- Sep 16, 2014
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Hello all,
I recently upgraded my rig. I went from an AM3 socket, AMD Phenom II to an AMD Athlon x4 FM2+. I changed the MB (Asus), the GPU (Asus) and ram (16 GB GSkill) accordingly. The only thing I kept was the DVD Drive and HD, a 2T Drive.
The case, and PSU (850w) are Corsair.
The rig runs great, but obviously the system will NOT boot due to the OS not recognizing the new hardware. I have the HD backed up with the existing image. Is it possible to same anything off that HD and bring it over, or does it require a total nuke of the HD and a fresh win7 installed on it?
When I upgraded the RAM and the MB last time, (same CPU/Socket type) the system booted perfectly.
Any advice or am I up shitz creek and losing all data on the HD my only option? From other posts it seems to look this way for me too, just desperate for some good news.
Thanks guys.
I recently upgraded my rig. I went from an AM3 socket, AMD Phenom II to an AMD Athlon x4 FM2+. I changed the MB (Asus), the GPU (Asus) and ram (16 GB GSkill) accordingly. The only thing I kept was the DVD Drive and HD, a 2T Drive.
The case, and PSU (850w) are Corsair.
The rig runs great, but obviously the system will NOT boot due to the OS not recognizing the new hardware. I have the HD backed up with the existing image. Is it possible to same anything off that HD and bring it over, or does it require a total nuke of the HD and a fresh win7 installed on it?
When I upgraded the RAM and the MB last time, (same CPU/Socket type) the system booted perfectly.
Any advice or am I up shitz creek and losing all data on the HD my only option? From other posts it seems to look this way for me too, just desperate for some good news.
Thanks guys.
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