Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer

Racehunter said:

Here is a screenshot of the relevant device manager page.

Step 2 you have already done! Step 4 after first paragraph isn't important because you have standard disk drivers.

1. First disable automatic updates or disable wifi or simply disconnect network cable. Sure there no updates pending?? If so, continue. (otherwise first finish the updates).
2. You can install the Microsoft standard AHCI driver from within Win7 through Device Manager. In Device Manager you expand “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers”. Now rightclick on the branch that is listed and selected updat driver. Then select browse my computer for driver software. Select let me pick from list. In the screen tick the box (it’s already checked I think) "show compatible hardware". Select “standard AHCI 1.0 serial ATA controler”. And click next. Follow instructions. You have to reboot. Check afterwards in “device manager” if win7 realy replaced driver! Eventually do the same for IDE so set it to standard as well!
3. I think you have many onboard things on old motherboard. For example on board wifi, on board network card, on board graphics, on board sound etc. Uninstall all those drivers from “device manager” (just to cleanup). DON’T reboot.
4. I think you have some software belonging to old motherboard. For example graphics configuration utility. Uninstall that software. DON’T reboot.
   
   Now everything has been cleaned and disk driver is default (very important!!) If you forgot and still have NFORCE disk driver and the new controller is INTEL it doesn’t boot!! And then you can’t replace driver anymore! Default disk driver is the most important step!
5. Now shutdown and power off (don’t reboot). Replace motherbord and connect disk drives. Enable SATA AHCI in BIOS. Set your BOOT priority good in BIOS (first CD then sata-disk I assume). Try to boot.
6. Enable automatic updates or enable wifi or connect network cable. So undo what you did in step 1.
7. Insert your new motherboard CD and let it install the new drivers. A reboot is required afterwards.
8. Now it should work and nothing is lost! Check “device manager” for unknown devices or strange things. If any unknown devices… uninstall them and reboot. Still unknown stuff?
9. Check if win7 is still activated (system properties).

Please post screenshot of "disk management" with all fields visible!!

Kaktussoft said:

Be sure new motherboard BIOS has SATA AHCI enabled
Be sure new motherboard BIOS starts from SSD instead of HDD. Or simply say harddisk, but it's possible it starts from HDD if it has an active partition. Mark all HDD partition as inactive prior to swap. check in "disk management"

Are you very sure it boots from SSD???!!! check in device management what partition has boot flag. If it's SSD partition then mark HDD partitions as inactive (if any)

1. Enter diskpart, then list disk after diskpart is loaded.

2. Enter select disk [number of the disk the partition is on].

3. Enter list partition, followed by select partition [partition number].

4. Type inactive.

5. type exit
Now check again in "disk management". Be sure not to make SSD partition inactive!

Racehunter said:

The motherboard change won't be for a few days. Do you want a screen shot of disk management with the current board?

I have been having so many problems, I do not know if I can keep the pc running long enough to do the preparation work. It even fails in BIOS and booting to BIOS. If I am lucky, I can get into Windows then it will crash again. I did have a similar problem a few months ago, but not as dramatic. With lots of help from this forum I thought it had been solved by a new graphics card, however its back with avengance. The only 2 components that haven't been changed are the motherboard and CPU.

I wanted to move away from the ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 in light of the problems, however I might have to change for the same model, if I am unable to do the correct preparation for a different board.

Tip: Do all things in "safe mode" maybe it's more stable then(?)

• I think you have many onboard things on old motherboard. For example on board wifi, on board network card, on board graphics, on board sound etc. Uninstall all those drivers from “device manager” (just to cleanup). DON’T reboot.
• I think you have some software belonging to old motherboard. For example graphics configuration utility. Uninstall that software. DON’T reboot.

Only these steps take some time to complete. You have even problems to get in BIOS. Booting to BIOS??? What kind of problems, please explain.

And yes I wanna see screenshot of "disk management"

So you have problems even before windows starts. Did you perform a memory check? It could be a memory problem, but I don't think so. Be very sure you didn't overclock!

Because you have problems entering bios I think motherboard is failing. I told you all steps to do in Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer

Still waiting for "disk managemt" screenshot

Racehunter said:

Kaktussoft,

I have previously stressed the memory using prime 65 and and GPU test from the UBCD. This didn't show any fault, but I changed the memory 'just in case'

If its any use, here are the specifications of my system showing the changes since I first posted on here:

OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
Main Software MSOffice 2010
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Motherboard Asus M4A87TD/USB3
Memory Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Memory Kit CL9 1.65V
Graphics Card PowerColor HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
Monitor(s) Displays LG
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 3000 V2.0
Mouse Microsoft wireless 5000
PSU Antec TruePower New 750W Modular PSU
Case Antec 300
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 SSD and Seagate ST3500418ASATA 500Gb

I have also added the disk management screen shot.

Many thanks

Steve

I already told you what to do. Disk management is prefect!