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Work plan:

1. Take clone of win 10 system to new hardware.  (Old hardware does not meet Win 11)
2. Get clone working as Win 10 system on new hardware
3. Use windows 11 install iso DVD or similar to upgrade operating system in place.
4. Then register the new Win 11 system with new key if need be

Benefits:

1. Old system still available for selective copying of files and data
2. New hardware will be suitable for Win 11 requirements — no workarounds.
3. No Conversion or transfer programs required

You would need two separate sets of hardware, not necessarily simultaneously.

You might not be able to get away from the Master Boot Record (MBR) to newer organization.

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If your old system is an OEM version of Win10, the digital license is tied to the original machine and it is not legal to move/clone it to to a new one. You will need a new valid icense key. If the old system is a Retail version of Win10, you can legally move it to a new machine, but you must remove it from the old machine as it is not legal to have the same license on two machines.

Cloning a machine makes an exact copy (including boot sector, hardware drivers, etc). The two machines are not identical. You will need the drivers for the new machine available. And you may have to repair the boot sector after the restore to the new machine. Some imaging software has the latter available in the software, some do not. If the old machine is MBR, you will need to reformat to GPT.

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Rather than clone, make an image backup and restore that to the new machine (I assume you are doing this but wanted to add clarity).

And do not restore the recovery partition as that will have machine specific data, like drivers, that you will want if you ever use recovery.

And make an image of the new machine before doing anything.

And create the bootable backup software USB on the old machine and attempt to boot the new machine from it. If you can’t see the disks on the new machine then your old machine doesn’t have the right drivers and you may need to inject them to allow the new machine to boot properly (not sure how to do that at present, homework may be required).

cheers, Paul

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Paul,

Excellent advice, but how to create a new recovery partition after the above reinstall?

Thanks, Zig

 

 

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Leave the recovery partition in place. You can tell Windows about it later (how was mentioned here recently – more homework).

cheers, Paul

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