0

I had a windows 7 machine working fine. Then it crashed and wouldnt boot, it wouldnt even post. So I assumed the motherboard went so I bought a new one and replaced it. Still nothing (i gave the old motherboard to a friend and we used it in an old machine and it worked). Then I booted from a usb with ubuntu which worked. So something must be wrong with the drive. I cant do a repair because I can not find my windows 7 disk and I can not download the iso from microsoft because it is oem. I do have another windows 7 machine. Can I use that to make a repair disk? I do have a windows 10 disk but I do not want to upgrade that machine to 10.

Can I install ubuntu and then edit something to dual boot? I've been working with windows for many years but have done very little with linux. Or is waiting until i find my disk the only safe option?

John Maher
  • 1
  • 2

1 Answers1

0

Do not try to fix windows booting issues with Ubuntu.

Try doing these:

  • First, try hitting F8 repeatedly when Windows boots.
    If this gets you into the "Repair Your Computer" menu:
    • Try Startup Repair
    • If this doesn't work, in the same menu try Command Prompt, then enter the command bootrec /rebuildbcd and reboot if it succeeds.
  • Try Easy Recovery Essentials. You may create its boot USB on the working computer.
  • You may also create a Windows 7 installation media to do Startuo repair. See the post
    Where can I download Windows 7 (legally from Microsoft)?

If nothing works, some questions:

  1. How exactly does the boot on Windows fail and at what stage of the boot?
  2. Is the new motherboard different from the old, for example in using AHCI?
harrymc
  • 498,455