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Buster, you are telling us the big picture in chapters.
You said you wanted to reinstall Win 7.
Than you said you're upgrading your MB an CPU and that can turn out to be a complete different story.
Which MB and CPU you are putting on your computer? Aren't you replacing the memory as well?
New MB has to be configured in a way to be compatible with Win 7.
Skylake MB only has USB 3 and Win 7 doesn't has the USB 3 and new SATA drivers.