Make Windows 7 bootable after motherboard swap

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  1. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #190

    YUP, another satisfied customer. Replaced mobo with same model, and then...oh yeah, that 100mb boot partition nonsense.....how do I address that again?....and fortunately I googled correctly and found this thread, and BINGO, we back en bid-ness!
    Last edited by Sevendaez; 13 Apr 2018 at 20:37.
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  2. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #191

    Switched to a new Gigabyte mobo very similar to my old one because I broke the old one while cleaning. Windows 7 decided to give me STOP 0x7b on boot. This fixed it in seconds.

    I just have a couple of questions:

    Isn't this software paid software? Is it actually legal to download and use?

    And, I'm probably being paranoid but how do I know it isn't installing a rootkit or something when fixing the machine? :)
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  3. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #192

    trash
    Last edited by Sevendaez; 13 Apr 2018 at 20:32.
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  4. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #193

    Hi,
    This forum is monitored pretty well so I seriously doubt anything bad is added to the utility :)

    On another note I recently just swapped a very old acer mother boards ssd install into a new x299 mother board and had no issues besides the absence of the original acer board had no usb3 drivers
    The new board had a feature mouse and keyboard simulation I activated and everything was good so I could sign into windows and install the needed usb3 drivers :)
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  5. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #194

    trash
    Last edited by Sevendaez; 13 Apr 2018 at 20:32.
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  6. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #195

    Issue here. I cloned from the oem 1TB to a new 2TB. Both are Hitachi. XP partition boots (shouldn't it?...), and 7 does not. Used Paragon, but still "Windows failed to start". I thought maybe it was because the partition wasn't labeled, but that did not fix it.
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  7. Posts : 16,160
    7 X64
       #196

    "Windows failed to start"
    Is that the full message?
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  8. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #197

    SIW2 said:
    Is that the full message?
    That's the truncated version. ".....a recent hardware or software change...." yadda yadda yadda. Same as when I did it last time, but this time the new drive is 2TB. Oh wait, this is a drive change, not Mobo change. Hmmm.... Recovery tools, we'll see.....
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  9. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #198

    No, I can't even get to the recovery console. No option. Shouldn't this be the same kind of circumstance, though?
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  10. Posts : 16,160
    7 X64
       #199

    Recovery console?

    Try using startup repair from the booted win 7 installation media. You might need to run it two or three times.
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