help, hardware change = startup failure

bamster97 · 29 Dec 2011 at 22:56

so for christmas i got the i5 2500k and p67 asrock mobo (pretty cool huh? ;P) and an extra 8gb ram

but when i tried booting it up after installing correctly (i say that with confidence but not certency) it immediatly said it failed and recommened me to try to fix the problem using the startup fixer which not surprisingly didnt do anyhitng except tell me and error code explaining that it could not perform a system restore heres the error code 0x80000ffff it gave me no other information of value.
my gpu by the way is 560ti pretty sweet as well

so i was hoping i would have a new system for the new year but this seems gradually more unrealistic

i think it may be somehting to do with the harddrive...?? im not sure why, but its pretty old and maybe a sata1 which is not on my motherboard

thankyou and i apologise for the lack of information :S

thankyou once again

)))))

Idleman · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:05

What make and model hdd is it?

Surveyor · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:07

Are you trying to boot from an old installation of Windows on the HDD?

If so that's your problem.

You need to do a fresh installation of Windows.

bamster97 · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:07

western digital 500gb 16mb cache (low cache =sata 1 right?) hope that answers your q thanks

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bamster97 · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:16

no its not old as i recall its 64bit windows pro....or ultimate
it said that the problem signature was 6.1.7600.16385 and it also said that my os versian is 6.1.76002.0.0.256.1
kinda similar arn't they?
its looking out that way surveyor

bamster97 · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:24

but how would i do a fresh install of windows? it seems to be in a 'not gonna do anything' stage :/

smithy83 · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:35

there has been a few threads like this the last few days

the general consensus seems to be if you never done a clean install of windows when changing motherboard do a clean install of windows,

Surveyor · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:35

bamster97 said:
but how would i do a fresh install of windows? it seems to be in a 'not gonna do anything' stage :/

When I said "old" I meant an installation from another system.

That will have all the wrong drivers for your new system which is likely why it won't boot.

Do you have a Windows installation disc and a product key?

rpmmatt · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:38

Reinstalling windows fixed this issue for me.

bamster97 · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:47

k well, ill try a reinstall of the same windows
and its not 'old' surveyor.
if that doesnt work ill see if my anciant 32bit pirated xp will :/

bamster97 · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:48

oh and tHANKYOU THAKIHNG YOU ALL OF YOU!!!

Idleman · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:51

I know everyone says do a fresh install when using new mobo, but i have never had that problem.
Try windows repair. I think there is also an option to install drivers. If not do a fresh install, but remember to back up files.

bamster97 · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:52

im back...but i dont know how to install it

smithy83 · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:54

bamster97 said:
im back...but i dont know how to install it

depending on your mobo press f11 or f12 at start up

or set the first boot device to dvd drive in your bios

Surveyor · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:58

bamster97 said:
and its not 'old' surveyor.

It's 'old' as far as your new system is concerned

And if you read my earlier post you'd see what I meant by 'old'.

bamster97 · 30 Dec 2011 at 00:15

what if it does the same thing?it just tacks me back to the windows failed to start screen again

will i have to go to xp :S

rpmmatt · 30 Dec 2011 at 00:21

When I did mine windows installed again with no issues, so you shouldnt have a problem. I had the same issue to begin with of windows failing to start and start up repair failing to find anything.

Everything working fine now, very happy with the i5.

bamster97 · 30 Dec 2011 at 00:28

depends on bios though on how to boot from disk and the i5 does seem great

even when it said that it may take over an hour and it took 6mins

looll

J-FRO · 30 Dec 2011 at 00:31

Wait have you solved your problem now or what...?

COYS · 30 Dec 2011 at 00:35

I hope he doesn't have an OEM version and the reinstall sorted it