Though this is about Win 7 but I think it will be same for others also. I have Win 7 running on AMD and I am trying to run my hard-disk on new Intel. I could not boot. I have new motherboard drivers. I tried to install these while my hard disk still in old PC but these did not install, may be drivers could not find new motherboard. How can I boot my hard disk in new motherboard. I can not go for fresh install for some reasons.
- no- there are additional BIOS issues in considering Win 10 compared to Win 7.it will be same for others also
i.e. is your BIOS correctly configured?
Which is why you would be better posting this on
Windows 7 Help Forums
- a sister site dedicated to Win 7 so points relevant to Win 10 are not raised.
If you end up with no option but to fresh install, you could transfer most programs, settings etc automatically using a 3rd party program eg. Laplink's PC Mover or Easeus Todo's similar one. The neatest way (and cheaper last I knew for the one-off license) is to use a disk image of your system disk as the source. I've done that and it works well for, say, 95% of programs.I can not go for fresh install for some reasons.
As you are so reliant on your PC/disk not dying, I hope you are using disk imaging - that would be essential to you avoiding a clean install in many cases.
Could the OS be running MBR and booting BIOS and the "New" MOBO be set for UEFI ?? Boot into "BIOS" and set to Legacy support ?
Hi, great you're using disk imaging.
Please separate issues related to imaging from those of drivers.
Some users here have found success in simply taking a disk with Windows installed on it on one PC, and then installing the disk in a PC with different hardware. Windows then reconfigures the drivers.
I believe that is effectively what you have done by swapping the motherboard- please correct me if I've not understood this.
Of course, there's no guarantee of success here.
Consider- you have a new motherboard. But you are using Win 7. It may simply be that drivers for Win 7 on that motherboard do not exist. Have you checked with its manufacturer?
In bios, I found three option one windows 8 and 10, second win 7 and others, third is manual. I am not that knowledgeable but I think, it means win 7 drivers are there.Hi, great you're using disk imaging.
Please separate issues related to imaging from those of drivers.
Some users here have found success in simply taking a disk with Windows installed on it on one PC, and then installing the disk in a PC with different hardware. Windows then reconfigures the drivers.
I believe that is effectively what you have done by swapping the motherboard- please correct me if I've not understood this.
Of course, there's no guarantee of success here.
Consider- you have a new motherboard. But you are using Win 7. It may simply be that drivers for Win 7 on that motherboard do not exist. Have you checked with its manufacturer?
No no no. Sorry, that is quite wrong.
The drivers used by Windows are provided by Windows. Either they are present in the OS when you install it or downloaded as necessary. They are on your disk, not in the BIOS. Some are periodically updated as you know. And in Win 10, you get a complete new set of drivers each time you upgrade.
The old motherboard may have been set to IDE mode for the disk controller and the new motherboard set to AHCI.
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