Boot Failure After Hard Drive Was Replaced

[t.rainey119]

Hello,

I recently swapped my hard drive from my old laptop, to my new one. Everytime I turn on my computer it takes me to a black screen where it says that there was a boot failure, and I would have to strike F1 to get it to continue.
Recently, it hasn't been leaving this screen, even after I reseat the hard drive and check all the connections. There is no other problem than this hard drive failure. There is nothing wrong with this hard drive, I just got it with Windows 10 installed.
Any ideas?

 

[bignastyid]

Was the OS installed when the drive was installed in the old laptop?

 

[t.rainey119]

Was the OS installed when the drive was installed in the old laptop?

Yes, the OS was already on the drive.

 

[bignastyid]

Was the OS installed when the drive was installed in the old laptop?

Yes, the OS was already on the drive.

That would be the problem. You can't just swap windows from 1 system to another and expect it to work. You'll need to do a clean install with the drive in the new system. You may also need a new windows license if the previous licence(from the old system) was a pre installed OEM version.

http/www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-3567655/clean-installation-windows.html