
It must be undertaken when windows is being installed but then is skipped during a normal windows boot to make the boot delay acceptable.Įarly in the boot process, the boot loader loads the windows kernel (the core of the operating system) and selected “critical” drivers required to get Windows up and running. The discovery of hardware and association with a matching device drivers is a time consuming process. The purpose of ReDeploy is to attempt to overcome these issues enabling a Windows installation to run on new hardware. There are various aspects of the windows boot processes that will typically cause a boot failure after significant changes to the hardware. Moving between a physical and a virtual machine (P2V / V2P ).Ĭhanging a non-raid to a raid installation or legacy SATA to AHCI SATA

Migrating to a new machine due to hardware failure or planned upgrade such as a new motherboard etc. There are a variety of scenarios where you might need to move a windows installation to a new machine.
