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I recently bought a new SSD, and decided to create a fresh install of Windows 8 on it. I quickly decided that Windows 8 wasn't for me, so what I decided to do instead was simply clone my existing hard drive (with Windows 7 on it) to the SSD.

However I forgot about things like the MBR and whatnot. So when I try to boot from the SSD, it gives me an error, because it seems to think it's Windows 8, even though it's really a clone of my hard drive with Windows 7 now. I'm guessing this is because the MBR wasn't updated or something to that effect.

My question is, how do I fix it so I can go ahead and boot Windows 7 from my SSD? I don't mind if the solution involves cloning the original hard drive again, as all of that data is still there on the hard drive.

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  • wouldn't it be faster and probably a lot less work to just reinstall windows 7?
    – Outdated Computer Tech
    Commented Feb 13, 2014 at 7:34
  • I don't want to spend all weekend reinstalling all my programs and setting everything back up. Not to mention that My Windows 7 is an upgrade, so I'd need to install Vista and then install Windows 7. Anyway, cloning the disk is no problem - just press a button- I only need to know how to handle the MBR.
    – Ascendant
    Commented Feb 13, 2014 at 8:45

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I was able to solve this problem by booting from the Windows 7 DVD, going to command prompt, and doing bootrec /rebuildbcd.

I followed these steps to solve the issue.

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