790fx-gd70. windows 7. boot disk/flashing

Just got windows 7 and i'm about to flash my bios from 1.4 to 1.7. I used to have a windows boot disc for XP, but i can't find info on how to make one for win7... is it because DOS is gone w/win 7?

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Hello,
I have a Satellite L35-S2151 Laptop and it will not load windows all the way as I get a blue screen "Unmountable Boot Volume". I looked up the error message on Microsoft's website and I need to have a Windows XP CD to start up my machine. My computer did not come with a Windows CD when I purchased it from Best Buy. How can I order a Windows XP Reboot CD with Toshiba? I do not want to restore my computer to factory settings, I just want a reboot CD. Please help.
Thanks,
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Unfortunately, you can't order a Win xp boot disk CD from Toshiba. I had the same problem you have, unmountable boot volume, had no boot disc (thought the Toshiba recovery disc was a boot disc, but nooooo, it would reformat and erase all my files). I was advised to burn a CD boot disc from various online download areas, but didn't have a working computer to do it on, nor could I borrow anybody's so I was stuck. Microsoft only has floppies (6) that you can download for Win XP, but how many of us have floppy drives anymore? not me. It sucks that Microsoft doesn't keep boot discs around for sale for WinXP users, it's not like WinXP is some ancient OS geez. But unless you can burn your own boot CD (which isn't as easy as some people lead you to believe , I think sometimes it just doesn't work or is glitchy). I tried everything to get my system to boot, including buying a Knoppix LIVE CD which I ordered online for $3.99 from a software place. It didn't work either, but you could always try it for a cheap fix if it works for you.
I ended taking out my old hard drive after trying various things with no success, buying a new hard drive , buying a hard drive enclosure to put the old drive in so I could transfer the files I want to save over to the new drive. I'm stuck at that point so far. I hope you don't have to go all through that. But I was basically told the best hope is to somehow burn or have someone burn for you a Win XP boot disc CD. I presume by "disc" you mean CD and not floppy. If you are looking for floppy boot discs as I said, you can download them onto 6 discs from Microsoft. Good luck!

Can't boot windows - select boot disk and computer goes to sleep

I've got a Mac Pro 3,1
I've had windows 7 installed on an IDE hard drive in the CD bay.
Lately, I was getting BSODs, so I decided to reinstall - I reformatted the hard drive and I'm trying to move forward.
I haven't been able to boot any kind of windows installation disk! USB, DVD, anything!
I select the boot disk on boot up (hold option, select the windows install) and the computer seems to boot (shows the bootcamp logo) then just goes black (like it's sleeping - monitors off, not an 'active black' screen) There is no hard drive noise - this thing is basically off.
I've tried using rEFIt, using different USB drives, DVDs, everything. I can get into rEFIt, select the boot disk - and it's the same problem. Windows won't boot!
What gives? I've had no luck looking online for this issue. Some folks have a 'black screen' with an iMac - but this isn't a driver issue - the computer is not booting!

never mind, I changed the connection to a different usb port and problem solved. Thanks anyway.

Windows 7 boot disk isn't installing

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Have you followed the troubleshooting procedures on the document at the following link?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01443463&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc...
Try the method described in the following web document. It may be just a corrupt BCD store.
https://neosmart.net/wiki/recovering-windows-bootloader/
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help needed - toshiba laptop came without Windows disk - winows Vista is now corrupted and need to reload - anyone know how i can get a disk?
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790FX-GD70 - have to boot several times - CMOS Memory Wrong - 2E?

Well I just recently bought this mobo and have some problems already.
My config ============
- Phenom X4 955
- 4GB GoodRam 1333MHz
- Sapphire Radeon HD4890 Vapor-X
- Intel SSD 80GB Gen2
- Samsung H3EG 500GB
- PSU BeQuiet! PurePower L7 530W
All power cables are connected to motherboard and the GPU (even both extra 12V).
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At first it worked fine, I installed Windows 7 without any problems, all of the programs etc.
The only thing I changed in BIOS is the CPU Fan speed - because I have a very loud AMD box fan I just set the desired temp. (60C) and set the lowest fan speed for 25% - that's all.
Then, on the next day I started the PC up and all I saw was a black screen - no graphic info on the monitor, all fans running and POST led showing 2E.
I turned it off and the next boot went fine. The PC was running fine and stable the wholeeee day, no problems whatsoever.
After two or three days the problem worsened - it now takes not one but several (probably around 10) reboots to make the PC running. At all times the POST-LED shows "2E". After it finally starts then I see the message CMOS Memory Wrong Hour and Date not set etc. After I set it up all works fine further on (I usually keep my PC running for 10 to 16 hours).
However, there's one other thing - AFTER I turn the PC off it starts again by itself! And it's again with an error! Now, that's sick...
My guess is that something is interfering with the CMOS mem or the chipset. A good indicator of that is the CPU fan - at normal boots I can hear its RPM going down just after the PC starts, way before it gets to initializing memory. With an error-start the fan works at full speed all the time.
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Any idea? I unplugged all small cords (Power LED, Power Switch, HDD etc.) and start the PC with a button on mobo - but it made no difference.

