dahermit Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Presently, my main computer is Windows 7 Homer Premium, 6 MB memory (came installed), but is now about 7 years old and I am beginning to think that it may sometime in the not to distant future, fail. Therefore, I have two possibilities. The first possibility is to clone the Windows 7 hard drive (Seagate 750MB) on my existing computer, to another Seagate 750MB, drive via a USB cable. If I understand it correctly (and I may not), If I clone (rather than mirror), the drive, the new drive is bootable and I could just swap them out when the internally mounted one bites the dust. Is this correct (mirror vs. clone)? The second possibility is that, if and when the Windows 7 computer bites the big one, instead of swapping the hard drives I may just want to go to Walmart and get the latest $500 computer with Windows 8 with 8 MB memory, and a 1 TB hard drive. However, how can I migrate all my apps/programs to the Windows 8 computer? What are my options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I'd clone, mainly because I loathe W8 with a passion, bad enough to drive me to Linux. Tries to be all things to all men with dual role touchy / keyboard interface, fails and ends up being the proverbial pigs ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahermit Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Perhaps I did not explain my situation clearly, but re-reading it, it seems clear enough, but will edit it none the less. You answered neither of my questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Clone your Windows 7 to an external back-up drive so that you have an exact copy. When and If your hard drive fails just put a new drive into your machine and copy the cloned OS across. Steer clear of Windows 8. It's a pain in the proverbial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahermit Posted February 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Clone your Windows 7 to an external back-up drive so that you have an exact copy. When and If your hard drive fails just put a new drive into your machine and copy the cloned OS across. Steer clear of Windows 8. It's a pain in the proverbial. So in the event I decide to buy a new computer (to get 8 MB Ram and 1 TB drive), that comes pre-loaded with Windows 8, I just reformat the drive with Windows 7 and copy my cloned drive to it and call it good? It seems over the years that every new Windows system (2000, ME, etc., I go back to DOS) has been criticized when it came out. I always considered upgrading to the current system just one of the costs of doing business. Is Windows 8 really that bad? And, how so? Specifically, what problems does it have other than unfriendly to learn (different)? Now is the time to talk me out of it, but I need facts. Another two questions: If I buy the pre-loaded Windows 8 system, (1) Does the drive that I would have my Windows 7 system cloned on (750 MB), have to be the same size as the Windows 8 drive (1 TB) to clone over to the larger drive? (2) What do I need to format the Windows 8 drive to Windows 7? Do I need a complete set of Windows 7 disks (which I do not have because Windows 7 was pre- loaded on my present computer)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 It seems over the years that every new Windows system (2000, ME, etc., I go back to DOS) has been criticized when it came out. Not really... ME was really bad! 2000 was a very good and stable successor to NT4, and XP was even better. Then they came out with Vista; unusable! Windows 7 was (and still is) the best Windows version every released. Windows 8.x seems to be Vista all over again. There is a good reason why most computer manufacturers still deliver new systems with Windows 7 installed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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