BSOD -Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers


  1. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 64bit
       #1

    BSOD -Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers


    At start up I am getting the blue screen which says "remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers"

    I did take out the hard drive and connected it to another computer using a sata to usb cable, but the drive was not recognized so I put the hard drive back.

    Now when I am unable to boot up. It is a windows 7 64bit.
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  2. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #2

    Please upload the BSOD Posting Instructions https://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html. Upload the files here, this will tell you how. https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

    Also, please give us a better explanation so we will understand what you did.
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  3. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    My laptop is a windows 7 64bit. I removed the hard drive and connected to my PC using a SATA to USB cable in order to recover some deleted files, however I was not able to as my PC did not show the drive in My Computer, it came up in disk management but I did not want to do anything that may risk loosing my files, so I disconnected and put in back in my laptop.....now when I boot up I get the BSOD error that you see in the image below..
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  4. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #4

    You can try Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console to recover files and try startup repair to see if it will start. Run it at least 3 times with attempts to boot between each time. Startup Repair

    Run Seatools for DOS SeaTools for DOS and Windows - How to Use

    Go into BIOS under boot options and see if the hard drive is recognized.
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  5. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I believe I know what the problem may be. Before removing the hard drive I was trying to connect an external seagate hard drive but the laptop will not recognize it even though my pc did. So I copied the disk.sys and partmgr.sys files from the system32\drivers\ directory in my pc and replaced the ones on my laptop....

    How/where can I download the correct version of disk.sys and partmgr.sys for my laptop?
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  6. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #6

    They come from the installation disk and/or from Windows Update. However, as far as I know, they should be the same. You can try to Restore your computer to a previous time System Restore . Use Option 2. Do you have the Windows Installation Disk?
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  7. Posts : 63
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit,Chromium OS, windows server 2008 32bit
       #7

    oh crap your in a big mess now time for a clean install
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  8. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #8

    Not quite yet.
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