harddrve and no problems .Activation was fine on my new harddrive, my games still worked fine even tho I install them from my D drive and my old hardrive will still boot up and activation is fine on it .But I don't need it so I just made it a extra drive to put downloads in. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

09-21-11, 02:04 AM	#6
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10-02-11, 02:13 PM	#8
XDanger Whaaat? Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,674	Re: IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE THAT WILL DO A TRUE IMAGE I used acronis true image WD edition (free) to transfer os to ssd, as long as you have a corresponding brand drive in your system somewhere the free versions work, you don't have to be transferring from or to whichever brand. __________________ 2500K 4.4ghz,P8P67Pro,120gb Force3, 12gb Vengeance,HD6950,TX850v2,W7HP,LaCie Blue 22" crt COMMODORE 64 Silver Label 1Mhz/128D 4Mhz(Z80)

11-07-11, 07:29 AM	#9
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE THAT WILL DO A TRUE IMAGE Sweet. Didn't know Acronis did a WD version for free. ::