Resolved Baffling refusal of windows Setup to start windows

Hi this might be useful for BSOD analysis.

http://bluescreenview.en.softonic.com/

You hopefully by now have anything you deem valuable off this drive and somewhere safe?

I don't know whether this might help,It's a program usually bundled onto some boot rescue CD's. It's called "FIXHDC ".

If you download a windows boot disc package which has this utility you can boot from it and try to fix the registry problem etc.

I'm assuming this was your original error.Stop 0x0000007B error.

Burn a Windows boot file package to a blank CD with a CD burner to create a Windows boot disc. Multiple Windows boot file packages are available online for free download; make sure the package that you acquire contains the "Fix HDC" utility program.


Start your computer and enter the BIOS setup utility. The BIOS loading screen will display the keystroke combination necessary to enter the BIOS utility.


Access the boot order found in your computer's BIOS setup utility. This controls the boot priority of each drive on your computer and the order in which the computer reads them. Change these settings so that the CD drive is the first drive that your computer reads.


Load the Windows boot disc into your computer's CD drive and restart your computer.


Enter the Start menu once the boot disc version of Windows has loaded. Find the program "Fix HDC" in the All Programs tab; although the specific directory will vary depending on the boot disc, Fix HDC will typically be found in the Registry Utilities folder. Run the program, which will upload the drivers necessary for your hard drive to recognize the new motherboard.


Restart your computer and re-enter the BIOS setup utility. Fix the boot order so that your hard drive is read first and remove the Windows boot disc from the CD drive. Restart your computer again for these changes to take effect.


Please make sure you have everything backed up!

Of course it would all work OK if you had used a completely clean drive in the first place as well, I have six drives in one machine. there a mixture of SSD, SATA and SAS drives so I know it can be fun sometimes, still got ports for three more!

By having bios set to AHCI I can add other drives with no problem but in the enhanced IDE mode the bios only supports 3 SATA devices not six, so if your new board has four or more AHCI is the best option.

Also if you upgrade later to SSD you have to have AHCI mode enabled to set the drive correctly and update any ROM upgrades.

Sorry if this is a bit long winded, one the techies might be along with a better option.

Regards, Ian.

 

Hello Ian

It's obvious that you're way ahead of me - I'd never even heard of a SAS drive before (I've looked it up now). And it seems clear that I haven't properly understood about the alternative SATA configurations; I suspect that it's been that that has been the source of my problems all along.

At my present point on the learning-curve it's going to take me some time/effort to get up to speed and meanwhile I have the more pressing priority of installing and activating all my previous apps so that I have a usable computer once more.

But I thank you heartily for your interest, help and practical suggestions. I shall turn to the latter when I can find the time to give them the attention they deserve, and at that point I'll be returning to your posts.

Meanwhile, regards