You will face any number of issues, starting with the hardware -- if the existing system has a 9.5 mm hard drive, it won't fit most newer systems, which require a 7 mm or slimmer drive.
The odds of being able to successfully boot a drive with an OS installed on a foreign platform decrease as the differences in hardware increase.
Further, new systems with Kaby Lake and Skylake CPUs don't support (or don't support fully) Windows 7.
Essentially, you want to build a brand-new house on an old foundation - generally not a good idea. It may or may not work - you won't know until you try, but have a backup in case it doesn't work (and the odds of that are high).
I current'y have windows 10. If the new system also had windows 10 would that increase the chances of it working. I will still have the problem of the hard drive size, but that is an easy check. What you say makes sense. Thanks.
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March 27th, 2017 07:00
You will face any number of issues, starting with the hardware -- if the existing system has a 9.5 mm hard drive, it won't fit most newer systems, which require a 7 mm or slimmer drive.
The odds of being able to successfully boot a drive with an OS installed on a foreign platform decrease as the differences in hardware increase.
Further, new systems with Kaby Lake and Skylake CPUs don't support (or don't support fully) Windows 7.
Essentially, you want to build a brand-new house on an old foundation - generally not a good idea. It may or may not work - you won't know until you try, but have a backup in case it doesn't work (and the odds of that are high).
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March 27th, 2017 09:00
I current'y have windows 10. If the new system also had windows 10 would that increase the chances of it working. I will still have the problem of the hard drive size, but that is an easy check. What you say makes sense. Thanks.