I can't get a new build to boot from an HHD with win 7 on it (uefi)

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I just built a new machine with a uefi motherboard. It comes up fine and I can find the DVD and HDD in the bios but it won't boot to the windows 7 that I already have on the drive. Do I have to reload Windows, or is there something I'm not seeing?
 
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Yes I did, thanks. I found that I had to reinstall windows for it to work. I was able to put it on in either MBR or GPT. Either way worked fine.
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Is there more than one HD in the system? If so make sure your boot priorities have the HD with the OS on it first. Secondly if this is a completely new system (like chaged from AMD to Intel or the other way around) it might not have all the drivers required and may need a fresh install of windows.... its recommended to have a fresh install anyway since all of the chipset drivers from the old system will be wrong.
 
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Yes the build I'm updating from was an AMD and now it's an Intel. I have the drive first in boot order, but when started it simply won't boot to the drive. It gives me a blinking cursor as though it's planning to and then puts me back on the bios splash screen. So new install of Windows, huh? Does it need to be 64 bit?
 
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Yes I did, thanks. I found that I had to reinstall windows for it to work. I was able to put it on in either MBR or GPT. Either way worked fine.
 
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