I recently bought a new SSD, and decided to create a fresh install of Windows 8 on it. I quickly decided that Windows 8 wasn't for me, so what I decided to do instead was simply clone my existing hard drive (with Windows 7 on it) to the SSD.
However I forgot about things like the MBR and whatnot. So when I try to boot from the SSD, it gives me an error, because it seems to think it's Windows 8, even though it's really a clone of my hard drive with Windows 7 now. I'm guessing this is because the MBR wasn't updated or something to that effect.
My question is, how do I fix it so I can go ahead and boot Windows 7 from my SSD? I don't mind if the solution involves cloning the original hard drive again, as all of that data is still there on the hard drive.
Answer
I was able to solve this problem by booting from the Windows 7 DVD, going to command prompt, and doing bootrec /rebuildbcd.
I followed these steps to solve the issue.
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