TrueCrypted hard drive moved to alternate PC, causes BSOD during boot

My PC's motherboard died a few months ago, and I was finally able to find a cheap replacement that is almost completely identical. I have placed my hard drive into this computer, and tried to boot.

My hard drive is encrypted with TrueCrypt, and it prompts for the password in the BIOS environment before Windows can boot. This part works fine, so the TrueCrypt boot loader does not seem to be corrupted.

But as soon as I enter the password and hit enter, it shows the Windows dialog of "Windows failed to start. It may be due to a hardware change" (similar to the screen seen at boot up when you'd shut down the PC improperly). When I select the "Start Windows normally" option, it shows the Windows 7 screen for about 3 seconds, then it freezes, then BSOD, then restart.

From my online searching, I've figured that it must have something to do with driver conflicts. Is it just the hard drive driver causing the problem? Does anyone have any idea how this can be resolved, if at all?


Thanks very much in advance.

Relevant screenshots (sorry for poor quality):

1. TC Boot Loader (on my hard drive) prompt is shown, password entered, shows "Booting..."

2. "Windows Error Recovery" screen shows, offering options of "Launch Start Repair" or "Start Windows Normally".

3. When "Start Windows Normally" is selected, the Windows 7 boot logo begins, and then freezes after about 3 seconds.

4. BSOD appears, with the relevant text illustrated.

5. Computer restarts automatically.

Thanks for the reply, Justin.


I'm sure this is an extremely bad sign, but I get the BSOD about halfway through the the "Loading Windows Files" menu when entering Safe Mode with Networking.

Major thanks to anyone who might still be able to assist me with this mess... I know it's more of a TrueCrypt-specific issue, but since the boot loader works just fine and everything else worked fine on my previous (fried) PC, I'm inclined to believe it's more of a hardware compatibility issue.

HonorGamer said:

Try loading your windows 7 install CD, and try a system restore to before you installed TruCrypt.

-Justin

Nope, it indicates to me that you must choose which Operating System to restore, and there are none in the list. Seemingly TC is encrypting the drive so that it cannot be accessed otherwise, or maybe it's just corrupted? I can't tell.

I might try using the System Repair "drivers" option to try uploading the Fujitsu hard drive driver from a USB memory stick and see if that might be the problem.

Any other suggestions? Thanks again for your assistance, it is much appreciated.

Just noticed the additional replies. Thanks Golden, I will try that and update.

Golden,

I don't see any option in BIOS to switch between IDE and AHCI mode. From the tuturials I've scoured online, it seems that there should usually be such an option available. Perhaps I need to upgrade the BIOS version? The model is HP DV9000 Pavilion laptop.