i had to just replace my motherboard and am unable to start the operating system, have tried startup repair with and without dvd but no luck - want to avoid having to do clean install due to having many progs. installed. anyone got any advice please?
it just keeps restarting, even when when i try safe mode.
Okay, how far does it get? Does the Windows loading screen come up and then it restarts or does it not make it that far?
in normal mode it says starting windows and just as the coloured parts that form the cube come together it blue screens, i disabled restart on error.... and it shows a stop error - stop: 0x0000007B (0x80786B58, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000).
See if you can boot into Safe Mode by tapping F8 repeatedly at bootup.
The program recommended to adapt Win7 to new hardware is Paragon Adaptive Restore.
You could always slave your HD to another Win7 to copy off the data.
tried safe mode already,
the Paragon Adaptive Restore, how can i get it? is it a difficult process?
google and download it.
Did you replace your motherboard with the exact same brand and model?
If not, you're most likely going to need to reinstall Windows. You can try booting into safe mode, delete everything you possibly can in Device Manager, and then reboot to normal mode. Windows will try to install any drivers it needs, but it may or may not work fully.
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