Windows 7 - Blue Screen At Welcome Startup - IMPORTANT - Windows 7

November 18, 2009 1:54:22 AM

hey every1, i need some serious help, i brought a brand new HDD, motherboard and CPU, now ive tryed everything but the problem is, when the computer starts up, it goes through everything, gets to the welcome loading bit
the little circles spin around, freeze, blue screen then then computer resarts and repeates the same process. any ideas/solutions (iv tryed putting the disc in and booting from there, doesnt work) :cry:

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The_Prophecy

Windows 7 Authority

November 18, 2009 5:21:58 AM

Can you get the error code from the bluescreen? It would really help in figuring out this problem.

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DeeTee_uk

November 18, 2009 3:40:14 PM

Did you install Windows 7 on your old components, and then upgrade to all these new ones? if so, your Windows install needs repairing. Put the disc in, and select "Repair" at the appropriate point. Windows might well be booting up, looking for all the old components, finding the new ones, getting confused, and falling over.

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Scotteq

Windows 7 Authority

November 18, 2009 7:32:09 PM

nathan1r3land said:

hey every1, i need some serious help, i brought a brand new HDD, motherboard and CPU, now ive tryed everything but the problem is, when the computer starts up, it goes through everything, gets to the welcome loading bit
the little circles spin around, freeze, blue screen then then computer resarts and repeates the same process. any ideas/solutions (iv tryed putting the disc in and booting from there, doesnt work) :cry:

As DeeTee indicated - What's happening is the (old) installation is looking for the old components. It doesn't have the drivers/settings needed to boot the new. You may try to repair your installation using your Win 7 DVD, but if that doesn't work:

(1) Set aside your old hard drive - leave it disconnected.

(2) Do a Clean install of the operating system to the new Hard Drive
(2a) Update, patch, etc... Once all is running:

(3) Re-connect your old hard drive to retrieve your data.

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The_Prophecy

Windows 7 Authority

November 18, 2009 10:10:39 PM

Scotteq said:

As DeeTee indicated - What's happening is the (old) installation is looking for the old components. It doesn't have the drivers/settings needed to boot the new. You may try to repair your installation using your Win 7 DVD, but if that doesn't work:

(1) Set aside your old hard drive - leave it disconnected.

(2) Do a Clean install of the operating system to the new Hard Drive
(2a) Update, patch, etc... Once all is running:

(3) Re-connect your old hard drive to retrieve your data.

Most of the time you can get away with simply adding in a new cpu or motherboard and not have to reinstall the OS (this used to be a very rare occurrence but Windows seems a little more forgiving now), but there are still situations where it simply can't be avoided. As scotteq said, try repairing the existing install of Windows, but if it doesn't work, you're going to have to install a fresh copy.