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Windows 7 doesn't boot unless I keep pressing any key repeatedly.

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  • Windows
  • Windows 7
  • Boot
  • Hard Drives
October 16, 2014 6:09:10 AM

I have Windows 7 and everything was working fine. I recently installed Windows 10(Technical Preview) on a different hard disk and it installed perfectly. I booted win 10 a few times and everything was working fine. But when I tried to boot back into Win 7(By selecting in the OS choice menu) that is on a different hard disk it doesn't boot unless I keep pressing any key repeatedly during the booting process. It worked for the first time I booted win 7 but when I opened win 10 again, and then went back to Win 7 this started happening. Everything is working fine after I get it to boot. But Win 10 is is booting without any problem.
Even Safe-Mode wouldn't start in win 7. It's stuck at casspnp.sys.

And also I see these weired lines on the top of the screen while win 7 is booting. They are gone when I get to the welcome screen. They weren't used to be there before I installed win 10.

What I tried doing?
- Disconnected the hard disk that contains win 10.
- Reset the Mobo (by" restore defaults" in bios, by pressing reset button on mobo, by removing and putting back the battery.).
- Windows 7 Start-up repair.
- System restore (to the time before I installed win 10 ).
- Checked if the hard disk was faulty by Seagates' Seatools Long generic test. It passed the test.
None of what I tried worked. :( 

After I could get it to boot, Everything was working fine. I played games like Dota 2, CS : GO, BF 3 for a long time and they played well. There was no overheating problem or any other problem. So, I think it is not a Hardware related problem.

Can some one please help me boot win 7 normally? . If I have no other option than reinstalling it, then I would do it.

System specs
mobo - Asus m5a97 r2.0
cpu - fx6300
gfx card - asus hd7770 2gb gddr5
ram - corssair vengeance 4gb
hard disk - Seagate 1tb (win 7), Seagate 160gb (win 10).



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