How to know what drivers you will need for clean install.

Can you plug the clone HD into a SATA port and change controller setting in BIOS to SATA?

If WIn7 won't boot, boot the DVD Repair console or Repair CD to run Startup Repair repeatedly.

If Win7 isn't detected by repair utility, open Command Prompt to type bootrec /fixboot and bootrec /fixmbr, then check again.

ariel5345 said:

Ok.... I have a sata connector on both the new drive and the old drive. Yet the speccy report says my old drive has IDE interface. Yes both the drives I have look like the Sata picture you posted on the right.

Speccy reports, I have SCSI interface

gregrocker said:

Can you plug them into a SATA port using a SATA connector?

Hi Greg

The adapter is for HP/Compaq Notebooks only.

gregrocker said:

Can you plug the clone HD into a SATA port and change controller setting in BIOS to Sata?

How would I do that. I looked for it and do not know how.
It's interesting you say this because i could not get my Vista recovery disk working one time about a year ago. Then I read somewhere that I had to change Sata to Ide to get the Vista recovery disk to boot.

I am right now using my old drive on my computer. It boots fine. So why would the MBR need fixing?

I am right now using my old drive on my computer. It boots fine. So why would the MBR need fixing?

The MBR on the new HD Drive.

Sometimes when cloned or reimaged Win7 will not boot it requires Startup Repair. If installation does not show up in Repair console, running the bootrec commands can force it.

Read this. change XP to use AHCI disk mode rather than IDE - Windows XP Support I think This is kind of what I need to do, yet I have no Idea how to go into bios and change my IDE to Sata.

A bit more reading.
AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista
SATA Drivers - Load in Windows XP Setup on Dual Boot

Well guys I owe you both some reps when I can . Yet I decided to get the Hitachi drive and use the HP firmware update and let it do it's thing. I have spent too long on this. Yes that link you gave me Theo looks like excaclty like what I should do. Yet it would take me another coupkle of hours and I would need Shoeless (BareFootKid) to help me and I might still have problems. It's better I don't tackle things this advanced just yet. So If HP wrote a bios script I will just have to bow to their Marraige with Hitachi. I will keep you both posted on how it turns out. Same BAT Channel next week.

theog said:

Boot up using the Startup disk CD or Windows 7 DVD. (not the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disk) If you have a Netbook, you will need a CD/DVD drive.
Make sure no USB drives are plugged in.

Try this:
1) Use the Rebuild BCD in this tutorial:
How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows

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than
2) Fix MBR.

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ariel5345 said:

Well guys I owe you both some reps when I can . Yet I decided to get the Hitachi drive and use the HP firmware update and let it do it's thing. I have spent too long on this. Yes that link you gave me Theo looks like excaclty like what I should do. Yet it would take me another coupkle of hours and I would need Shoeless (BareFootKid) to help me and I might still have problems. It's better I don't tackle things this advanced just yet. So If HP wrote a bios script I will just have to bow to their Marraige with Hitachi. I will keep you both posted on how it turns out. Same BAT Channel next week.

I was hoping you would say, "no, I do not need to that," I need to fix the MBR.

OK.. I was just tired of changing out the hard drives but I will try.
If it does't work How will I get it back so I can use my old hard drive?
Do I just put back my old hard drive and repeat the same steps?