Moving Windows from broken hard drive

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  1. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Moving Windows from broken hard drive


    With reference to my previous thread (Help! Problem with system restore and SMART Hard Drive detection) I am buying a new hard drive and a universal drive adapter in order to hopefully get the majority of my data from the old hard drive.

    The only thing I'm unsure of is how to get the Windows folders off my old hard drive and onto the new one, considering that the only tools available to me are cmd and BIOS. I may be able to use somebody's working computer - if so, is it just a case of using the UDA to move the files between the two hard drives?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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  2. Arc
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    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
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  3. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    That's a great help, thanks. My only issue is that I can't boot Windows and Windows Backup and Restore doesn't work - freezes every time.
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  4. Arc
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    First make it sure that your 100 MB System Reserved hidden partition is marked as active or not. If not, Mark it as active.

    Then run Startup Repair for three separate times, with restarts after every single run.
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  5. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
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    tried that; now getting bootmgr errors so completely stuck. This is driving me mad am I gonna have to pay out to get this fixed?
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  6. Arc
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  7. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
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    Thanks for that, will I be able to boot Defender from a USB even though bootmgr isn't working/has disappeared?

    Sorry for being such a noob.
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  8. Arc
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    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
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    Download PW Boot CD. Butn it in a blank CD, and boot into it. Then, upload a camera snap of the drive listings in PW.
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  9. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
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    Okay, I ran Partition Wizard and managed to get BOOTMGR back, however when I run DISKPART I don't see any 100mb partition.

    Currently downloading Defender Offline to see if it can sort this mess out. Is there some way I can find out if my backups or files still exist by using the Partition Wizard? What will they look like?
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  10. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
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    We need to see what the partitions look like - follow Arc's suggestion and upload a photo of them.
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