Moving cygwin installation to another drive

Moving cygwin installation to another drive install#

Move the hard drive to a new computer that has the same Windows installation.Keeping the old hard drive as it is, do a major modification to your PC just like change of mother board, etc.You are advised to use this method only when you meet the below requirements: What does sysprep/generalize command do to Windows (7, 8, 8.1 and 10) OS before moving to another PC? The repaired version of Windows OS canвЂ™t be transferred using sysprep.As, this method is based on sysprep, so, the method canвЂ™t be applied for an upgraded OS.If you have RAID system, it is not recommended for you to use this method.Installed OS canвЂ™t be transferred for the following reasons: When you buy a new desktop and want to transfer the old os to the new PC.

Moving cygwin installation to another drive install#

When you buy a new PC and try to install the same OS in it.But, the question is when can you transfer the installation to new PC? But, вЂSystem PreparationвЂ™ Windows utility lets you transfer entire Windows installation (including drivers, installed software) to a new configuration of Windows computer. But, the process is time taking and you loss all the installed applications. The problem would be solved if you format the Windows PC and make a fresh installation. Your Windows OS probably wonвЂ™t boot if any major changes is made to the PC. The process of moving or transferring entire Windows installation is necessary when you make some hardware up-gradation (like hard disk change, mother-board change etc.) or if you shift to a completely new PC.