New computer wont get pass bios?

[UnAssisT]

When i start up my pc i get the bios, but then when i restart it goes to startup repair and after waiting for it multiple times it says it cant fix the problem. i try to select start windows normally instead and my computer just shuts down. what could i do?

im using:
asus maximus iv gene-z/gen 3 mobo
i7 2600k processor
default fan(the hyper evo 212 wouldnt fit even though it said it was compatibile. im just trying to get startup for now)
Nvidia geforce gtx 550 Ti 1gb
caviar green hdd(from old computer)
corsair enthusiast 750w 80+ bronze psu
2x4gb corsair vengeance ram

I also have only set the time on the bios, i have not overclocked or tweaked anything yet.

[xeromist]

Sounds like the boot sector of the drive is borked. Do you have another hard drive you can try freshly installing or do you have a backup so that you can reinstall Windows?

[UnAssisT]

Sounds like the boot sector of the drive is borked. Do you have another hard drive you can try freshly installing or do you have a backup so that you can reinstall Windows?

no i don't have another hdd or a windows 7 backup. all i have is windows 7 installed on this hard drive. also this hard drive was working fine on my other computer.

[UnAssisT]

could this problem be fixed by reformatting the hdd, since its in a different computer with different parts? i only want to do this if there's a chance of this fixing my problem. i don't want to lose the files, but if this will fix it I don't care about the files. what do you guys think?

[xeromist]

Startup repair generally means that the boot sector is messed up or some of the Windows files are corrupted/missing. I would say that a clean installation of Windows has a good probability of fixing the problem but no guarantees. And if the drive is dying for some reason then the fix may be temporary if more sectors go bad.

Might I suggest hitting up Slickdeals to peruse the recent SSD specials? With this brand new build you could get a smaller SSD as a system drive for under $100. And that would allow you to use your spinner as a dedicated data drive.

[WHO_FARTED?]

could this problem be fixed by reformatting the hdd, since its in a different computer with different parts? i only want to do this if there's a chance of this fixing my problem. i don't want to lose the files, but if this will fix it I don't care about the files. what do you guys think?

Did you install the drivers and stuff for your new build? Im confused, its a new build but you have old files on your hdd. Was your old build the same setup?

[UnAssisT]

Did you install the drivers and stuff for your new build? Im confused, its a new build but you have old files on your hdd. Was your old build the same setup?

no i didn't, should i install with cds? i was going to install the drivers online. also yeah its an old hdd with old files, and no it wasnt the same setup. so im guessing the hdd wont work with the old files on it?

[jd2266]

no i didn't, should i install with cds? i was going to install the drivers online. also yeah its an old hdd with old files, and no it wasnt the same setup. so im guessing the hdd wont work with the old files on it?

you have to do a format and start fresh.you can not just place the old hard drive in another pc.

[UnAssisT]

you have to do a format and start fresh.you can not just place the old hard drive in another pc.

what if i reformatted with backup? would that work?

[WHO_FARTED?]

if you still have the old computer, you can go back and copy the files if you have another hdd. or just get another drive. probly wouldnt hurt to just get a new one. reformatting should erase everything.

someone else might could answer this but if you create a new sector and install windows on it could you still open files on the old sector?

[jd2266]

back up is not a reformat.and no it would not work because a back up would just install the drivers for your old pc

[jd2266]

When i start up my pc i get the bios, but then when i restart it goes to startup repair and after waiting for it multiple times it says it cant fix the problem. i try to select start windows normally instead and my computer just shuts down. what could i do?

im using:
asus maximus iv gene-z/gen 3 mobo
i7 2600k processor
default fan(the hyper evo 212 wouldnt fit even though it said it was compatibile. im just trying to get startup for now)
Nvidia geforce gtx 550 Ti 1gb
caviar green hdd(from old computer)
corsair enthusiast 750w 80+ bronze psu
2x4gb corsair vengeance ram

I also have only set the time on the bios, i have not overclocked or tweaked anything yet.


you can either reformat your old hd or just buy a new hd,then just install windows and instead of useing the cd's for your motherboard drivers go to support site and install newest drivers,then your graphic drivers and you should be good to go.

[xeromist]

someone else might could answer this but if you create a new sector and install windows on it could you still open files on the old sector?

Windows won't cooperate just any old way. Probably the best thing would be to create a new partition with any free space available and use it to keep copies of documents & saves, then reinstall windows on the system partition.

[WHO_FARTED?]

Ok, I have wondered about that, just never thought to ask. I meant a new partition...I'm not even sure how "sectors" came out.

[UnAssisT]

i reformatted the hdd now everything works. except the wireless, is there no wireless adapter with this motherboard???

edit: guess not ;p

[HiVizMan]

Nope there is not. I think some of the new boards are going to have wireless again. I hope so anyhow.