OK, it's not the PSU - I have just found what causes the problem.
I followed the trace left by my monitor and apparently my computer will not boot without the monitor turned on before.
I tried several times - every time my screen is off, the PC won't start. When it's on (before the PC itself) everything works fine.
I guess I have to wait for my new screen and check it out again. As I said - I use an old CRT Dell with VGA -> DVI adapter - and I believe it is the cause.
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Move Windows 7 boot disk to a new mac

Hi,
I am just in the middle of moving from a mac pro to a new iMac and need to move my windows 7 os as well.
On the mac pro I have windows 7 on it's own 500gb sata drive and was wondering if I can just move this out and boot from it using a Sata cradle such as the voyager q with fw800 from the new iMac?
I'm guessing there will be some driver issues to resolve, but can anyone else see a problem with what I want to do?
Thanks max

Your "can't be cloned or moved" always caught me as not quite true though.
"Can't do that" may, or may not, even be true. And we all get tired of the same Q&A over and over but "Why can't I?" and playing "20 Questions"
Yes you can, but no you should not, as one possible answer.
And you can even with Boot Camp single partition change it to whatever letter you want.
Too simplistic with the "Can't" for my taste.
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Touchsmart 610_No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed_error code:BIOHD4

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G.

Thank´s for your help, but i live in Brazil, so i will try the suport of HP here. I will need luck.

790FX-GD70 not Booting, FF code

Hello, new to the forum... I signed up on here because I am having a rather difficult time with my MSI motherboard; I haven't been able to find any help elsewhere. I put together a machine using the MSI 790FX-GD70 socket AM3 board (not winki ed.) and a Phenom-II X6, the 1090T. Here is the full configuration:
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This setup was working fine when I first assembled it around a month ago, but since the motherboard has been giving me the "FF" code and will not POST. The only way I can get the board to POST and boot the OS is to clear the CMOS and strike F2 to load defaults. I am able to enter and access the BIOS (and update it) but if I change or save any settings the motherboard will not POST and will display FF code again. If I clear the CMOS and strike F2 the board will POST, boot Windows, and work just fine without crashing--but if I restart the computer or shut it down properly the same thing occurs and I must clear CMOS again in order for it to work. This is very frustrating...
At this point I have switched CMOS batteries, tried a different PSU, taken one of the graphics cards out, and used only a single stick of RAM. I have also tried a different 1333mhz module and flashed the BIOS to the latest version without error. Nothing has fixed the problem and I am getting the hint that the board could be toast. When I power on the board, the FF code displays, the HDD LED flashes once, and then the FF code quickly returns and it hangs with no video to the monitor. All of the board's other LEDs are ON but nothing happens until the CMOS is cleared. This is very bizarre to me and I've never had a board that just stopped working. I am not trying to OC anything (dial is disabled and OFF) and all of the other hardware tests good. The computer has worked perfectly fine before so I can't guess as to why it has suddenly become problematic. It still works, but only after clearing CMOS and using F2.
I would greatly appreciate any help with this as I am out of ideas... thanks in advance for any support.

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790FX-GD70 - Blank screen after bios (never shows Windows Loading screen)

Setup:
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Windows XP x64 Pro
So hardware wise this setup has not changed in over 8 months. However tonight I restarted (first sound cut out so i decided to reboot). Lo and behold on the reboot, it will flash the MSI splash screen and allow me into the bios but when I go to boot it will not show the windows loading screen. It sends me to an active (my monitor doesn't go into standby) black blank screen (no text or error msg) and won't respond to any keys.
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Thanks
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790FX-GD70 + unlocked 720BE + Nvidia Drivers = Failed boot?

