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Windows 7 mobo change - repair option not available ?

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MarcLeFou

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Hey

I just changed my old system (pentium e5200) to a new one (phenom x4 960).

Obviously this requires a new motherboard as well.

However, I forgot to transfer my evolution e-mail data on my D drive before the switch and I'd like to boot into Windows to export it before doing a clean instal as I was due to move away from the RC onto the Premium version anyway.

On XP, I could just boot off the CD and choose the repair instal option and it would fix everything. However, there's no such "full" repair option under 7 and the built-in startup repair fails to provide any results.

Now I can't boot into my system for obvious reasons and safe mode isn't any better either.

Anybody has any suggestion short of moving all my parts into my old system to do the mail export ?

Thanks.
 
If you boot the computer from a Win 7 DVD it should give you a repair option.

However the repair is No "magic", if the gap between the original setting and the new one is too big it might not work, the OS will not boot from the New Motherboard because of core drivers problems.

Best thing is to put the drive as a data drive on another computer and copy the data that you need.



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I already unsuccesfully ran that tool.

Win 7 is awesome but I prefered XP's repair options in light of this. Probably the only thing I liked better in XP over 7 actually.

Unless there's no other option, it looks like I'll have to put the drive back in its old system to transfer the data back.

Thanks.
 
In general Win 7 is much more flexible in repairing itself than any previous Windows OS.

However the Boot loader and initial boot start of Win 7 is much more complicated than the WinXP.

Moving from an Intel Chipset to a None Intel chipset was not a picnic in Win XP either.

I successfully migrated in the last few months many computers from, and, varity of chipsets form BX and 939 level, to current chipsets within and between Intel-AMD-nVidia.

However, I did it using Acronis True Image Universal Restore.

This thread has more info., http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2057624



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