If you decide to do"upgrade"(update) motherboard, or replace the non-working board with a new one, your old Operating System will no longer boot. While loadingwindows will arise blue screen(BSOD) with an error STOP 0x0000007B. This happens due to a change in the bus controllerATA/SATA.

The whole point is that Windows does not have the ability to independently change the controller driver upon boot. As a result, during boot the operating system - just loses HDD and will not be able to continue launching.
So the question is:

how to change the motherboard without re Windows installations 7 ? Reinstalling Windows is not difficult, but with all this All programs and settings will be lost. And this is quite often unacceptable!

Return Windows 7 by updating it with installation disk, will also fail because run this function only possible from an already loaded OS.
But don't be upset! It will help us (download the disk image here: ERDC.rar). Unpack it from the archive (just drag and drop the file ERDC.iso- for example, on the desktop) and write to "blank" using a disc burning program ISO-Burner. Thanks to him, we we will make the necessary changes to, required to boot on a fresh controller.
Let's begin!

1. Boot from the burned disc. Select the version in the download menu ERD Commander 6.5 for Windows 7.

2. To the question "Initialize network connection in background?" we answer No.

3. To the question "Reassign drive letters..." we answer Yes.

4. Select the keyboard layout and press the button Further. After that, select our operating system from the list and click Further.

5. If the previous boot of Windows 7 failed, a search for boot problems will begin.
Let's press Cancel, so as not to waste time, because this remedy Restoring startup in case of changing the motherboard cannot help. To the question "Stop troubleshooting?" we answer Yes. The next news that it was not possible to eliminate the problems, do not be afraid and press the button Ready.

6. In the window that appears, select the item Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset.

7. Now let's launch registry editor

8. First you need to delete the registry branch HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices

9. Now you need to enable the launch of services that load standard drivers controllers IDE And SATA.

10. Expanding the thread HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services on the left side of the Registry Editor. Now we check the following sections in this thread: amdide, amdsata, amdxata, atapi, intelide, msahci, pciide. Parameter Start everyone must have equal 0x00000000 (0). Meaning Start=0- starting the service when Windows boots. If it is equal 0x00000003 (3) double click on the parameter name (Start) and replace the value with 0 and press OK.

11. After start will be set to 0 for all the above registry keys, close the registry editor and reboot the PC into normal mode. As a rule, this is enough for successful Windows boot 7. Now you need to install the drivers on a fresh motherboard.

In case it didn't help!
If the above did not help and Windows 7 still does not boot and displays an error STOP 0x0000007b, Means required driver controller does not load. To correct the situation, we enable the loading of all drivers known to the operating system.

To achieve the desired result, set the parameter value Start equal 0 in the following services: adp94xx, adpahci, adpu320, aic78xx, amdsbs, arc, arcsas, elxstor, HpSAMD, iaStorV, iirsp, LSI_FC, LSI_SAS, LSI_SAS2, LSI_SCSI, megasas, MegaSR, nfrd960, nvraid, nvstor, ql2300, ql40xx, SiSRaid 2, SiSRaid4, vhdmp, vsmraid, aliide, cmdide, nvraid, viaide.

Reboot the PC in normal mode. The OS must boot.

Is it possible to replace the motherboard without reinstalling Windows? It turns out - yes. But in order to replace the motherboard on a personal PC with a working operating system, while avoiding its reinstallation, you need to perform the following steps.

Sequence of operations to restore system operation

After a fairly lengthy operation of removing drivers, turn off the PC and proceed to replacing the computer’s motherboard. When you first boot Windows 7 with the new motherboard. The board installs pre-downloaded drivers for the motherboard.

If it is not possible to prepare the systems for an upgrade, or the old motherboard is faulty, after replacement the system may not boot, displaying a BSOD with error code 0x0000007B:

What does a controller driver failure mean? hard drive or its incompatibility with PC hardware.

