Upgrading my hard drive

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  1. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #21

    gregrocker said:
    Except the screenshots showing exactly how to run Startup Repair
    .


    There are 2 links in the tutorial to show how to do a startup repair, the same startup repair tutorial you listed above, look for yourself.

    There's no reason for me to re-write the startup repair tutorial when I can just link to an excellent source that already exists.

    Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times
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  2. Posts : 3,612
    Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64)
       #22

    CarlTR6 said:
    I agree with madtownidiot. He is spot on. That will solve your problem and not overwrite your files.
    thanks carl
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  3. Posts : 3,612
    Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64)
       #23

    Bare Foot Kid said:
    gregrocker said:
    Except the screenshots showing exactly how to run Startup Repair
    .


    There are 2 links in the tutorial to show how to do a startup repair, the same startup repair tutorial you listed above, look for yourself.

    There's no reason for me to re-write the startup repair tutorial when I can just link to an excellent source that already exists.

    Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times
    thanks barefootkid:)
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  4. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #24

    brianzion said:
    Bare Foot Kid said:
    gregrocker said:
    Except the screenshots showing exactly how to run Startup Repair
    .


    There are 2 links in the tutorial to show how to do a startup repair, the same startup repair tutorial you listed above, look for yourself.

    There's no reason for me to re-write the startup repair tutorial when I can just link to an excellent source that already exists.

    Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times
    thanks barefootkid:)
    You're welcome, I'm just trying to give the OP the best possible info to understand how to deal with the whole issue.
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  5. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       #25

    I don't want to further confuse the situation. If you're comfortable and on track don't bother reading anymore.

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    If your original HDD was working ok but you wanted a larger disk - Correct???
    If you haven't already done it, leave the original in it's full working condition.
    Try whatever advice you like then.

    Probably all you needed to do was use the Microsoft Imaging utility to image every partition of the old drive you can tick (System reserved is always included).
    Take out your old drive put in the new drive (alone), straight out of the bag it came in, reimage - that's it. The MS software will format, partition etc as per the image.
    I did this recently with a new 1TB Barracuda (ST31000528AS).
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  6. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #26

    madtownidiot said:
    Disconnect the old HDD & boot to the windows install disk, and at the install now menu type shift+f10
    then type the following commands one at a time and press enter after each one:

    bootrec /fixboot
    bootrec /fixmbr
    bootrec /rebuildbcd
    exit

    then shut down, restart and your problem will be solved
    All i get now is bootMGR is missing
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  7. Posts : 3,612
    Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64)
       #27

    have a look at post 21 bare foot kid im busy with something at the moment but i will be back to help:)
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  8. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #28

    my full drive map is in an attachment
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Upgrading my hard drive-capture.png  
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  9. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #29

    The problem getting the repairs to fix the issue is all the Hard Disk Drives (HDD) are marked as "Active" and that is the way the repair utility is told where to make the repairs, there can be only one marked "Active" for the repairs to work.


    Is "Disk 1, I:" the one you want to get booting on its own?



    Disconnect the other 2 HDDs and leave only the one you want to repair connected and do the 3 startup repairs out-lined in this tutorial to get it booting independently, then the other HDD can be reconnected.


    Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times
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  10. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #30

    Its worked now guys thanks alot all of you. Basically i put imy windows install disk and clicked on repair my system and it said an error has been detected would you like fix it and i clicked yes and now the ITB hard drive is my main one. Thanks for taking the time to bother to try and help me.
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