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1379155 2014-07-15 04:14:00 Wainuitech:

www.wilderssecurity.com

I have done the HAL thing before, had one stubborn new MB swap where I used the same HDD....not exactly the steps they say above, I can't remember exactly what I did now, but it worked no problem. It was Win7.
pctek (84)
1379156 2014-07-15 06:53:00 One thing that didn't work was putting a Current W8 install which has a motherboard with UEFI, to one that doesn't. Tried it today on a persons PC that has a less just over 1 year old PC, the Hard Drive which was imaged simply failed to do anything due to the UEFI hidden boot option/partition. Couldn't change anything either as the board doesn't have the UEFI option. wainuitech (129)
1379157 2014-07-15 11:19:00 What about from an older MB without UEFI (my current PC) to a new PC with UEFI (I assume most new PCs are with UEFI)? bk T (215)
1379158 2014-07-15 22:20:00 What about from an older MB without UEFI (my current PC) to a new PC with UEFI (I assume most new PCs are with UEFI)? Try it and see, theres no positive answer when doing a swap over like that.

BUT as Linw posted in #8, make a backup image first, just in case.

Depending on how much data is on the drive, it may be quicker ( and safer) to simply install W8, then upgrade to 8.1, then put the data & programs back, or see if you can download the ISO form the previous links.
wainuitech (129)
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