To resolve the problem, perform the following steps:

1. First of all, in the BIOS we try to change the operating mode controller hard disk from SATA to IDE, and try to boot;
2. You need to reset the HDD controller driver, which will force the system to use the standard ATA/IDE driver. To solve the problem we need a boot disk or flash drive and ERD Commander. You can download the ERD image from the link http://blog.fc-service.ru/downloads/erdc.htm, instructions for creating a bootable flash drive are well described here http://blog.fc-service.ru/soft/erd-commander- usb-download.htm.

After booting from a CD or bootable flash drive, select .

When the system requests a change to reassign drive letters, click “Yes.” Skip setting up network parameters and select the keyboard layout. In the selection list operating system choose the one we need copy of Windows, if there are several of them installed on the disk.

In the window that appears, select the menu item as shown in the figure below.

Select the Windows 7 Registry Editor:

In the registry editor window, find the “MountedDevises” branch and delete:

Now you need to enable the use of standard IDE and SATA drivers. To do this, go to the registry branch HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and edit the Start parameter

setting it to 0

This operation must be done for the services adp94xx, adpahci, adpu320, aic78xx, amdsbs, arc, arcsas, elxstor, HpSAMD, iaStorV, iirsp, LSI_FC, LSI_SAS, LSI_SAS2, LSI_SCSI, megasas, MegaSR, nfrd960, nvraid, nvstor, ql2300, q l40xx, SiSRaid2, SiSRaid4, vhdmp, vsmraid, aliide, cmdide, nvraid, viaide. Next, search for the Msahci parameter in the registry branch and set its value to 0.

After the completed operations, boot the system in normal mode and install the drivers. If, however, a BSOD occurs, then its cause is most likely a conflict with the built-in video card or another driver. By the way this algorithm can also be applied to running Windows 7 before upgrading.

To fix the problem, reboot in bladeless mode. You can enter the mode by pressing the F8 key when the system boots, and select “Safe Mode” from the list. After downloading the seven, through the “Device Manager” we remove the equipment that is interfering with us from the system. If it is not possible to identify conflicting devices, you can delete the entire PCI bus, by the way, it’s best to do this right away and install all the motherboard drivers instead of the standard ones.

If instead of ERD Commander you have at hand Acronis disk True Image Home 2013 Plus Pack, then you can transfer the systems by following these steps:

• We create an image of the Acronis system on another partition; if there is only one partition, then the image must be created in a protected area previously prepared by Acronis.
• deploy the system to the same partition using Universal Restore, capable of deploying a system image without being tied to hardware.

Using this guide, you will certainly be able to replace the motherboard without having to reinstall Windows 7, which in some cases is very convenient and will save you from having to reconfigure the system, applications, etc.

So, a little theory. The blue screen occurs because the chipset drivers are incompatible, or more precisely, the disk controller driver is not suitable. This means that the old motherboard had a completely different controller. The solution to this problem (for those who understand) is quite simple. The disk controller driver is replaced with a standard one universal driver Windows. After the replacement, the system is loaded with standard drivers and only then the drivers from the new motherboard are installed.

Consider the option with a burnt-out motherboard

Suppose you are replacing the motherboard due to the fact that it burned out or failed and there is no way to boot on it. We will need a bootable Live-CD with ERD-commander installed on it. To old system XP was installed on a new motherboard; it is necessary that on the hard drive with our system in the windows\system32\drivers directory there were the following standard disk controller driver files: atapi.sys, intelide.sys, pciide.sys, pciidex.sys

If any file is missing, then you can take it either from the distribution kit or download it from the Internet, well, as a last resort, you can dig into the Live-CD assembly and copy it from there. Naturally, this can only be done using a Live-CD.

Once we have verified the presence of the above files, we need to import the file into the registry of our system that we want to restore. This can be done accordingly using the ERD-Commander connected to this system. After successfully importing the registry file, we reboot from our restored system and install the native drivers from the motherboard instead of the standard ones.

