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I have an Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe. It replaces a motherboard that failed. I have moved the Win 7 image over to the new board using a "restore to other hardware" feature in a backup program. It did not work properly. I am not able to get some drivers to install. For various (and sufficient) reasons I really really don't want to do a clean install. When I first booted, it would not even boot until I used Win PE to repair the boot. Various squirrely things are still wrong. Like not being able to see more than one hard drive. Occasional crashes for no obvious reason.

For an SATA controller when I run update driver or running the Intel INF setup program provided by Asus I get a message:

7 series/C216 SATA AHCI controller 1E02
Also This operation requires an interactive windows station

I have just run the Intel update program and it says it can't identify a device an I need to contact the board manufacturer.

An alternative I am considering is to install a Win 8 update over the Win 7 telling Win 8 to retain my programs, settings, and data. But I am not sure this will get me where I want to go. My major question about that is
will the Win 8 installation be clever enough to use all of the driver files from Asus that I have downloaded (and I point it to) rather than installing something like the incorrect ones currently installed? If someone could answer that it would be a real help.

I would also gratefully investigate any suggested alternatives.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7 3770
    Motherboard
    Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    embedded
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2408WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1200
    Hard Drives
    Various 500GB - 4TB
    PSU
    Seasonic 760W
    Case
    Fractal Define XL R2
    Cooling
    be quite! Dark Rock Pro 2
    Keyboard
    OmniKey/Ultra
    Mouse
    Logitech with Win generic drivers
    Internet Speed
    35Mb
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender and Malwarebytes
As far as Windows 7 goes, you could try this Repair Install - Windows 7 Help Forums How big of a hardware change was this? Big changes like the motherboard chip-set can really throw a wrench in things. I would not try to do an upgrade to Windows 8 with 7 running like that. Things could get a lot worse.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
Thanks, but it is the situation I am in. I need to know what Win 8 will do in these circumstances. I have used repair. Multiple times. The change is significant - P55 to P77
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7 3770
    Motherboard
    Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    embedded
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2408WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1200
    Hard Drives
    Various 500GB - 4TB
    PSU
    Seasonic 760W
    Case
    Fractal Define XL R2
    Cooling
    be quite! Dark Rock Pro 2
    Keyboard
    OmniKey/Ultra
    Mouse
    Logitech with Win generic drivers
    Internet Speed
    35Mb
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender and Malwarebytes
I've seen countless threads on problems after doing an upgrade install. And a lot of these were mostly stable systems with no problems. Have you got all your important files on that PC backed up? If not I would before you do anything. I don't know what's going to happen if you try the upgrade to 8. You might get lucky but I'd be surprised if it doesn't get worse. A lot worse. Me personally I'd do a clean install. If you have nothing to lose you can go for it, just be prepared for the worst.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
I don't know what program you used, but a while back, I did a similar thing and used Macrium Reflect Redeploy option. In that case, you stuck the "old" hard drive into a new PC, but you booted the PC into a CD containing MR, and you chose the new hardware option. Then, you stuck in a CD (or in my case, a USB stick) containing the drivers the new PC needed, and MR automatically uninstalled all the "old" drivers and installed all the "new" drivers. When I rebooted, the PC was ready to go.
 

My Computer

System One

Mark Phelps said:
I don't know what program you used, but a while back, I did a similar thing and used Macrium Reflect Redeploy option. In that case, you stuck the "old" hard drive into a new PC, but you booted the PC into a CD containing MR, and you chose the new hardware option. Then, you stuck in a CD (or in my case, a USB stick) containing the drivers the new PC needed, and MR automatically uninstalled all the "old" drivers and installed all the "new" drivers. When I rebooted, the PC was ready to go.
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Yes, that was the software and what I did. After it processed things, it would not even boot. Then used Win recovery. and it is a mess but running.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7 3770
    Motherboard
    Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    embedded
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2408WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1200
    Hard Drives
    Various 500GB - 4TB
    PSU
    Seasonic 760W
    Case
    Fractal Define XL R2
    Cooling
    be quite! Dark Rock Pro 2
    Keyboard
    OmniKey/Ultra
    Mouse
    Logitech with Win generic drivers
    Internet Speed
    35Mb
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender and Malwarebytes
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