- Oct 1, 2015
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Hello guys! I really need your help!
First I will describe my exact setup: I have a 2TB HDD on which Windows 7 is installed, and an SSD on which Windows 8.1 is installed (Main OS I have been using recently). I dual boot and both drives have a single partition.
My old motherboard - an ASUS M4A89TD PRO - completely died last week. I replaced it but I wanted to move to Intel, so I also bought a CPU. I replaced that motherboard and my old AMD Athlon X4 640 for an ASRock Fatal1ity H97 Killer motherboard and an i7 4790 (non-K) processor. Such a huge change in hardware naturally caused Windows 8.1 to fail to boot.
I would rather not perform a clean installation of Windows. I could not uninstall drivers or backup data due to it being an unexpected event - the mobo died randomly. I certainly could use a SATA-USB cable to transfer/backup files but it would generate a lot of trouble. I have the flash drive with which I installed Windows 8.1.
What are my options to make my machine work, without formatting? If that's really not possible, is it possible to at least create a second partition on either my HDD or SSD in order to transfer the files, then delete the old partitions and keep the new OS?
EDIT: I read that by changing BIOS storage settings from AHCI to IDE you can get Windows to boot, then you can remove old drivers, install new drivers and change settings back and it will do just fine. If that does work, would I have any performance issues that would warrant a fresh install on a new partition instead of keeping it as it is?
Thank you.
First I will describe my exact setup: I have a 2TB HDD on which Windows 7 is installed, and an SSD on which Windows 8.1 is installed (Main OS I have been using recently). I dual boot and both drives have a single partition.
My old motherboard - an ASUS M4A89TD PRO - completely died last week. I replaced it but I wanted to move to Intel, so I also bought a CPU. I replaced that motherboard and my old AMD Athlon X4 640 for an ASRock Fatal1ity H97 Killer motherboard and an i7 4790 (non-K) processor. Such a huge change in hardware naturally caused Windows 8.1 to fail to boot.
I would rather not perform a clean installation of Windows. I could not uninstall drivers or backup data due to it being an unexpected event - the mobo died randomly. I certainly could use a SATA-USB cable to transfer/backup files but it would generate a lot of trouble. I have the flash drive with which I installed Windows 8.1.
What are my options to make my machine work, without formatting? If that's really not possible, is it possible to at least create a second partition on either my HDD or SSD in order to transfer the files, then delete the old partitions and keep the new OS?
EDIT: I read that by changing BIOS storage settings from AHCI to IDE you can get Windows to boot, then you can remove old drivers, install new drivers and change settings back and it will do just fine. If that does work, would I have any performance issues that would warrant a fresh install on a new partition instead of keeping it as it is?
Thank you.
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