There's a little more difficult option with replacing the driver with the native one from the new motherboard, but we advise you not to use it due to the fact that in 90% of cases it is a waste of time and the previous option is simpler. Its essence is as follows: find the disk controller management drivers on the CD supplied with motherboard. They look like this: *.SYS. Also upload them using Live-CD to the WINDOWS\system32\drivers folder of the system being restored and also enter the required GUID in the registry using ERD-commander in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\ branch

If the old motherboard is still alive

If you are just planning replace the motherboard without reinstalling Windows XP, then using working system on an old motherboard, simply remove the disk controller from device manager. As a rule, the system will prompt you to reboot - click what is not necessary. Simply turn off your computer and replace the motherboard, after which the system should boot up with standard Windows drivers.

And finally, a little advice. When replacing the motherboard for stable operation and using all the capabilities of the motherboard, and the processor, it is better to rearrange the system from scratch.

Despite all the Plug-And-Play claims of modern Windows operating systems, replacing the motherboard can lead to a blue screen and complete computer inoperability. This article is addressed to those who have decided to update the hardware of their computer and describes the procedure for replacing the motherboard without problems.

During the times of total dominance of Windows XP, when replacing the motherboard in the device manager it was enough to remove the main controller hard drives(sometimes additionally a USB controller), or by replacing its drivers with a standard controller.

After which the hard drive could be connected to the new motherboard and the computer would boot smoothly.
With the advent of Windows 7 and Windows 8 (8.1), the above actions are often not enough. That is, after connecting hard disk to the new motherboard, the computer does not start. But fortunately, as part of the operating room Windows systems 7 has the Sysprep utility, which allows you to “untie” the installed operating system from a specific hardware. Using this utility, all unique information about installed system. This includes clearing information about installed drivers. In this case, the user’s programs and settings are not affected and remain “as is”.
ATTENTION!!! The utility should be used before connecting the hard drive to the new motherboard. That is, on an old computer even before replacing the motherboard. All actions are at your own peril and risk.

How to prepare your computer for replacing the motherboard

We launch the utility: to do this, press the “Win ​​+ R” keys on the keyboard simultaneously and enter the command: c:windowssystem32sysprepsysprep.exe, click “OK”.


In the window that appears, configure everything according to the figure below, namely “Actions to clean up the system”, select the option “Go to the system welcome window (OOBE)” and check the box “Preparation for use. In "Shutdown Options" select "Shutdown".

Click “Ok”.
The process of clearing the system of information about the “old hardware” will begin, after which the computer will turn off. Now the hard drive can be connected to the new motherboard.
That's all.

First launch of the operating system on a new motherboard

When you first boot, Windows will install device drivers and ask you to specify regional settings. Everything will look as if you just reinstalled the operating system.

After this, you must specify your username. I recommend creating a new user, which definitely wasn't there before before replacing the motherboard. This should be done to ensure that the settings of existing profiles are not lost. Later, after the transfer is complete, when you have configured everything, this temporary user can be deleted. Don't forget to also delete his personal folder in the Users directory.

As you can see, everything is simple. The only BUT is that Windows activation will fail. And you will have to activate the operating system again.

Practical steps for launching an already installed Windows XP SP3 on new hardware. This often needs to be done in connection with a software upgrade. various reasons(the old system is not fast enough, or it has stopped working). The links helped me a lot in my work; the information from there can also be used in various cases. All software mentioned in the article can be downloaded from the links.

When I started moving to new hardware without reinstalling, I wasn’t particularly confident of success. Judge for yourself - the new hardware is completely different from the old (only the SSD hard disk on which Windows XP SP3 was installed). The table lists the main components that affect system performance.

The old hardware was bought about 7 years ago (except for the video card, it was replaced later) and by those standards it was “wow”. It was worth much more then than it is now. The move was surprisingly successful and not very difficult. So, the process is step by step.

