Issues booting PC after partitioning and cloning new hard drive

Kilo7-

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going to try to explain this simple and quick

Ok so my hard drive was damaged. Games were very choppy and lag-like. So I bought a new hard drive. I installed the new one in my pc, assigned it a letter, then cloned it with a program (starts with an M, I foget...) After I cloned it, I set the new hard drive (undamaged one) as my primary. I booted up my PC. Didnt't work. It said it needed the windows disk. So I bought the old, damaged hard drive in. PC booted up fine. I set the old hard drive back as the primary partition. Turned off my PC, turned it back on. Now its having the same issue my new hard drive did, WTF!!

It goes to the Windows Boot Mananger. It says I need the windows disc (I don't have a DVD ROM nor can I get one!! Wtf!) or contact the PC manufacturer (but I built the damn thing so I cant)

I'm so frustrated....I have on OS on both hard drives! Why all the sudden is the original hard drive not working!? I just want to play some damn video games....I'm stationed in Korea and I play games as a way to cope with being away from home..Just want the thing to work! :(
 
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Assuming you've taken it apart and reassembled...and it still does not work.

Reduce it to a very basic system.
1 RAM stick, no GPU (if your cpu has integrated graphics).

There is no real way to test individual parts, except with an actual working PC.

USAFRet

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MERGED QUESTION
Question from Kilo7- : "How to diagonose where PC is damaged...part 2 :("



Take it apart and verify every single connection. Something might be just barely loose.
 
MERGED QUESTION
Question from Kilo7- : "How to diagnose where my PC is damaged"







 

USAFRet

Titan
Moderator
Assuming you've taken it apart and reassembled...and it still does not work.

Reduce it to a very basic system.
1 RAM stick, no GPU (if your cpu has integrated graphics).

There is no real way to test individual parts, except with an actual working PC.
 
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