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(Solved) - Issue with bootup of Windows 7

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praju7
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Hi ,

I have two hard disks , each in one computer.In the first computer i have Windows 7 installed. I formatted the Second computer's hardrive and i have connected it to the first computer . and have installed Windows 7 in it.(It is a single partition of 400 GB). But , when i disconnect the harddisk and connect it to second computer , it does not bootup. Does this mean that there is some issue with bootfile mapping and naming of the drive ?

If yes , then is there a way to get this fixed so that i can get some sleep. Spent three nights after college googling and came across this thread .

I have downloaded Easy BCD , but it is complete Greek and Latin for me .Please can anyone explain how to fix this.

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praju7
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Below is what Easy BCD says ...

G: drive is my second hard drive with single partition of 400 GB , and i want to use it in a separate computer as a single OS

There are a total of 3 entries listed in the Vista Bootloader.
Bootloader Timeout: 30 seconds.
Default OS: Windows 7

Entry #1

Name: Earlier Version of Windows
BCD ID: {ntldr}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \ntldr

Entry #2

Name: Windows 7
BCD ID: {default}
Drive: G:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Windows Directory: \Windows

Entry #3

Name: Windows 7
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: K:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Windows Directory: \Windows

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {681721bd-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
resumeobject {681721bc-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
displayorder {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c}
{681721bd-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
{681721b5-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 30

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c}
device partition=C:
path \ntldr
description Earlier Version of Windows

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {681721bd-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
device partition=G:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
recoverysequence {681721be-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=G:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {681721bc-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
nx OptIn

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {681721b5-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
device partition=K:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
recoverysequence {681721b6-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=K:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {681721b4-698e-11de-a564-e688d7c1f389}
nx OptIn
vga Yes
usefirmwarepcisettings No
bootlog Yes
sos Yes

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InDiSent
InDiSent
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Why did you plug Hard drive into 1st computer to install Windows? Why not leave it in 2nd computer and install from there?

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praju7
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Thats because i don't have an XP Boot disc with me now.so thought of installing Windows 7 for time being.

thank you for replying :)

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ScottW
ScottW
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praju7, hello. In the configuration shown with BCD, above, the G: drive is dependent on the boot manager stored on C:. When you move that G: drive by itself to another system, it does not have a boot manager of it's own. It may not even have a BCD store of it's own.

On the system where you have put this G: drive, boot from the Windows 7 DVD, select "Repair Your Computer" and run Startup Repair.

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praju7
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Thank you , i will do that .. and i really appreciate your help. :)

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