[1. Backup]

First do backup copy everyone important files that are on your system disk, where Windows XP is installed (on a different drive). This is necessary to avoid any accidents, so that mistakes that you accidentally made when manipulating the disk and system do not affect the safety of your data. All your data is most likely located in the Documents and Settings folder, installed programs in Program Files, WINDOWS, at a minimum you need to make a copy of these folders. The ideal option is to make a disk image special programs. For example, on Windows there is for this Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image, a Linux utility dd. If the amount of data on the disk is too large to make an image, you can clean it by deleting what is unnecessary, or rewrite only what is necessary.

The copying process can be done on old hardware if it still works. If the old system is inoperative, then you can remove the disk from the computer, transfer it to a work computer and make a copy. You can do this on new hardware without starting Windows if you use Hiren’s BootCD (its iso image can be downloaded from the link). This disk has a lot of useful things - utilities for cleaning the registry, repairing the disk, restoring files, resetting passwords, deleting data, see for more details.

[2. Required programs]

Download the necessary links from the links software. Hiren's Boot CD burn it to CD-ROM (this will become a boot disk), and TerraByte OSD Tool Script 3.85(tbosdts_pro) unpack from the archive and write to a flash drive. The tbosdts_pro program must be launched using Hiren’s BootCD, written to a flash drive or CD (Hiren’s BootCD itself does not have this program).

[3. Preparing Windows to transfer to new hardware]

This step removes all old Windows drivers(entries in the register). Boot from Hiren's BootCD, select Mini Windows XP from the disk menu. Insert the flash drive on which the tbosdts_pro program is recorded, and launch it using the tbosdtw shortcut - Shortcut.lnk (link to the command line tbosdtw.exe startup.tbs), or enter tbosdtw.exe startup.tbs in the command line. In black cmd window A text menu of 9 items will appear.

Select item 3 (OSDTOOL.TBS). In the next menu, select Physical Drive.

Remove all drivers on Windows XP; to do this, select Remove Installed Drivers -> Remove all installed drivers in the main menu.

[4. Install the standard IDE driver]

From the main menu, select Install Drivers, and then select to install the standard IDE driver.

[5. Changing the kernel HAL (processor type, CPU type)]

From the main menu, select Change HAL(Hardware Application Layer, which determines the type of CPU). In the next menu, select halaacpi.dll (ACPI Uniprocessor PC), the first line in the list.

This completes the basic steps for transferring Windows XP. You can reboot the system from your systemic hard disk.

[6. Windows activation XP]

After the system starts on the new hardware, it will notice this and ask new activation. Complete it using the Windows Activation Wizard.

To activate use free phone(working hours from 8.00 to 22.00, Moscow time) Microsoft Product Activation Center, 8-800-200-80-02 .

[Troubleshooting Possible Problems]

1 . The system does not boot, or there are a lot of errors when loading. Try reinstalling the system “on top”, while old installation is preserved, but many errors in the configuration and files will be corrected (to do this, upon request, click the ‘ R‘, which specifies Windows system recovery). For such a reinstallation, you will need the Windows XP boot disk from which you installed the system the first time. After such a recovery, you may need to install service pack 3, since there may be old versions on the Windows boot disk system files. After reinstalling the service pack, you will need to reactivate Windows. In addition, after installing the service pack, System Restore (monitoring the contents of disks) is re-enabled. To speed things up, I advise you to leave disk tracking enabled only on the system drive (which is pointed to by environment variable%SystemDrive%).

2 . If for some reason system files have been deleted or corrupted, then running from command line SFC /SCANNOW, you will need to install the Windows XP installation disk into the CD-ROM drive.

The system file check will take about 5 to 15 minutes, depending on the speed of the disk. If you previously installed the WPA_kill patch, then after completing SFC /SCANNOW you will need to run it again.

3 . Motherboard chipset drivers are not installed with the “insufficient rights” error. Make sure that you are installing drivers under the control of a user with administrator rights. Try allowing Windows to find the driver on the Internet (this is the first thing the Driver Installation Wizard asks).

