Cannot Boot Windows - Keeps Restarting

Hi guys,

I recently upgraded our old computer from Windows XP to Windows 7 Professional. It wouldn't boot from the CD to install for some strange reason so I put the hard drive in my computer and installed it from there. After it installed, I put the HDD back into the old computer and tried to boot it. Everything works fine until it says "Starting Windows". After displaying that message for about 5 seconds it restarts and brings up the choice:

• Run diagnostics (recommended)
• Start Windows normally

If I choose to start normally, the same thing happens and it restarts again. If I run diagnostics it says the issue cannot be automatically repaired.

The strange thing is that it will boot perfectly fine on my computer (if I put the HDD in), but cannot boot on the old one. Also, the same Windows 7 works on my computer.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Impossible

Check your computers specifications, to see if it meets Windows 7's minimum requirements. Windows 7 system requirements - Microsoft WindowsAlso, check that you are not trying to run a 64-bit version of Windows on a 32-bit processor.

It is 32-bit, I am 100% sure. Although, the computer doesn't have a graphics card. It wouldn't need one to boot Windows, would it? Other than that the computer does meet and exceed the minimum requirements.

Thanks!

Windows is well known for refusing to boot, even if a graphics driver is absent, let alone the hardware, that might be an issue.

But surely you can boot without a graphics card? Perhaps you just need one for first run?

Try putting in a graphics card, if you have one available, just to make sure. If it isn't the graphics card, it may be a driver issue with another piece of hardware.

I put a graphics card in an started up. The same thing happened! Tomorrow I will disable automatic restart to check if there is a blue screen and what the error code is.

Thanks for your help!

Good idea, we know that it's not a software issue, because you said it worked on another piece of hardware. If I were you, I'd plug the hard drive into the other computer, and install all the drivers for the computer that isn't letting Windows boot. Does it get as far as to allow you to boot in Safe Mode?

No, the same thing happens when booting in Safe Mode. I plugged the HDD into my computer and installed my graphics card's driver. I then put then HDD back into the old PC WITH my graphics card. But there was still no difference so it is not the graphics. What other drivers would I need to install? The only driver on the HDD so far is the graphics card: HD5670.

Here is the BSoD that pops up when automatic restart is disabled:



I am unable to deduce anything from it, although I'm not too good with this stuff.

The bug check code is INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE check this Microsoft site for information and possible solutions.

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