Unable to boot off pre-existing WD Raptor drive after hardware upg

Ok, here's the situation. My Athlon X2 4400+ system was running smooth as
butter and I was finally relieved to have finally gotten my system back in
order after two months (since my last painful reinstall). A week ago, I
decided to upgrade. My upgrade consisted of :

Gigabyte GA-963P-DS3 rev 3.3 Motherboard
Intel E6600 Dual Core CPU
2GB Corsair Memory
Nvidia 8800 GTS PCI-E Video Card
New Power Supply

That's it. My old video card was a X1900XT by ATI and obviously the
motherboard chipset was different. Here's what is blowing my mind though.
Every single time I boot off my Raptor drive which has a pre-existing install
it blue screens on me. Even Windows setup with the Vista Install disc
blue-screens UNLESS I go into it's special options and tell it to not verify
signed drivers. I cannot figure out what in gods name is causing this. I'm
running on the new PC on a fresh install on a separate drive but I want to
get my old drive working again so I can retain all my installed games / apps.

I've seen 009, 142 and 8E error codes during the stops. I've modified my
bios to heck and back, I swapped back in an ATI video card, I tried running
my memory one at a time, I've reseated the motherboard, I've tried running
off different SATA cables / ports, etc. I have literally tried everything I
can think of. When I am able to get into Windows Vista Repair (after going
to the spcial option to not check drivers) it first told me that nothing was
wrong and then the 2nd time I tried it failed and asked me to send a report
to MS since there were invalid drivers.

Someone please help me, I have been trying to solve this for over 8 hours
now. I have work tomorrow AM and I just want to get running off my Raptor
again.

OK I was able to find out the error code that happens EVERY time windows
tries to start in any mode (safe, normal, low res, etc.) I'm getting Stop
0x0000007B every single time. Can anyone recommend a solution? I can
rebuild my old PC and uninstall drivers from device manager if needed. Do
you suggest doing it that way? I'm pulling my hair out here, I've been
working on this for way too long. Help!

"Ryan" wrote:

> Ok, here's the situation. My Athlon X2 4400+ system was running smooth as
> butter and I was finally relieved to have finally gotten my system back in
> order after two months (since my last painful reinstall). A week ago, I
> decided to upgrade. My upgrade consisted of :
>
> Gigabyte GA-963P-DS3 rev 3.3 Motherboard
> Intel E6600 Dual Core CPU
> 2GB Corsair Memory
> Nvidia 8800 GTS PCI-E Video Card
> New Power Supply
>
> That's it. My old video card was a X1900XT by ATI and obviously the
> motherboard chipset was different. Here's what is blowing my mind though.
> Every single time I boot off my Raptor drive which has a pre-existing install
> it blue screens on me. Even Windows setup with the Vista Install disc
> blue-screens UNLESS I go into it's special options and tell it to not verify
> signed drivers. I cannot figure out what in gods name is causing this. I'm
> running on the new PC on a fresh install on a separate drive but I want to
> get my old drive working again so I can retain all my installed games / apps.
>
> I've seen 009, 142 and 8E error codes during the stops. I've modified my
> bios to heck and back, I swapped back in an ATI video card, I tried running
> my memory one at a time, I've reseated the motherboard, I've tried running
> off different SATA cables / ports, etc. I have literally tried everything I
> can think of. When I am able to get into Windows Vista Repair (after going
> to the spcial option to not check drivers) it first told me that nothing was
> wrong and then the 2nd time I tried it failed and asked me to send a report
> to MS since there were invalid drivers.
>
> Someone please help me, I have been trying to solve this for over 8 hours
> now. I have work tomorrow AM and I just want to get running off my Raptor
> again.

Sounds like you can get it to boot if you bypass the signed drivers. If
this is so, go to system messages and get a list of the drivers causing the
problem(s) and then go into the driver files and isolate them. I like to add
a new folder and drag the ones not needed into it. Then you can restore
them rather easily if needed (so far I have never needed one, as I am
careful about this process)

"Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EDDA171D-25E4-46AF-9BCD-FF981E5C9F27@microsoft.com...
> OK I was able to find out the error code that happens EVERY time windows
> tries to start in any mode (safe, normal, low res, etc.) I'm getting Stop
> 0x0000007B every single time. Can anyone recommend a solution? I can
> rebuild my old PC and uninstall drivers from device manager if needed. Do
> you suggest doing it that way? I'm pulling my hair out here, I've been
> working on this for way too long. Help!
>
> "Ryan" wrote:
>
>> Ok, here's the situation. My Athlon X2 4400+ system was running smooth
>> as
>> butter and I was finally relieved to have finally gotten my system back
>> in
>> order after two months (since my last painful reinstall). A week ago, I
>> decided to upgrade. My upgrade consisted of :
>>
>> Gigabyte GA-963P-DS3 rev 3.3 Motherboard
>> Intel E6600 Dual Core CPU
>> 2GB Corsair Memory
>> Nvidia 8800 GTS PCI-E Video Card
>> New Power Supply
>>
>> That's it. My old video card was a X1900XT by ATI and obviously the
>> motherboard chipset was different. Here's what is blowing my mind
>> though.
>> Every single time I boot off my Raptor drive which has a pre-existing
>> install
>> it blue screens on me. Even Windows setup with the Vista Install disc
>> blue-screens UNLESS I go into it's special options and tell it to not
>> verify
>> signed drivers. I cannot figure out what in gods name is causing this.
>> I'm
>> running on the new PC on a fresh install on a separate drive but I want
>> to
>> get my old drive working again so I can retain all my installed games /
>> apps.
>>
>> I've seen 009, 142 and 8E error codes during the stops. I've modified my
>> bios to heck and back, I swapped back in an ATI video card, I tried
>> running
>> my memory one at a time, I've reseated the motherboard, I've tried
>> running
>> off different SATA cables / ports, etc. I have literally tried
>> everything I
>> can think of. When I am able to get into Windows Vista Repair (after
>> going
>> to the spcial option to not check drivers) it first told me that nothing
>> was
>> wrong and then the 2nd time I tried it failed and asked me to send a
>> report
>> to MS since there were invalid drivers.
>>
>> Someone please help me, I have been trying to solve this for over 8 hours
>> now. I have work tomorrow AM and I just want to get running off my
>> Raptor
>> again.