Timeline for Windows 7 fails to boot after copying 500GB HDD to 1 TB SSD
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:04 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Aug 28, 2016 at 13:29 | answer | added | Peter T. | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 27, 2016 at 17:49 | comment | added | Peter T. | Now I re-installed Windows 7 (but first without re-formatting the drive), the effect: still not booting, but now the Win 7 recovery detects both the new and the old Windows. So: Are there any requirements w.r.t. the partitions that I have? Partition 0 is an extended partition, Partition 1 Recovery, Partition 2 the Windows Boot Loader and Partition 3 the Windows partition (and logical partitions 4 and 5 are for Ubuntu). | |
| Aug 27, 2016 at 17:43 | comment | added | Peter T. |
It really makes a difference whether I boot from USB or external DVD, Looking at bcdedit's output the boot entries should be fine.
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| Aug 27, 2016 at 17:10 | comment | added | Peter T. |
Now, when I do bootrec /RebuildBCD I get a message "The requested system device cannot be found", similar to superuser.com/questions/302603/… ... I really do love Windows ...
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| Aug 27, 2016 at 17:07 | comment | added | Peter T. |
So, now one step further ... I updated the BIOS and also did bootsect /nt60 ALL and again some diskpart operations - and now bootrec /ScanOS really detects my Windows 7 installation. Thanks again for all of your help so far!
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| Aug 24, 2016 at 11:59 | comment | added | Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style |
Pedi - Try going to recovery and then trying the bootsect /nt60 SYS or bootsect /nt60 ALL commands as mentioned here then: thewindowsclub.com/repair-master-boot-record-mbr-windows and see if that fixes it.... if not ready over this and some of the steps lised: hasper.info/repair-a-destroyed-windows-7-uefi-boot-sector . . . should work fine for Windows 10 as well
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| Aug 24, 2016 at 11:33 | comment | added | Peter T. | @PIMP_JUICE_IT - I followed your instructions from superuser.com/questions/1111110/… up to step 23. But as on my HDD / SSD there is no "EFI" / "boot" / "ESD" directory, I guess my machine doesn't use UEFI. Does this mean, I'm searching in the wrong direction? | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 8:07 | comment | added | Peter T. | And what really confuses me is: The Windows 7 recovery does find my Window 7 installation on the disk, while "bootrec /ScanOs" finds NO windows installations ... | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 8:05 | comment | added | Peter T. | My HDD is using MBR, not GPT. I still got 2 questions: 1) How do I find out if it is using BIOS or UEFI? 2) What is the BCD? On my HDD there is no BOOT or EFI dir; only the recovery partition has boot and UEFI directories. | |
| Aug 21, 2016 at 20:06 | comment | added | Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style |
Pedi - yes, & if this helps let me know & I'll be glad to add as an answer with more detail. Put the old HD in & boot it up to HDD & then from elevated command prompt type in: disk part & press enter & then type in list disk & press enter tell me what you see and which ones have an asterisk (*) next to it for the GPT column. You likely need to ensure you configure the cloned SDD to use the same partition table type as the HDD and then convert, etc. to change afterwards when you get it to boot. You could try enabling secure boot in BIOS if the SDD is GPT & the HDD is MBR.
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| Aug 21, 2016 at 19:46 | comment | added | Peter T. |
Thanks @PIMP_JUICE_IT for your hint. I just didn't have the time yet to give it another try to get it running. I did not try all of the things you mentioned. An I believe, it could be a problem with UEFI, since Linux works fine. What did surprise me is the fact that bootrec /rebuildbcd does _NOT _ find any suitable partition (while the Windows repair tools do finf it. Any idea what could be the cause?
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| Aug 17, 2016 at 19:06 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/super_user/status/765988273437245440 | ||
| Aug 17, 2016 at 14:44 | answer | added | Cosco Tech | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 22:38 | comment | added | Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style | See my answer here and let me know if by change this helps you resolve the issue just in case: superuser.com/questions/1111110/… | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 10:43 | comment | added | JohnnyVegas | BIOS is relevant in both OS's - It should appear regardless, hence worth trying a bios update | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 10:06 | comment | added | Peter T. | Ah, BIOS Update is an idea; however, the SSD works fine under Ubuntu - does Windows rely on BIOS and Linux does not? | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 9:51 | answer | added | Lucas Ruelle | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 9:31 | comment | added | JohnnyVegas | If the SSD isn't found by the BIOS - First try a bios update, then try another SSD if possible. | |
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