Windows 10: Why can't my old Windows 7 computer boot anymore?

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  1. Why can't my old Windows 7 computer boot anymore?


    Okay, so Monday afternoon, when I came back from school, I turned on my computer and had to patiently wait until I get past the Windows logo, and all of a sudden, it hung for 20 seconds, and then gave me a blue screen of death. So, I had to restart it and tried launching Startup Repair. Once I launched it, I just have to wait for the repairing process to complete, and for some reason, it got stuck in the infinite loop. The next few days. I tried and tried and tried again to fix it, but no luck for me as I kept having the same exact issue. Tried it multiple times and nothing worked for me at al

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    Enrique Acosta The, Dec 13, 2023
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  2. Suupala Win User

    Disk boot failure after removing old Vista partition

    Thank you for the reply, muchomurka! As I indicated in my post, I have already tried all the steps you suggested to no avail:

    - I cannot choose startup repair since the computer does not boot from the installation media
    - I cannot use command prompt since the computer does not boot further than the POST screen
    - I have disconnected and tried out all hard drives individually.

    Since I had Win 10 up and running a few hours ago, I can say with 100% certainty that none of the hardware is faulty.

    The real mystery is, how come the system won't boot from any media without an empty disk containing an old Vista boot sector being on top of the boot priority list? And which steps to take now that I've cleaned this disk and it does not exist anymore?

    Would appreciate any ideas and pointers!
     
    Suupala, Dec 13, 2023
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  3. GNJha Win User
    Boot Process

    Hi,

    Please suggest me a link that can explain the boot process step by step of ...

    • Windows 7,
    • Windows 8.1,
    • Windows 10,
    • Windows Server 2008 R2 and
    • Windows Server 2012 R2

    With Regards

    InTech
     
    GNJha, Dec 13, 2023
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  4. Ravenas Win User

    Why can't my old Windows 7 computer boot anymore?

    Old Harddrive, New Computer, Won't boot

    I'm trying to boot my new computer with old hardrive, the reason i need the old harddrive is because it has a liscensed software they is unique to that harddrive. Thus i need the harddrive.

    Everytime i try to boot from that hard drive, it restarts the computer and gives a beep. I've tried booting in safe mode too and no luck. I put another clean harddrive in and installed windows 7 on it, then put the other hard drive in and can see all the files and the harddrive works, i just can't boot its operating system.

    What should i do?
     
    Ravenas, Dec 13, 2023
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