Computer is running Startup Repair after CPU and Motherboard Replacement

[Ggododragon]

In the continuing adventure of upgrading my wifes's computer I have now gotten it to boot, sort of.

I recently replaced the Motherboard and CPU on my wife's computer as a part of the process of moving towards a Windows 10 upgrade. The old motherboard had an integrated graphics chip that is not supported by Windows 10 so when the free upgrade was going on her upgrade wouldn't work.

Flash forward to today I have a new Asus 970 Aura Gaming Motherboard, an AMD FX-8350 CPU and a computer that gets as far as Startup Repair before telling me that Startup Repair doesn't work and giving me these error details:

Problem Event Name :Startup Repair Offline
Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 05: 2
Problem Signature 06: Bad Driver
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

I know the easy solution is to reinstall Windows 7 and start fresh, but I am worried that by doing so we will lose the option to free upgrade to Windows 10. I know the upgrade period is officially over, but we still get the notification to upgrade, and could still run the upgrade process until it hit the unsupported integrated video card driver issue the other MoBo had.

I hope this makes sense to someone out there, and if I have to reinstall windows I hope there's a method I can use that won't require reformatting, if only to save the time of dealing with backups.


Thank you

 

[ex_bubblehead]

You lost the free upgrade option on July 29 2016 when the free upgrade program ended, that notification is now null and void. Either reinstall Windows 7 or purchase a copy of Windows 10 in install it instead.

 

[Ggododragon]

You lost the free upgrade option on July 29 2016 when the free upgrade program ended, that notification is now null and void. Either reinstall Windows 7 or purchase a copy of Windows 10 in install it instead.

Really? Dang. I'd thought that it was over until my brother-in-law did the Win10 update over Christmas. it gave me hope that it would work for us, too.

Any suggestion for making it work without having to wipe the hard drive?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

When you replace the motherboard, especially if you switch platforms (Intel -> AMD or AMD ->Intel) you will spend FAR more time trying to fix all the issues that will crop up by doing a repair install than just starting over. Always better in those situations to back up your data, get out the installation media (and keys) for your software and do a clean install.

 

[Ggododragon]

When you replace the motherboard, especially if you switch platforms (Intel -> AMD or AMD ->Intel) you will spend FAR more time trying to fix all the issues that will crop up by doing a repair install than just starting over. Always better in those situations to back up your data, get out the installation media (and keys) for your software and do a clean install.

Ended up giving up and doing that. Didn't switch platforms, though. I knew that was asking for trouble. Kept everything AMD through the upgrade. Thank you for telling the harsh truths.