{"id":16524,"date":"2023-10-30T13:38:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T10:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/?p=16524"},"modified":"2024-08-20T18:56:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:56:58","slug":"windows-os-migration-guide-to-another-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/windows-os-migration-guide-to-another-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows OS migration guide to another server"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Introduction: Windows OS Migration Basics<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In this Windows OS migration guide, you will learn how to transfer your <a href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/microsoft-spla\/\">Windows OS to another server<\/a>.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">To begin, it&#8217;s crucial to grasp that you can successfully migrate Windows OS only if it&#8217;s installed on the base disc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">All operations with the Windows mirror must occur within the installed OS.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">In order to perform OS migration to a new server, you need a KVM-over-IP access or the ability to boot the server into rescue mode to speed up the whole procedure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Preparation for Migration<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">In this example, we will consider the migration using rescue mode + <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qemu.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">QEMU<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Step-by-Step Windows OS migration guide<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">1. In the installed OS, we make sure that the mirror has a &#8220;Healthy&#8221; tag and has not fallen apart:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16418 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/photo_2023-10-27_16-13-30.jpg\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 1\" width=\"854\" height=\"331\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 1\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">2. Disassemble the mirror (<strong>do not remove it<\/strong>):<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16422 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/2-13.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 2\" width=\"444\" height=\"207\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16426 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/3-11.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 3\" width=\"391\" height=\"211\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 3\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">3. Check if nothing is broken by rebooting, if everything is OK (as it should be), then go on, otherwise think about what went wrong and restore the boot.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">4. Following this, in the booted system, navigate to disk management and identify the physical disc from which you booted (typically labeled with a &#8216;C:&#8217; partition). Avoid any modifications to it and proceed to work with the second physical disc:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16430 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/4-8.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"214\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 4\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0 We will need a place to put the backup, so if the amount of data on the disc allows us to put it in the remaining free space, we can use it. Otherwise, we will need to mount external storage as a network drive and save the backup there. Let&#8217;s consider the case when we are lucky and have free space on the disc, then working with the second physical disc we cut off the necessary space from the former mirror partition and create another partition:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16434 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/5-7.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 5\" width=\"647\" height=\"211\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 5\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16438 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/6-6.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 6\" width=\"645\" height=\"213\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 6\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">This approach will allow us to keep a working copy of the data on the second disc in case something goes wrong when converting the first disc from dynamic to basic and the data on it is lost.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">5. Loading the server into rescue mode.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">6. Check if QEMU is installed in the rescue mode, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qemu.org\/download\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">install<\/a> if necessary.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">7. Download Hiren&#8217;s BootCD PE image, with which we will work with the drives and backups:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">wget https:\/\/www.hirensbootcd.org\/files\/HBCD_PE_x64.iso<\/span><\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">and an image with drivers in case the drives will not be displayed in the virtual machine:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">wget https:\/\/fedorapeople.org\/groups\/virt\/virtio-win\/direct-downloads\/stable-virtio\/virtio-win.iso<\/span><\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">8. When everything is ready, start the virtual machine with QEMU:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">qemu-system-x86_64 \\ -enable-kvm \\ -name Windows \\ -M q35 \\ -m 8092 \\ -cpu host \\ -smp 4 \\ -device VGA,edid=on,xres=1280,yres=720 \\ -device ahci,id=ahci \\ -drive id=disk,file=\/dev\/sda,if=none,format=raw -device ide-hd,drive=disk,bus=ahci.0 \\ -drive id=disk2,file=\/dev\/sdb,if=none,format=raw -device ide-hd,drive=disk2,bus=ahci.1 \\ -drive id=virtio_cd,file=virtio-win.iso,if=none,format=raw,media=cdrom -device ide-cd,drive=virtio_cd,bus=ahci.2 \\ -cdrom HBCD_PE_x64.iso \\ -k en-us \\ -vnc $IP_ADDRESS:17 \\ -monitor stdio \\ -device usb-ehci,id=usb \\ -device usb-tablet \\ -boot d<\/span><\/pre>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Performing Backup and Recovery<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">9. The above command will start the virtual machine and boot it from the HBCD_PE_x64.iso image. The VM interface can be accessed by any VNC client using the server IP address on port 5917 (IP:17).<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">10. Boot into Hiren&#8217;s BootCD PE and run EaseUS Partition Master: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16442 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/7-5.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 7\" width=\"531\" height=\"473\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 7\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">At this stage, you may receive a message that no discs were found. In this case, you should install the drivers, which can be found on the pre-mounted <em>virtio-win.iso<\/em> disc.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16446 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/8-6.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 8\" width=\"481\" height=\"245\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 8\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16450 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/9-5.