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Windows 7 Enterprise Boots to Blank Blue Screen after Hard Drive Clone
Hello,
I have a Shuttle SB61G2 and I wanted to upgrade the hard drive to one of a higher capacity. I wasn't prepared to reinstall Windows so I decided to clone the hard drive. I used DriveClone XML and backed up the current drive image and restored it onto the new drive. All was successful so far.
OS-Windows 7 Enterprise
Current drive-Maxtor 300GB BANC1B10
New drive-Seagate 500GB ST3500320AS
I then plugged the new drive with the restored image on into the Shuttle and turned it on. I was met with the following error message:
"Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your langugae settings, and then click next
3. Click "repair your computer."
Status: 0xc000000e
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible."
Naturally I inserted the repair disk and it reported saying there were errors and it would automatically repair them. When it restarted it booted up normally until it reached 'preparing your desktop', it stayed on this screen for a good 3mins before producing a blank blue screen with a mouse and text in the bottom right corner of the screen saying:
"Windows 7
Build 7601
This copy of Windows is not genuine"
I was confused by this so I inserted the original hard drive and it worked fine, and its activated.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Rich :)