Moving laptop hard drive to computer with windows 7


  1. Tommyboi7
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    Moving laptop hard drive to computer with windows 7


    So I just moved my laptop hard drive To my desktop to run windows 7 but it keeps stopping at the starting windows and running system boot repair but it can't fix it or somthing. Im probably guessing it's the drivers causing the problem cause it's
    Moved to my desktop but any way to get around it?
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  3. theog
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    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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    As you say, "I just moved my laptop hard drive To my desktop," therefore a OEM manufacturer's install, which will most likely will not boot.

    Take a look at this tutorial:
    Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer
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