Help! Boot MGR not found?

Nitrokanowbi · 19 Apr 2011 at 14:08

On startup it says before the windows logo that Boot MGR cant be found press CTRL ATL DEL to restart...now ive tried to fix the issue with a windows 7 recovery disk, and ive tried using a program called Easy BCD but nothing is working...any thoughts? or am i just going to have to do a fresh install. Interestingly, the recovery disk says it can find no errors.

Also, with the disk in the drive, if i let the "press any key to boot from cd" option time out then i can get into windows, without it in the drive i get stuck at the Boot MGR not found bit..

Thanks in advance for all your wisdom!

Nitrokanowbi · 19 Apr 2011 at 14:38

philtorrens said:
Boot from the recovery disk and select the command prompt option. From here type bootrec /fixboot and hit enter.

Should have mentioned i tried this also.

Nitrokanowbi · 19 Apr 2011 at 17:41

philtorrens said:
And you have checked your HDD is being detected in the BIOS ok and the boot device priority is set correctly?

Yes all seems fine there, and when i load the windows recovery disk it finds my windows install and HDD fine. I will double check though to be sure.

Nitrokanowbi · 20 Apr 2011 at 12:56

My mouse is usb but i will unplug that and try again, if it boots once correctly from HDD should i be able to then plug the mouse back in? Thanks for the help thus far.