main drive wont boot win 7 after installing it from another hard drive

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Willie Gonzales

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i was planning on reformatting my pc but when i searched for my os cd i cant find it anywhere then i remembered i copied it on my hard drive then i thought i can do a usb installation then it hit me my freaking usb is missing too so i tried the hd to hd installation so.
I installed windows 7 from another hard drive now my problem is when i remove that hard drive the main drive which i installed the os on doesnt boot it displays the boot disk failure error thing but when i plug the hard drive which i installed the os from it boots. any suggestion on fixing this without doing fresh install thanks in advance guys!
 
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Willie Gonzales

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yes i did i already used that copy for a usb installation it works fine
 
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and oh i remember something i deleted the 100mb space for system files in the process of reformatting when i repartitioned the main drive usually it appears but the 100mb partition didnt appear anyhow i installed the os with no errors except with this and now im trying to connect another hdd bios recognizes it but when im in windows it doesn't i think it has something to do with this 100mb partition so any clues how can i fix this without reinstalling also repair doesnt work doesnt recognize the os in the main drive help me with this madness

 
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When you clone the drive, you want to clone all of it. The 100mb system boot partition and the OS partition all in one cloning process. I just did this a couple days ago. I used "Reflect" software, it's free, and I cloned my Samsung 830 SSD to an old 74 GB Raptor, just so I have an instant backup if my 830 ever goes out ( minus a few weeks of use ). I do this once a month. The Reflect software always show the small system boot partition and the main OS partition and it seems to know they go together as they are both already checked, when I click "Clone this Drive". Then it asks what destination disk you want, I chose the Raptor in an outboard E sata dock and click finish. When done, I have a perfect bootable clone. I have used it and the only thing that happens when I first start it from the Raptor is that it recognizes a new HD and does one re-start and then I am good to go. I switch it back and it re-recognizes the Samsung and everything is fine. You might want to try this software: http://www.macrium.com/pages/downloads.aspx. they talk of a trail download, but the free version is fine for home use, they just try to sell the pro version if you run a business. I don't know why the "30 day trial", as I have been using it for two years and they even update it for me. I am assuming you still have the original Win 7 HD that you copied it from in the first place.
 
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