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| 1306760 | 2012-10-14 01:55:00 | Hi, Recently I upgraded my motherboard and CPU. My Win 7 OS would no longer boot. So I tried to reinstall tyhe OS using my upgrade Disk and licence. Got a message when trying to activate saying the license was only for upgrades. My OS trail starts with a Windows XP Pro Disk and licence that was upgraded to Vista then again to Win 7. I tried starting with my Win XP disk but the computer blue screened and would not load it. I can only assume that it is incompatible with a Z77 motherboard and Ivy bridge CPU. What are my options? Thanks, :thumbs: |
glendale (11008) | ||
| 1306761 | 2012-10-14 01:59:00 | Easiest option I can suggest is to buy Win 7. Saves you the pain in upgrading from xp to vista to win7. | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1306762 | 2012-10-14 02:53:00 | Just do a repair install on it. No need for a full install, it's drivers not Windows itself. Or try booting into safe mode, removing the existing drivers and rebooting. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1306763 | 2012-10-14 05:54:00 | You can do a fresh install with Upgrade DVD's, theres just a few more a steps thats all. The following link explains how: clean-install-windows-7-with-upgrade-media (www.mydigitallife.info) Option 3 generally works best. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1306764 | 2012-10-14 07:02:00 | If XP crashed and if AHCI is on in the BIOS, it'll crash with a 0x0000007b stop error. Since XP doesnt have SATA drivers. Unless you create a slipstreamed CD with the SATA drivers in / on it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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