Problem when booting

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

    Are you able to get the other Windows 7 started and post a snip of disk management of that OS for us to see?
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  2. Posts : 12
    windows 7 home premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #22

    I think I might just wipe the drive after a back up. If I have a wiped drive and compadable hardware will I be able to install the 64bit version?
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  3. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #23

    Let me see if I can explain this to you.


    If you reinstall to the Disk 1 C: partition/HDD while the Disk 0 partition/HDD is still marked as Active the system boot files will be placed on the wrong (Disk 0) partition/HDD.

    That's what we were trying to explain to you in earlier posts.
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  4. Posts : 12
    windows 7 home premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #24

    Bare Foot Kid said:
    Let me see if I can explain this to you.


    If you reinstall to the Disk 1 C: partition/HDD while the Disk 0 partition/HDD is still marked as Active the system boot files will be placed on the wrong (Disk 0) partition/HDD.

    That's what we were trying to explain to you in earlier posts.
    If I unplugged all other HDDs then use Dban on the c: drive then install windows would that work?
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  5.    #25

    Yes that should work. Here are some other tips to get a purrfect install: re-install windows 7

    Once you plug back in the other drives, come back and we will show you how to correct the other drives which are incorrectly marked Active.
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  6. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #26

    You don't need a 3rd party to do the wipe, use the Windows 7 installation disk, outlined in this tutorial at the link below.


    SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
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  7. Posts : 12
    windows 7 home premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #27

    I am going to do a clean install of 64 bit when my HDD is done wiping. Thanks for the help.
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  8. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #28

    Yes do remember to keep us informed.
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