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 9\" width=\"423\" height=\"141\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 9\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16454 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/10-5.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 10\" width=\"391\" height=\"82\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 10\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">11. Convert the disc (which we originally defined as the one we will work with in step 4) from dynamic to basic:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16458 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/11-9.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 11\" width=\"820\" height=\"297\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 11\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">12. Now, it is very desirable to check if the server is still functional by rebooting. To do this, terminate the QEMU virtual machine and start it again, only without the second disc and CD-ROMs, leaving in the configuration only the disc converted to basic (don&#8217;t forget to replace the <em>\/dev\/sda<\/em> device with the appropriate one for your situation):<\/span><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">qemu-system-x86_64 \\ -enable-kvm \\ -name Windows \\ -M q35 \\ -m 8092 \\ -cpu host \\ -smp 4 \\ -device VGA,edid=on,xres=1280,yres=720 \\ -device ahci,id=ahci \\ -drive id=disk,file=\/dev\/sda,if=none,format=raw -device ide-hd,drive=disk,bus=ahci.0 \\ -k en-us \\ -vnc $IP_ADDRESS:17 \\ -monitor stdio \\ -device usb-ehci,id=usb \\ -device usb-tablet<\/span><\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">13. If everything is OK (and it should be), stop the VM again and start the previous configuration (step 8), boot into Hiren&#8217;s BootCD PE and open the Macrium Reflect PE application:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16462 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/12-9.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 12\" width=\"466\" height=\"477\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 12\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Select Disc Backup:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/13-5.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 13\" width=\"1101\" height=\"595\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 13\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Specify the location where the copy will be stored (in this case it is the partition we created in step 4 using the free space on the second disc):<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16470 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/14-5.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 14\" width=\"825\" height=\"576\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 14\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Then click Next and Finish. This will start the backup process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Restoring the OS<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">14. After the backup has been created, power down the VM and mount the partition containing the backup to <em>\/mnt<\/em> to be able to copy the backup to the target (new) server:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16474 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/15-5.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 15\" width=\"541\" height=\"192\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 15\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">15. On the target server, you must also download the Hiren&#8217;s BootCD PE image and boot the QEMU virtual machine from it. You need to create a partition on one of the discs: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16478 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/16-4.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 16\" width=\"584\" height=\"319\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 16\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">which you then mount to <em>\/mnt<\/em>:<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16482 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/17-5.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 17\" width=\"527\" height=\"183\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 17\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">and copy the backup from the source server to it:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16486 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/18-5.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 18\" width=\"1071\" height=\"197\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 18\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">16. Start the QEMU virtual machine on the target server again and boot into Hiren&#8217;s BootCD PE, we now have a backup from which we will restore the OS to the second drive using the same Macrium Reflect PE:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16490 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/19-3.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 19\" width=\"1018\" height=\"510\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 19\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16494 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/20-3.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 20\" width=\"672\" height=\"471\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 20\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16498 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/21-5.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 21\" width=\"742\" height=\"372\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 21\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16510 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/23-3.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 22\" width=\"887\" height=\"555\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 22\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Click Next and then Finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">17. After the message about successful recovery, reboot the server, and it should boot into the installed OS. The first boot may take longer than usual, as drivers for the new hardware are being installed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Final Steps<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">18. Next, configure the network, if necessary, and restore the mirror in the Disk Manager:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16514 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/24-3.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 23\" width=\"619\" height=\"225\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 23\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16518 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/30162622\/25-2.png\" alt=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 24\" width=\"625\" height=\"211\" \/ title=\"Windows OS migration guide to another server - Image 24\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Checking all other functionality.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: Windows OS Migration Basics In this Windows OS migration guide, you will learn how to transfer your Windows OS to another server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[912,911,712],"class_list":["post-16524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dedicated-servers","tag-migration","tag-qemu","tag-windows-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Windows OS migration guide to another server - Unihost.FAQ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore our comprehensive Windows OS migration guide and learn how to smoothly transfer your OS to a new server. 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