Bootmgr missing on m4 SSD

TheYoungster · 14 Mar 2012 at 13:11

Just recieved a second hand M4 but when i try to install windows on it, it does not appear in the drive selection bit on the windows install. But appears in the bios. What should I do to fix this? Will the command things fix it, I saw a guide i could use.

EDIT: When i let it run it will get to bootmgr missing press ctrl alt delete to restart and continue in that loop. It is there in the bios, i removed all of the other drives but should i remove everything from the SATA ports and just leave the m4 in and try that? Also my current OS drive keeps freezing on boot just at the desktop everytime. Does that mean my OS is copprupted?

Any help appreciated. Sorry for panicked post, i want my pc working again soon.

bledd · 14 Mar 2012 at 13:58

Download Parted Magic and run gparted from that live CD. It may have some weird partition on there that Windows doesn't like (it can happen)

Remove all current partitions with gparted and create a fresh NTFS partition

El Jimben · 14 Mar 2012 at 16:43

Did the same thing with my Samsung F3, try Easeus Partion Recovery. It's a doddle to use, just right-click the drive and select 'Rebuild MBR'.

TheYoungster · 15 Mar 2012 at 21:43

Managed to load windows onto it somehow but not without a lot of trouble. Everytime I try to install the xonar DG software it locks up the com puter and then freezes on boot everytime. I have loaded windows onto 2 different drives and it does this everytime. Any ideas?