Windows 7 problem with Skylake

rezqme · November 5, 2015

Just bought and put together a Skylake platform and my current Windows 7 boot drive BSOD on boot. I am lost with this particular situation as my research is full of the whole Skylake and legacy USB support problems and not a real solution for my issue. Should I upgrade to Windows 10 on my old hardware, move the boot drive to the new hardware and ask MS to activate? Do I conduct a fresh install of Windows 7 on the Skylake hardware then upgrade to windows 10? Can I use a external usb dvd drive to install windows 7? I am at a loss of solutions guys, please help.

ttam · November 5, 2015

Just bought and put together a Skylake platform and my current Windows 7 boot drive BSOD on boot. I am lost with this particular situation as my research is full of the whole Skylake and legacy USB support problems and not a real solution for my issue. Should I upgrade to Windows 10 on my old hardware, move the boot drive to the new hardware and ask MS to activate? Do I conduct a fresh install of Windows 7 on the Skylake hardware then upgrade to windows 10? Can I use a external usb dvd drive to install windows 7? I am at a loss of solutions guys, please help.

This is because Windows is attempting to boot with drivers from your old hardware. You should either re-install windows (recommend this) or view the guide in my signature on how to create a bootable disc/usb called Paragon that will remove the drivers, and allow you to boot into windows.