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So I have a new mobo, a gigabyte B85-HD3-A and have been trying to get my WD 3200 (320 gig) HDD, that had Windows installed when it was hooked into my old mobo, to run. When I set the HDD as the primary boot drive, it gets to the windows logo screen,where the four balls merge to form the logo, and crashes to a blue screen. After that happens, the mobo no longer reads the HDD and I have to disconnect it and reconnect it to get it to recognize the drive again. I've tried to use my window 7 disc to reinstall, and repair Windows on the HDD but it always crashes. Any idea what may be wrong?
Your old Windows installation was configured for the old motherboard & will not run on the new one; Microsoft designed it that way. You will have to wipe the Windows partitions & do a clean install. If you haven't already done so, backup all your important files. And then as mentioned above, delete the the 200MB system partition & the Windows partition during the new Windows install. If you have a partition for storage, it does not have to be deleted. Create a new partition from the unallocated space, then continue with the installation.
"that had Windows installed when it was hooked into my old mobo"
The old Windows will not recognize the new MB." I've tried to use my window 7 disc to reinstall"
Have you changed the bios to boot from the CD/DVD first?
I have changed the boot priority to boot off the DVD drive, yes. I tried to install windows again on the HDD, but even after what seamed like a successful installation, it still pops up with "No operating system found."
"No operating system found"
Did you Delete all the partitions ( you lose everything )?W7 - Click on > Drive options (advanced) Then highlight each partition & hit > Delete.
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Your old Windows installation was configured for the old motherboard & will not run on the new one; Microsoft designed it that way. You will have to wipe the Windows partitions & do a clean install. If you haven't already done so, backup all your important files. And then as mentioned above, delete the the 200MB system partition & the Windows partition during the new Windows install. If you have a partition for storage, it does not have to be deleted. Create a new partition from the unallocated space, then continue with the installation.
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