Hello all! Sadly, late last night my mobo (an Asus Z77) passed away - warranty replacement is shipping out Monday or Tuesday, but in the meantime (in order to get my "fix - like a junkie on heroin, lol!) I'm looking at doing a re-install of Windows, as I installed my OLD mobo (an Abit IP35 Pro). Unfortunately, there appear to be driver conflicts which prevent the current Windows installation from booting or being repaired Can I re-install Windows as a "repair" installation? Or do I just need to wipe the drive and re-install everything (I have a LOT) installed and it would be a bit of a pain to re-do it all. Thanks for any assistance!
You're theoretically supposed to be able to install new hardware and have it re-descover all the things and reform the HAL, but in practice, I've found it to be damn near impossible to change a motherboard and not kill your installation.
That Paragon program worked like a charm! I can't thank you enough! I'll be able to do the same thing when my replacement mobo comes too!
Actualy this is now pretty easy, just boot with Hiren's boot cd, and launch the script fix_hdc ftom the tools menu. That's all