Recent content by NBK2014

  1. N

    [SOLVED] Booting from Windows 7 drive after installing Windows 10 on different drive

    I set Settings\Advanced\Windows OS Configuration\Windows 10 WHQL Support (Windows 8/8.1 Feature) = [Disabled] then enabled UEFI + LEGACY boot in bios EasyBCD already set two boot options for the old drive and win 10 drive, thanks, @wpgwpg i selected the win 7 drive, it booted up fine, then...
  2. N

    [SOLVED] Booting from Windows 7 drive after installing Windows 10 on different drive

    Disconnected the Win 10 drive, tried booting with the win 7 (without the usb drive plugged in), it gave an error with a win 10 looking screen, 'your pc/device needs to be repaired, required file is missing: \windows\system32\winload.efi error code 0xc000000e. so it seems it has overwritten the...
  3. N

    [SOLVED] Booting from Windows 7 drive after installing Windows 10 on different drive

    1TB hard drive (just files), 256gb win 7 ssd, 1tb m.2 ssd win 10, 7.2gb usb with the win 10 bootable install
  4. N

    [SOLVED] Booting from Windows 7 drive after installing Windows 10 on different drive

    as in the above post, i tried booting with the drive gone, and it booted win 10 fine. here's the picture of disk manager (the win 7 drive is E): View: https://i.imgur.com/UQ5XZpO.png
  5. N

    [SOLVED] Booting from Windows 7 drive after installing Windows 10 on different drive

    Yes i had both drives installed when installing win 10 It booted up fine with the Win 7 drive's sata cable disconnected. here's a picture of disk manager with the E drive gone: View: https://i.imgur.com/oxYbG7h.png i will boot up with the drive connected and include a picture of diskmanager...
  6. N

    [SOLVED] Booting from Windows 7 drive after installing Windows 10 on different drive

    thanks for the software, seemingly it's what i want. upon booting the software it said i had an EFI system so some features required a workaround. i added a new entry for the other drive, and it seemed to start to boot there just fine, except that it was taking way too long, longer than what i'm...
  7. N

    [SOLVED] Booting from Windows 7 drive after installing Windows 10 on different drive

    Hi, I installed Windows 10 on an m.2 ssd. It automatically decided to set that as my main boot drive and in my bios, and windows boot options, the other drive where windows 7 was installed isn't listed as a boot option. I didn't remove the other drive before installing windows 10 unfortunately...
  8. N

    Question Troubleshooting - PC boots sometimes, often doesn't boot and fans spin at full speed - can't find issue or fix

    Hi, posting for a friend here. I've been messaging him trying to figure out the issue. the issue is that the PC only boots up when it is in the mood to. most boot attempts result in the fans spinning at max speed as they tend to at the start, but staying at max speed and not going into POST and...
  9. N

    Memory problem, should I buy new RAM?

    Intel Core i7 2700K Mainboard Model ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 SMBus address 0x53 Memory type DDR3 Module format UDIMM Manufacturer (ID) GEIL (7F7F7F13000000000000) Size 8192 MBytes Max bandwidth PC3-12800 Part number CL11-11-11 D3-1600 Manufacturing date Week 49/Year 12 Number of banks 8...
  10. N

    [SOLVED] Old Dell Motherboard with ASUS GT 610? Would it work?

    Hey guys, I'm asking for a friend. He has an old computer that's pretty slow. We play games together quite often that aren't graphically intense. He uses his integrated graphics at the moment which can't play games like counter strike. He's found a graphics card that he wants to buy, however...
  11. N

    Intel i7 2700k Processor + PCIe 3.0 graphics card + P8Z77-V LX2 Will it work? NEED HELP ASAP.

    Hi guys, I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to knowing what GPU will work with my computer and I am in a hurry. I need to know whether to order this card for my computer in the next 25 mins, and come to a decision before that time. Motherboard: P8Z77-V LX2...