BOOTMGR Missing

Benny · 28 Jun 2013 at 13:23

Hi,

Basically I'm getting an error on startup, 'BOOTMGR is missing'

This happened after my game of Wargame Airland Battle locked my system last night. So I was forced to soft boot it. I have had no issues with my system at all until now, had it two years. When I go into the BIOS the SSD is missing from the selectable device Boot options. So I had to power the system down then go into the BIOS and it is there. As the first boot drive is one of my Raptor drives. So I select my SSD. and it goes into windows (as the SSD has my OS on it). The problem now is the whole systems locks uprandomly, followed by abluescreen. Due to my current employment status my PC is also my freelance design workstation. So I really cannot afford for this issue to continue. As obviously something isn't right. I really hope it is something that can be be remedied.

System spec is below. Can provide and crash logs is told where they are or whatever else might be needed.

Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z Intel Z68
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.8 GHZ
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SATA 6Gb
WD 300 GB Velociraptor
WD 150 GB Raptor
WD 150 GB Raptor X
MSI GTX580 Lightning 1536MB
CORSAIR H80 Watercooling
Corsair 1200W CMPSU
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3
Samsung 12X BDROM SH-B123L

Any Help greatly appreciated

Benny

davido_labido · 28 Jun 2013 at 13:28

you will need to use a system repair disc, pop it in, run it a few times and you will be golden

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2622803

wazza300 · 28 Jun 2013 at 14:06

boot from the windows dvd disc and do startup repair usually fixes it

Benny · 28 Jun 2013 at 19:48

Thanks for the replies guys. I tried to use the repair function. I get this;

I think the 'BOOTMGR is missing' extends from having multiple drives, so when it reboots it is looking for the OS on my raptors and not the SSD. I have removed my raptors so I only have my SSD in an attempt to close down other possible issues. Running the system on SSD still causes the system to lockup. Then when I reboot I get ''Reboot and select proper Boot device or insert boot media'' So I need to power off, then the SSD is seen by the system so I can boot as normal but then locks up again after 30 mins-1 hour. Frustrating to say the least. Why would the SSD dissappear after a crsh and need the system to be switched off and on again? Is there anyway to check the integrity of the SSD itself?

thecremeegg · 29 Jun 2013 at 04:23

I had this problem recently and tbh not sure what fixed it. It would lock up in games and then not reboot which was frustrating. I took everything out the case and reset bios and seems ok now

Benny · 2 Jul 2013 at 17:53

Thanks for all your replies and input guys. I managed to find out what the issue was in the end. It was FIRMWARE, apparently the SSD I have has a bug and after 5000+ hours it encounters problems. I found the solution through this thread and 'Toughnoodle's' post.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18513773&highlight=ssd+failing

So thought I would post it up should anybody else run across this issue and be at their whits end. I formatted the drive etc thinking it was possible OS file corruption. But it was still giving me BSOD, upgrdaed the firmware and bobs yer uncle. Smooth running.

Benny