Windows won't start after new motherboard added

NeVeR

I just got a new motherboard

I got the MSI Z77A-G43 S1155

The PC starts and you can enter the BIOs

It you let the PC boot you see the windows logo for a second then you get a screen saying Windows can not book and offers you to reboot or restore.

I restored and it said it was fixed. But the same thing happens over and over.

Any ideas ?

I've a Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155 and 8 gig ram installed.

it's win 7 installed.

I only built it the other day with a different motherboard. But I got p!ssed off trying to fix the PCIe problems.

NeVeR

i removed a stick of ram and disconnected anything that wasn't needed to start the PC and the same problem is occurring.

Eboggles

NeVeR wrote: »

i removed a stick of ram and disconnected anything that wasn't needed to start the PC and the same problem is occurring.

Change BIOS HDD setting to AHCI.

It's located in advanced>integrated peripherals>SATA mode.

NeVeR

Eboggles wrote: »

Change BIOS HDD setting to AHCI.

It's located in advanced>integrated peripherals>SATA mode.

I just checked it's already set to AHCI

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Hmmm kinda reminds me of something that happened me, I changed The boot up to cd and had to reinstall windows

NeVeR

ahh really... I've work on the HDD I need.

Headshot

NeVeR wrote: »

ahh really... I've work on the HDD I need.

Don't take my word for it anyway, just really resembles what happened me

Eboggles

Try IDE?
No seriously, try it, nothing bad's going to happen I swear. I restored the BIOS defaults on my board after I messed something up, same thing happened. I went into the BIOS and changed the setting. I'm also certain it was IDE and I changed it to AHCI but you could try IDE just to be sure.

Failing that, as already pointed out you can just do a reinstall. It is a new motherboard after all.

NeVeR

ill wait a little while and see if anyone has any other suggestions.

I'll do it tomorrow if i need to.

I'll try partition the HDD or something.

Tea_Bag

You'd be very lucky to get windows to boot after swapping the motherboard. drivers are installed during windows installation that won't be correct on the new board. a fresh install is the only way to go.

you can put the SSD into your other PC and copy off the files you need.

God this turned into a nightmare for you

NeVeR

Eboggles wrote: »

Try IDE?
No seriously, try it, nothing bad's going to happen I swear. I restored the BIOS defaults on my board after I messed something up, same thing happened. I went into the BIOS and changed the setting. I'm also certain it was IDE and I changed it to AHCI but you could try IDE just to be sure.

Failing that, as already pointed out you can just do a reinstall. It is a new motherboard after all.

I'll try it. It is a new Motherboard but I need the files on the HDD

Eboggles

NeVeR wrote: »

I'll try it. It is a new Motherboard but I need the files on the HDD

If it doesn't work (prob won't) just do a reinstall after moving your files onto a different computer as Tea_Bag said.

shinobi

Before doing a clean install, try booting into windows in safe mode & try updating the Motherboard drivers while in safe mode. Worth a try at least.

NeVeR

won't even let me into safe mode..

I connected the HDD to my old PC and i'm transferring the files.

Once done i'm going to reinstall windows.

thanks guys.

NeVeR

Well its all installed and all working... Thank f%*k

Just have to install all my softwares now.