4 . Windows XP has blocked login and requires activation. This can happen even with your licensed system if, during recovery, the clock on the motherboard was set incorrectly, but was then changed to a new time (this happens automatically when connected to the Internet). If you can't get qualified assistance from technical support, the easiest way to fix the problem is to boot into safe mode and run the WPA_kill utility.

5 . After running WPA_kill, automatic updating does not work (“ Specified key no match was found in any of the active activation contexts.").

Set up to receive the update local server provider, the setup procedure is described in.

6 . BSOD Stop 0x0000007B can occur during the boot phase if Windows XP cannot find a suitable driver for the hard drive. The reason may be that you did not complete steps 3 and/or 4. Follow steps 3 and 4 of this article.

UPD140520: Sergey advised to switch to BIOS installation With AHCI on IDE.

7 . Problems with WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation service) are expressed in the fact that some system management functions are unavailable. For example, some drivers do not install (they give an error “you do not have enough rights”), some programs do not install or start (with the error “the WMI service cannot be started”), firewall management in properties is not available network connection, services are not shown in the “Advanced” tab of the service management console, etc.

The procedure for re-registering and restoring WMI is well described in (in English).

8 . To clean and fix the registry, you can use free program Registry Life.

9 . A general method to eliminate all Windows problems saving all existing settings and installed programs is to reinstall Windows XP in update mode.

1 . Preparing the operating system for transfer to another hardware site:forum.ru-board.com.
2 . Transferring the system to another motherboard or cloning Windows XP (Make universal image Windows XP) site:gromr1.blogspot.ru
3 . Hiren's BootCD boot disk image (HBCD15.1_Russian_by_lexapass.iso).
4 . 151029!CloneXP.zip - tbosdts_pro, grub4dos, usb_format, documentation.
5 . Review boot disk Hiren's BootCD (Windows recovery disk).
6 . Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) Russian version (WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-RUS.exe).
7 . Configuring an update server for the Automatic Updates service.
8 . Repairing and re-registering WMI site:windowsxp.mvps.org.
9 . How to update (reinstall) Microsoft Windows XP site:support.microsoft.com.
10 . Transferring Windows 7 to a new HDD using built-in utilities.

Replacing the motherboard without reinstalling Windows

In most cases after replacing the motherboard Windows stops loading. When loading windows, a blue screen (BSOD) appears with an error STOP 0x0000007B. This is due to changing the ATA/SATA bus controller.

The fact is that Windows cannot independently change the controller driver when loading. As a result, when booting, the operating system simply loses the hard drive and cannot continue booting.

The question arises: how to produce replacing the motherboard without reinstalling Windows? After all, reinstalling Windows is not difficult, but all programs and settings will be lost. And this is often unacceptable!

Method replace motherboard without reinstallation OS three. If you have Windows 7, go straight to option 3

Option 1 - the old motherboard is working (Windows XP)

If it is possible to boot into Windows XP with an old motherboard, then you need to replace the IDE and SATA controller drivers with standard ones.

For this purpose in device manager open the properties of the controller (the name depends on the motherboard model). On the tab Driver press the button Update.

We answer the question about connecting to the Internet to search for a driver No, not this time and press Further. In the next window select Installation from a specified location and click Further. In the driver search options window that appears, select Don't search. I will choose the right driver myself and press Further.

In the window that appears, select from the list Standard two channel PCI controller IDE and press Further.

After the driver installation is complete, click Ready and restart the computer.

After loading, check in Device Manager what is installed standard IDE controller driver and turn off the computer.

If there is no driver in the selection list Standard IDE Controller Driver(for example in the case of SATA controller), you can simply delete installed driver controller of an old motherboard. To do this, in Device Manager, click right click mouse on your device and select context menu Delete. After uninstalling, turn off your computer.

Now produce motherboard replacement to a new one. Windows XP should boot without any problems. After that, all that remains is to install all the drivers on the new motherboard from the disk and that’s it!

