How do you get a Dell 690 duo processor workstation to accept a ghost image from a Dell 740 workstation?

How do you get a Dell 690 duo processor workstation to accept a ghost image from a Dell 740 workstation without "blue screening"?|||You need to use sysprep, then have a sysprep.inf file in the c:\sysprep directory.





You need to reset the HAL, try using the "UpdateHAL" option -sorry, it's been a while since I've done this, also try the -bmsd option when running sysprep...





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I should clarify: you run sysprep with the shutdown option so it turns the computer off when finished.





After this you boot up with a PE or DOS boot disk and take you image. When you boot up the imaged computer, it'll then go through a mini-setup phase and set options acording to your sysprep.inf - hopefully setting them to your hardware.





This can absolutely be done, but it might take some work. Then again, you might get it first time. Looks like MS have added some options to sysprep since I used it last (3 years ago).|||You cant as you probably have different Hardware Abstraction Layers (HAL). You can only image a machine with the same HAL as with what the image has. If you are trying to image a vista image then try using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) its free with server 2003 with service pack 1 installed.With vista and WDS HAL does not matter.|||You can't. Windows installations are hardware specific, they will not run if you do a major change, like you did.