Windows 7 won't boot on HDD after SSD installed.

Durbkat

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Mar 11, 2015
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Ok, so my issue is weird so please hear me out.

I originally had a 1TB HDD and for the past year its been making grinding noises so I figured I needed to do something before I lose everything. But the issue is that I have several games that are GFWL enabled, GFWL is no longer supported and many devs have updated their games to run on Steam's service, so reinstalling the games is not an option because then I would lose the GFWL functionality and I need that because I want to get the gamerscore in those games.

So I purchased a 250gb Samsung SSD and a new WD 1TB HDD as back up for when my old 1TB drive eventually dies. My friend told me about all of the steps involved in getting Windows 7 installed on an SSD since it doesn't natively support it. So I felt more comfortable letting him do it than me trying to figure it out using a guide. Anyways, I found out after he got everything set up that I couldn't just simply launch the games from the old HDD because it kept giving me errors saying different .dll files were missing.

Once my friend left I unplugged the SSD and just had the old 1TB drive plugged in since I couldn't get the games to work the way he left it. I went into the bios and changed everything back in the boot order to the way it was before and saved and exited. But halfway through the bootup animation where it says "Windows is starting" it hangs for a second, the BSOD flashes for a second and it reboots.

I launch startup repair and it couldn't fix it. I did a system restore and it still wouldn't boot, I even tried booting into safe mode and after it gets about 1/4th of the way through loading the files it reboots. I looked through the .txt files it told me to look at to see what the error was and this is what it says,
Startup Repair diagnosis and repair log
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Last successful boot time: ‎3/‎10/‎2015 11:46:40 AM (GMT)
Number of repair attempts: 4

Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1

Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 94 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 188 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 296 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 1375 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 469 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Boot status test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Setup state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 735 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Registry hives test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 3843 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Windows boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Bugcheck analysis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 1469 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Access control test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 15344 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: File system test (chkdsk)
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 88125 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Software installation log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Fallback diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Root cause found:
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Unspecified changes to system configuration might have caused the problem.

Repair action: System Restore
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 723391 ms

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Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1

Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 16 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 94 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 203 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 328 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 1406 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 485 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 47 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Boot status test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Root cause found:
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Boot status indicates that the OS booted successfully.

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Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1

Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 47 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 188 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 375 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 1406 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 359 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Boot status test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Setup state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 547 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Registry hives test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 3047 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Windows boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Bugcheck analysis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 1109 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Access control test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 9782 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: File system test (chkdsk)
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 87703 ms

Test Performed:
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Name: Software installation log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x

I can provide the other .txt files if needed. I've been researching all day on how to fix this but I believe my problem is unique. Any help would be appreciated.
 

d1rtydeedz

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Dec 19, 2013
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Alexoiu is probably correct. Enter your bios and make sure the boot sequence is set-up correctly, with your HD on top. Then make sure IDE is selected instead of AHCI. If that fails, reset your CMOS, it will put everything back to default settings [you won't lose any information]. You'll lose your overclocking if you've set it up previously so you'll have to set it up again as well as your internal clock.