Windows 8.1 doesn't boot

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asaf122333

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OK so I was trying to fix a friend's ssd so I connected it to my pc and I reinstalled windows on it, then I connected my ssd back and the windows didn't boot at all it showed me some error on boot so I booted windows installation from a flash drive and ran chkdsk wich fixed it, then after a reboot the windows showed the boot logo and then it just turns black, the monitor doesn't show any signal and when I try to boot into safe mode it does the same thing, I tried running chkdsk again on the windows recovery command prompt and also startup repair and other things in the recovery console and nothing worked, the chkdsk runs fine but doesn't find any problems and all the other fixes in the recovery console fail. I really don't know what to do anymore. I don't want to have to reinstall windows
 
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You should never install an OS on another computer than the one it will be used on. Your PC will most likely have different devices and when you transfer the disk to the other PC and boot, you might get unpredictable behaviour as the OS suddenly finds different devices than the drivers it has installed. Maybe it finds everything and it works fine, but there is a chance that it will become corrupt.

Try connecting your friend's SSD on your PC and try again with both disks connected. If it boots to your OS normally, it means that when you installed the 2nd OS, the computer moved the MBR and boot loader to the new disk, thinking you wanted a dual boot system.

Fixing boot issues can be a real pain if you don't really know what you're...
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fixxxer113

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You should never install an OS on another computer than the one it will be used on. Your PC will most likely have different devices and when you transfer the disk to the other PC and boot, you might get unpredictable behaviour as the OS suddenly finds different devices than the drivers it has installed. Maybe it finds everything and it works fine, but there is a chance that it will become corrupt.

Try connecting your friend's SSD on your PC and try again with both disks connected. If it boots to your OS normally, it means that when you installed the 2nd OS, the computer moved the MBR and boot loader to the new disk, thinking you wanted a dual boot system.

Fixing boot issues can be a real pain if you don't really know what you're doing, so if the automatic repair tools from Windows don't work for you, I would suggest backing up nescessary files and reinstalling your OS.
 
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boot from the windows installer cd..see if windows placed a system folder or small folder on your hard drive. the small system or restore folder should be on your ssd. if there two windows may be booting to the one on the hard drive. also look under msconfig/task manger under start up see if there one or two windows os now showing up. if there two make sure your booting from the one on the ssd.
 
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Once you're into windows, there's a program called easyBCD. It's an easy to use boot manager for handling the mbr and any and all boot chores. Like was said before, you should only install windows on the machine it's supposed to go into. The only time it would be all right is if the motherboard is the same make model type etc.
 
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