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cannot boot windows 7, boot to black screen with blinking line
I upgraded my pc with a 120gb ssd from a 500 gb HDD. I installed Windows 7 on the ssd and formatted the old drive and thus removing its windows installation, however i did not remove the 100 mb system partition (did not know how to).
When I restarted the computer it showed a black screen with a blinking line in the top left corner, at the same moment it ussualy displays the windows startup logo.
I disconnected all other drives but my ssd and reinstalled Win 7 after having formatted it. It worked fine for hours, and I was able to boot without problems. I had disconnected all drives but my ssd while installing windows 7 but when i reconnected the old drive (on which there was still the 100 mb system partition) the black screen with the blinking line was back. The ssd is in sata1 and Bios sees all drives.
it would be great to be able to resolve it without reinstalling windows a third time.
thank you very much in advance.