Windows 7 Problems

[macandipodfan]

A few months ago, I bought Windows 7 to install on my Macbook (early '08 2.1GHZ). I installed all the drivers and it worked great.

Since then, I have upgraded to a newer Macbook (Fall '08 Aluminum 2GHZ). I took the hard drive out of my old Macbook and put it in the new one.
Mac OS X boots up fine, but when I try to boot Windows 7, it flashes the BSOD then restarts.

I'm guessing it's some sort of a driver issue, but I'm not quite sure how to go about fixing it.

 

[flopticalcube]

Reinstall Windows. You will have to reactivate which may require a call to MS. There is a specific Windows on the Mac forum here. You should probably report your thread to a mod to have it moved there for better exposure.

 

[macandipodfan]

Crap, do I really have to reinstall?

Anyway, I've reported it so it'll get moved.

 

[balamw]

If you're lucky a repair (initiated from the Windows install disc) will do it.

Otherwise, I was reading some articles about P2V migrations (physical to virtual) and it looked like there were some strategies to "genericise" the drivers before doing that.

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[sjinsjca]

Crap, do I really have to reinstall?

You might consider reinstalling into a virtual machine instead. Much more portable. There's a negligible hit in speed in most non-gaming usage, more than offset IMHO with the loveliness of being able to hot-key between your OS X and Win7 environments. I do this all the time in my late '06 original-issue MacBook Pro, with its feeble 2GB maximum RAM and Core Duo (not Core 2 Duo) processor. Runs like a hose.

 

[macandipodfan]

I already tried a repair from the disc - didn't work.

My main use for Windows is gaming, so I can't use a VM.

 

[balamw]

Then reinstall away!

Next time figure out the prep you need to do, image the drive, genericise drivers, etc... to make it go smoother.

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[Stridder44]

Crap, do I really have to reinstall?

Anyway, I've reported it so it'll get moved.

You moved a hard drive from one computer to another. You absolutely should reformat. You should reformat the whole drive and reinstall both OS X and Windows. It'll take you a few hours to reformat/reinstall everything and set up any settings vs. trail and error with drivers, fixing minor random bugs, troubleshooting, etc. Never take the lazy way out, always do a reformat. You'll thank yourself in the long run. Doing this will actually save you more time, believe it or not.

 

[flopticalcube]

Sometimes pressing F8 during the bootup and booting Windows into Safe Mode allows you to reinstall drivers. I would think your installation is too fubared to allow even this, however.