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Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!
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Just upgraded...can't boot👎🏻
Hi there,
So I just upgraded my cpu and mobo and now I cannot boot up windows 7. Is there anyway I can get into Windows without having to do a full restore?
Thanks for any help!
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Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!
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I went from i7-960 and ASUS P6T LGA1366 to i5-6600k and ASTofk Z170-Pro4 LGA1151.
I can boot into the bios, but can't get into Windows. I don't even get and error message, it just won't boot in and then goes into Windows repair.
I know I can just reinstall Windows I guess, by have things I should have saved on my hard drive (yes I didn't prep before)
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A closed mouth gathers no foot
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I've always done a fresh install when changing mobo, so no answers from me.
Do you still have your old hardware? Put that back in & see if it runs to back up that stuff? Or a 2nd unused HDD (even an old 250gb)?
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Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!
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I think that was going to be my move. I did realize that even now, if I go to boot from Windows disc, my keyboard and mouse stop working (both usb)
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Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!
I don't see why a windows repair (with the disc) wouldn't work...otherwise try booting into safe mode and if you get in, install the new drivers.
or, a little more elaborate and probably unwanted, revert to the old hardware, and upgrade to windows 10....recently received a full build from a friend, i just swapped my drives over and with windows 10, it did some background work and after a few minutes, i was in as if i never upgraded
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I get enough exercise just pushing my luck
I had to do a full reinstall in the exact same situation last month
It is also possible to "install" windows 7 on to a USB stick and boot from that do you can rescue the files on your old drives. A bit fiddly to doany but the are some programs around that can do it for you. Am in India still so can't link them.
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Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!
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All pretty weird...gonna try a couple things. Appreciate all the answers thusfar!!
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