New Computer, same HDD, no boot?

Corsair XMS3 Tri Channel 6GB PC12800 DDR3 Memory
Core i7 920 Bloomfield
Asus P6T Motherboard
OCZ 700 Watt Power supply
EVGA 8800GTS(Old card)
Seagate SATA HDD

Has Win7 64 bit running on the HDD. The Windows loading screen (Swirling colors forming a window) freezes and the computer restarts, then presents a "Run a Repair" option due to new hardware configuration, while finding/attempting to repair problems, i've let it sit there for 30 minutes or so with no result. Any way to kinda go into safemode with this config?

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Did the old computer have an Intel chipset?

Reply to GhislainG

Nope=( I'm trying to figure out a way to do sysprep or whatever and kill all drivers. Any tips?

Reply to Mysta

Does anyone know if you can run sysprep on a second hard drive?(Aka hook the hdd up to another computer and run sysprep on it instead of the host OS.

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Reply to Mysta

I cannot believe how many people try to do this.
You need to reinstall the OS.

Reply to jitpublisher

Mysta wrote :

Does anyone know if you can run sysprep on a second hard drive?(Aka hook the hdd up to another computer and run sysprep on it instead of the host OS.

Not that I know of. As jitpublisher said, you need to reinstall the OS (unless you can connect the hard disk to the previous system or a similar one and run sysprep).

Reply to GhislainG

The only OS you can salvage is XP, vista and 7 both require clean installs you cant just move a HDD over the HAL is all wrong.

Reply to hunter315

You need a new Windows install with any new cpu or motherboard. Not doing this will gives you troubles. I tried this in the past and I was only able to start windows in safe mode... which pretty much tell everything.

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Message edited by redgarl on 08-02-2009 at 02:09:56 AM

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redgarl wrote :

You need a new Windows install with any new cpu or motherboard. Not doing this will gives you troubles. I tried this in the past and I was only able to start windows in safe mode... which pretty much tell everything.

This is true with Vista , but it is not correct for users of XP

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This is true with Vista , but it is not correct for users of XP

You can do it, but it is not worth the trouble. I have moved XP around to different builds several times.
Everytime, I ended up just doing the reinstall eventually, it will never be 100% right.
It might work, but in time you will start noticing little bugs here and there, and some things just don't want to work right.
Fresh install, it's good advice, and what you should do, no matter what OS you are running.

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JITPublisher is correct, a clean install is the ONLY way to go..." but I have stolen software on the hard drive that I would have to try and replace"... always a reason!

Reply to marcellis22

jitpublisher wrote :

You can do it, but it is not worth the trouble. I have moved XP around to different builds several times.
Everytime, I ended up just doing the reinstall eventually, it will never be 100% right.
It might work, but in time you will start noticing little bugs here and there, and some things just don't want to work right.
Fresh install, it's good advice, and what you should do, no matter what OS you are running.

Ive migrated my current XP installation twice .

Followed by a repair installation

All the system files are replaced with fresh copies from the XP disc . The registry is left untouched so your configurations and settings remain unchanged by the repair.
If registry errors/bugs are creeping in then you carry them with you , but with proper care and maintenance this is not a particular issue .
It is not always the best choice to reinstall from scratch

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I am afraid that I don't agree with you on this, but to each his own.

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Outlander_04, just like you I often migrated XP from system to system, but I eventually had to reinstall a couple systems when I ran into issues that I couldn't figure out after spending a couple hours cleaning up the registry, DLL and OCX files.

Mysta is trying to migrate Windows 7 from a non-Intel chipset to an X58 chipset and that seems to be quite challenging. The only modification that I've done to my Windows 7 system is to upgrade the CPU and a repair was required. A repair wasn't required for XP running on the same system.

Reply to GhislainG

I dont think theres any chance of the OP being able to boot from that installation with either Vista or W7 . A full reinstallation will be required .

This would not be the case with XP , which would be up and running in 25 minutes with all programs and data intact .
Just another way that MS has made life harder for us all

Reply to Outlander_04

Sorry but you're going to have to re-install your OS. So long as you have your key and Win 7 RC disk you should be o.k. If you need to get any files off of it then I recommend using a Linux live CD, like Knoppix, and transferring your files to an external hard drive or another computer on your network.

Mysta wrote :

Corsair XMS3 Tri Channel 6GB PC12800 DDR3 Memory
Core i7 920 Bloomfield
Asus P6T Motherboard
OCZ 700 Watt Power supply
EVGA 8800GTS(Old card)
Seagate SATA HDD

Has Win7 64 bit running on the HDD. The Windows loading screen (Swirling colors forming a window) freezes and the computer restarts, then presents a "Run a Repair" option due to new hardware configuration, while finding/attempting to repair problems, i've let it sit there for 30 minutes or so with no result. Any way to kinda go into safemode with this config?

Win 7 is still beta. One of the issues left to resolve is the repair install. If you leave it on the 'repair' screen for a long time, it MIGHT find and fix the issues. By LONG time, I mean overnight. But no guarantees. As many have already suggested, it is just easier to do a fresh install. No fuss, no muss, and back in working order in what... an hour, apps included?

But go ahead and keep trying to flog the dead horse, it might get up and run again.

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^hah, lol

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