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1. Boot the target PC with the Windows PE rescue CD or USB equivalent.  (There is a link to a video on creating a Windows PE rescue CD at the bottom of this page).
   
   

2. Click ReDeploy Restored Image to new hardware.

   
   
   
   

3. If you have a multi-boot system, then you will be presented with a list of operating systems, select the operating system to be redeployed. Click Next.

   
   
   

4. Specify driver locations for your mass storage devices (such as RAID card).
   
   
   1. If you haven't already, insert a driver disk for the hardware you are going to boot from.
      This will typically be the motherboard or RAID card driver CD.
   2. Click Add to add driver locations.
      You can also specify additional paths such as network folders.
   3. Click Map Drive to add a network share. 

   4. Click Next.
      
      

5.  ReDeploy searches through user specified driver locations. If none are specified or no matching drivers are found then it searches removable devices such as CD's and disk drives. ReDeploy also searches through Windows' database of drivers.
    

   
   
   

6. ReDeploy seeks drivers for all discovered mass storage devices and displays a list with details, Click Next.
   
   

   For each mass storage device, there are three possibilities:  

   1. The driver is already installed. It might still need to be enabled at boot, this is done automatically. 
   2. The driver is located, either from a CD, user specified path or from the Windows database. This driver is installed on completion of ReDeploy.
   3. No matching driver is located.
      
      
7. If no driver is located, or you choose to override the displayed driver, then use locate driver to manually specify an .inf file.
   
   If you have multiple mass storage interfaces in your system, you only need to locate drivers for hardware that contains the Windows system and active partitions.
   
   

8. Review displayed options, leaving them as default if possible. Click Next. 
   If you are having trouble booting these options can help to resolve issues. For more information about them options see below:

   

   Option	Description
   Disable reboot on system stop	Set this option to stop automatic rebooting if a blue screen of death (BSOD) occurs while Windows is loading or running. If this option is not set and Windows generates a BSOD, there will be no time to note the BSOD error codes.
   Display boot drivers as they load	Set this option to show which drivers are being loaded as Windows loads. Once Windows is loading and running without issue this option can be reverted using the Windows MSCONFIG utility. You can use the Pause/Break key to freeze the list as it scrolls past, use space to un-pause.
   Enable boot logging	Set this option to log drivers being loaded by Windows as it loads. The resulting log file 'ntblog.txt' can be found in the windows folder. Once Windows is loading and running without issue this option can be reverted using the Windows MSCONFIG utility.
   Disable CPU Driver	Set this option to disable CPU drivers. This may be useful if you see BSOD's in the selected HAL drivers or system lockup on entering standby or shutdown.
   Set Hardware Abstraction Layer	Set this option to choose which Hardware Abstraction Layer is to be used in the selected Windows operating system. The recommended HAL for this machine is the one initially selected. If you have the incorrect HAL configured, your Windows installation is unstable and can cause random BSOD's or lock ups after Windows boots. In particular, if you are redeploying from or to Virtual Box with an advanced programmable interrupt controller (APIC) unchecked (the default) or very old physical hardware, set a new HAL.
   Allow Windows to detect Hardware Abstraction Layer	Set this option to allow Windows to determine the best Hardware Abstraction Layer to use at boot time. This is a Vista and later only option.
   Enable SATA AHCI	Set this option to enable support for generic SATA AHCI hardware. You will typically also need to enable an option in your BIOS for your mass storage hardware to operate in this mode. This is a Vista and later only option.

   
   
   

9. Review the actions to be be performed and click Finish to apply them to the target operating system.

    A log file ReDeploy.log saves to the drive containing the redeployed operating system.

   

   After clicking Finish to inject drivers and apply your settings you see a confirmation dialog, and you can reboot your OS which should now be compatible with your new hardware.

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