[SOLVED] Windows 10 32 bit to 64 backup settings

[ILOVERAMEN]

Hi, so I've decided to update our work pc to Windows 10. It's currently running 32 bit Windows 7. To give a better understanding of the situation. It's a Lenovo Thinkserver TS140 and it runs at my shop connected to our digital cash register via lan.

My concern is that going to 64 bit I obviously have to do a clean install. But I'd like to save the LAN settings etc so I don't lose connection between the register and the pc. Is there any way to safely backup those settings?

My plan is to clone my current drive setup (running in RAID1) with macrium to another drive and try the installation. If anything goes bad I'll have a clone of my current Windows 7 setup.

 

[kanewolf]

Hi, so I've decided to update our work pc to Windows 10. It's currently running 32 bit Windows 7. To give a better understanding of the situation. It's a Lenovo Thinkserver TS140 and it runs at my shop connected to our digital cash register via lan.

My concern is that going to 64 bit I obviously have to do a clean install. But I'd like to save the LAN settings etc so I don't lose connection between the register and the pc. Is there any way to safely backup those settings?

My plan is to clone my current drive setup (running in RAID1) with macrium to another drive and try the installation. If anything goes bad I'll have a clone of my current Windows 7 setup.

The simplest way is to do screen captures of the displays.

 

[ILOVERAMEN]

The simplest way is to do screen captures of the displays.

Sounds simple enough. I'm just afraid that the IT techs have done any other changes to the settings that would be gone. Is there no (somewhat easy) way to backup and restore settings?

 

[USAFRet]

Agree with the above.
Screencap and print it out on paper.

Anything else would be FAR more complicated.

 

[ILOVERAMEN]

Agree with the above.
Screencap and print it out on paper.

Anything else would be FAR more complicated.

Ok will try. Also the backup/clone I made in macrium is a one to one copy or am I wrong? So I could just pop in the backup drive and proceed as if nothing had changed.

 

[USAFRet]

But, you can Export and Import those settings. Maybe.

https://tipsmake.com/import-and-export-windows-network-settings

A Macrium clone, done right, is mostly a 1:1 copy.
It leaves off things like the pagefile and hibernation. Those are irrelevant, and would be recreated at the next time you boot up anyway.

 

[ILOVERAMEN]

But, you can Export and Import those settings. Maybe.

https://tipsmake.com/import-and-export-windows-network-settings

A Macrium clone, done right, is mostly a 1:1 copy.
It leaves off things like the pagefile and hibernation. Those are irrelevant, and would be recreated at the next time you boot up anyway.

Thank you very much. I'll have a look at that article.

 

[kanewolf]

The othe

Sounds simple enough. I'm just afraid that the IT techs have done any other changes to the settings that would be gone. Is there no (somewhat easy) way to backup and restore settings?

Shouldn't this OS upgrade be coordinated with the "IT Techs" ? There may be specific things, besides networking that have to be configured. Accounts, services, etc.

If it was me, I would remove the hard drive that has Windows 7 as a safety net, install a new SSD and install windows 10 on that drive. NO OTHER drives connected when you do the install.

 

[ILOVERAMEN]

The othe

Shouldn't this OS upgrade be coordinated with the "IT Techs" ? There may be specific things, besides networking that have to be configured. Accounts, services, etc.

If it was me, I would remove the hard drive that has Windows 7 as a safety net, install a new SSD and install windows 10 on that drive. NO OTHER drives connected when you do the install.

Well they said that they won't provide support for upgrading because my system is too old to be under warranty.

 

[USAFRet]

Well they said that they won't provide support for upgrading because my system is too old to be under warranty.

All the more reason.

Document your network settings.
Buy a new drive.
Remove the current 32bit.
Install the new drive, 64bit Windows.
Proceed on.
NOTE: This new install also requires a reinstall of any hardware drivers and applications that were in the old system. Document all your passwords, serial numbers, etc, etc.

Also...why the desire for the change? What is the current 32bit not doing for you?

 

[kanewolf]

Well they said that they won't provide support for upgrading because my system is too old to be under warranty.

This thread -- https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Windows-10/Windows-10-on-a-TS140-Thinkserver/m-p/4492160 says that Windows 10 should have the required drivers.
Which could otherwise be a problem, since the Lenovo website doesn't specifically have Windows 10 drivers.

I would recommend looking through the threads on the Lenovo forums BEFORE you do the install. There seem to be lots of experience there.

 

[ILOVERAMEN]

All the more reason.

Document your network settings.
Buy a new drive.
Remove the current 32bit.
Install the new drive, 64bit Windows.
Proceed on.
NOTE: This new install also requires a reinstall of any hardware drivers and applications that were in the old system. Document all your passwords, serial numbers, etc, etc.

Also...why the desire for the change? What is the current 32bit not doing for you?

I want to go for a ram upgrade. The current 4gb are slowly becoming a bottleneck

 

[kanewolf]

I want to go for a ram upgrade. The current 4gb are slowly becoming a bottleneck

That Lenovo was available with several CPUs, which version do you have ?

 

[ILOVERAMEN]

The othe

Shouldn't this OS upgrade be coordinated with the "IT Techs" ? There may be specific things, besides networking that have to be configured. Accounts, services, etc.

If it was me, I would remove the hard drive that has Windows 7 as a safety net, install a new SSD and install windows 10 on that drive. NO OTHER drives connected when you do the install.

That actually sound like a good plan. I already have ordered two SSDs so I'll just wait for them to arrive and do the upgrade.

 

[ILOVERAMEN]

That Lenovo was available with several CPUs, which version do you have ?

It has a Xeon e3 1225 V3 I believe

 

[kanewolf]

It has a Xeon e3 1225 V3 I believe

OK, with the Xeon you can use ECC RAM. You can probably find cheap DDR3 ECC RAM. You can install up to 4x8GB RAM.
The 1225 CPU is a 4 core without hyperthreading. If you ever need more CPU, you can upgrade to a hyperthreaded CPU -- All the way to a 1286 V3 CPU -- https://lenovopress.com/lp0034-lenovo-thinkserver-ts140#processors