Option 2 - Booting with old motherboard is not possible (Windows XP)

Second option replacing the motherboard without reinstalling Windows XP longer than the first and should be used if a computer with an old motherboard does not turn on or booting is impossible. We will need a Windows XP installation disk. If there is no disk, you can download a disk image (WinXP Professional SP3 with an integrated package of hard disk controller drivers) and burn it to a CD-R, for example, using the DeepBurner 1.9 program (the distribution kit can be downloaded for free).

For Windows recovery XP after replacing motherboard you need to do the following:

Install the new motherboard and connect all devices.

Start downloading from installation Windows disk XP. On the first installation screen (image below), press ENTER to begin installing Windows XP.

On the next screen, press F8 to accept the license agreement.

The installer will then search for installed operating systems and display a list of them.

Select the operating system to restore and click the button R . Further process not much different from normal installation Windows XP. The differences are that the installer won't ask which one hard section disk install OS and will not prompt you to enter your computer name and username. Be ready to enter your license Windows code XP and activate it after installation via the Internet.

After the installation is complete, you need to install all the drivers on the new motherboard. All programs, user files and operating system settings will remain the same.

Option 3 - Fix the IDE Controller Driver in the Registry (Windows 7)

If you replace the motherboard without reinstalling Windows 7, things are a little more complicated. The previous 2 options do not work. It will also not be possible to restore Windows 7 by updating it from the installation disk, since this function can only be launched from an already loaded OS.

But don't be upset! ERD Commander will help us (download a CD image, or make a bootable USB flash drive ERD Commander). With its help we will make adjustments to Windows registry 7 required to boot on the new controller.

Let's get started! We boot from a burned disk or flash drive. In the download menu, select the version of ERD Commander 6.5 for Windows 7.

Selecting the ERD Commander version to download

To the question “Initialize a network connection in the background?” we answer No.

To the question “Reassign drive letters...” we answer Yes.

Select the keyboard layout and press the button Further. Then select our operating system from the list and click Further.

Selecting the operating system to which ERD Commander will be connected

failed, the search for boot problems will begin.

Finding problems booting Windows 7

Click Cancel, so as not to waste time, since this startup recovery tool will not help if the motherboard is changed. To the question “Stop troubleshooting?” we answer Yes. The next message that the problem could not be resolved, do not be alarmed and press the button Ready.

In the window that appears, select the item Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset.

Now launch the registry editor.

First of all, you need to delete the registry branch HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices

Now you need to enable the launch of services that load standard drivers for IDE and SATA controllers.

Opening a thread HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services on the left side of the Registry Editor. Now check the following sections in this thread: amdide, amdsata, amdxata, atapi, intelide, msahci, pciide. Parameter Start everyone should have equal 0x00000000 (0). ValueStart=0—start the service when Windows boots. If it is equal to 0x00000003 (3) double-click on the parameter name (Start) and change the value to 0 (picture below) and click OK.

After start will be set to 0 for all of the above registry keys, close the registry editor and restart the computer in normal mode. In most cases this is enough for successful download Windows 7. Now you need to install drivers on the new motherboard.

If it doesn't help

If the steps taken did not help and Windows 7 still does not boot and displays the error STOP 0x0000007b, then required driver controller does not load. Let's try to enable the loading of all drivers known to the operating system.

To do this, set the parameter value Start equal to 0 in the following services: adp94xx, adpahci, adpu320, aic78xx, amdsbs, arc, arcsas, elxstor, HpSAMD, iaStorV, iirsp, LSI_FC, LSI_SAS, LSI_SAS2, LSI_SCSI, megasas, MegaSR, nfrd960, nvraid, nvstor, ql2300, ql40xx, SiSRaid2, SiSRaid4, vhdmp, vsmraid, alide, cmdide, nvraid, viaide .

Reboot the computer in normal mode. The OS should boot.

Booting Windows XP can also be restored in a similar way, but everything is more complicated there and I will not describe it in this article. Those who are interested can read it.