changed hardware and windows 10 will not boot

[Markfw]

I went from a Intel 4930 to a AMD 5950x . I cloned all the disks using partition magic. bios set to UEFI. Would not boot, get a blue screen, inaccessible device. Put a windows 10 install USB stick in. boot OK, but will not repair startup. Tried upgrade, only works from a booted win 10. Tried install feature upgrades, says its MGR and can't do it. Upgraded disks to GPT. still will not do anything.

Any way to save installed programs and data ?

 

[bba-tcg]

How did you upgrade the disk to GPT?

 

[Markfw]

How did you upgrade the disk to GPT?

partition magic, or as its called now "EaseUS partition master"

 

[bba-tcg]

If you'd used mbr2gpt.exe, it would've installed the necessary partition and boot files for you.
Boot from a Win install USB. When you get to the first install screen, press shift-F10 and run diskpart. List the volumes by typing list volume and then hitting enter. Do you see a small fat32 partition?

 

[Markfw]

it says on "computer minwinpc" then nothing, and another command prompt

 

[VirtualLarry]

Was your
Xeon using
Intel VMT disk partitions?

 

[bba-tcg]

it says on "computer minwinpc" then nothing, and another command prompt

How about list disk? Same thing?

 

[Markfw]

How about list disk? Same thing?

I get 3 disks. But only one says gpt with an * When I ran it on the 2 gig nvme, it did give me an error. Maybe I need to try that again ??

 

[Markfw]

do you have a download site for that mbr2gpt.exe ?

 

[bba-tcg]

I get 3 disks. But only one says gpt with an * When I ran it on the 2 gig nvme, it did give me an error. Maybe I need to try that again ??

Is the 2 GB nvme the boot drive?

 

[bba-tcg]

do you have a download site for that mbr2gpt.exe ?

It's on the Windows USB.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Bitlocker? You running pro?

 

[Markfw]

It's on the Windows USB.

how do I execute from the command prompt ?

 

[bba-tcg]

First, as VL asked, are you using bitlocker?

 

[Markfw]

First, as VL asked, are you using bitlocker?

what is that ? probably no since I don't know what that is

 

[Markfw]

in list disks, the 2 tb nvme is disk 1.so si tried
mbr2gpt /validate|convert /disk:1
and it said "failed to get geometry for disk -1

 

[bba-tcg]

Probably not with Windows 10. With 11, there would be a good chance you were without realizing it. The first command to execute is

mbr2gpt.exe /validate /disk:(x)

where x is the disk number listed when you listed the disks in diskpart

 

[bba-tcg]

in list disks, the 2 tb nvme is disk 1.so si tried
mbr2gpt /validate|convert /disk:1
and it said "failed to get geometry for disk -1

You always want to validate before converting. It doesn't like something about your disk. If Partition Magic already converted it, mbr2gpt can't convert it. Personally, I would use PM to convert it back to MBR first.

 

[Markfw]

diskpart listed nothing, but "list disks" had it as 1.

 

[bba-tcg]

diskpart listed nothing, but "list disks" had it as 1.

Where, besides in diskpart, were you using list disks? Is this disk the one you converted with PM?

 

[Markfw]

I remember the error now. It said "not enough free space" but there was plenty.

 

[Markfw]

maybe I will take it apart, and put it back in the adapter to use PM so I give screen copies

 

[bba-tcg]

I remember the error now. It said "not enough free space" but there was plenty.

Which command gave you this error?

 

[Markfw]

first before the operation

Which command gave you this error?

if it happens again, I will paste it here. see disk 2 in the pic.

 

[Markfw]

well, it worked this time...\

from the conversion computer, not its "home". Now to put it back