Good evening folks! Been quite a while since I last played in these forums (the rig in my sig is 3+ years old, and long gone.... ), but it's great to see that the tradition of a helpful community seems to have continued on in my absence.
I've didn't have any luck with a search for previous posts on the issue I'm having, but if it's a common issue and I missed a post or faq I'd be happy for a link.
So now to the meat......
I recently returned from the darkside and purchased my first AMD system since AMD dropped S939. I decided on the 790FX-GD70 paired with a 720be and some OCZ ram. Everything on the board seems to be working fine, but I ran into a snag when I loaded the 1.52 beta bios in order to unlock the 4'th core.
The core unlocks fine, and XP completes the initial load (scroll bar), but hangs on a black screen just before getting to the logon page. I immediately suspected a problem loading the vid drivers, and removed the nvidia drivers. The stock XP vid drivers allowed me to boot into windows normally which verified my original suspicions (CPU-Z confirms 4 cores). Re-installing the latest drivers causes windows to hang at the same place, and this doesn't happen without ACC unlocking the 4'th core.
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Quote from: miles4 on 02-August-09, 10:24:56
I won't post passwords to MSI FTP, but Tony over at OCZ was good enough to post the the bios updates: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59825
Cool!!! Thanks a lot for the link, not only did I get the bios file, but it also put me in the right area to check out Tony's suggested settings on this board for my memory.
edit: It might be a week or so by the time I get around to playing with this (I have other committments with the board that can be satisfied by OCing just the 3 cores for now), but I will report back if I have any luck with the 153 bios, or if an older set of drivers makes the difference.

Windows 7 refuses to detect eSATA drive! (790FX-GD70 mobo)

I just built a new computer using Windows 7 64-bit. Here's the component config for it:
MSI 790FX-GD70
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Being unable to hot swap was the first problem. It would only detect the drive when it was plugged in prior to booting. Now I just noticed it doesn't seem to detect it all because I no longer get a drive icon for it in Windows Explorer where as I previously did. I tried enabling AHCI in the BIOS. I didn't install Windows with it enabled which appears to be a problem with XP but I figure Windows 7 would be able to update it on its own by now - I did get a driver update message in the task bar after enabling it on the next boot. If I plug it into the rear eSATA port as opposed to the external port my case provides it gets detected in the POST process on a new screen (which is a total waste of 5-10 seconds waiting for it to advance - so much for enabling quick post). If I use the case's eSATA extension that is connected to a motherboard SATA port it doesn't even get detected during the boot process.
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Quote from: Henry on 21-February-10, 13:57:33
Yup, RAM marketed expressly for Intel i7 & X58 3 channel rigs is not what you should buy for 2 channel AMD rigs. Get some made for AMD dual channel rigs. 1/2 of your problems are probably caused by that.
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2. Set my Windows partition to 45GB and continue... so far so good...
Then the problem:
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I can use OSX just fine by holding down "Alt/Option" on restart, but in my case what can I do to continue further with the Windows install? It's basically an empty partition as of now. Any help appreciated!

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I'm trying to install OEM SR 2.1: Windows 95B in Qemu... How do I figure out which brand of CD-ROM drive Qemu emulates since I have three different drive specific boot disks...?

I'm trying to install OEM SR 2.1: Windows 95B in Qemu... How do I figure out which brand of CD-ROM drive Qemu emulates since I have three different drive specific boot disks...?

Not exactly...; all MS produced Win9X/ME install CDs are ISO-9660 & maybe even Joliet too... The really confusing part is that not all Windows 98 SE full install CDs are even bootable in the first place (they tend to only ship one if the PC is capable of booting directly from its optical drive...; the vast majority of PCs have to use the chain loading method due to buggy, poorly written, outdated BIOSes...; etc.). OEM SR 2.1/Windows 95B is really quite special & innovative for its time in that it was the first Service Release of Windows 95 to support larger HDs via FAT32 which back then was still brand new: i.e.: exciting technology & it still has proven to be quite useful & versatile since most flash memory storage devices come pre-formatted FAT32.
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After BIOS flash, case buttons no longer work 790FX-GD70

Hello,
I was getting a Hypersink flood error and with much research found that a flash of the bios is a fix for this.
I have flashed the BIOS plenty of times on other motherboards. BIOS flash went smoothly (I used this forums bootloader). Ever since flashing of the BIOS, I can't turn on the computer unless it is through the power button on the motherboard itself. I have tested the switch independently and they work fine. Post is fine, runs windows fine, time and date are correct, etc...
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
Equipment:
Motherboard: MSI 790FX-GD70 c3
Chip: AMD Phenom II x4 955
BIOS software: Latest version

After an update of BIOS, pull power cable out and clear CMOS.
However, I am not sure the BIOS update and a non-working power-button are related. What case have you got?
Please say if your system uses a PSU, and if so name and model.

790fx-gd70. windows 7. boot disk/flashing

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