Help please!

stufflol · 9 Feb 2015 at 20:49

Hello all,

I have a new laptop (it has no CD drive) I have copied the data from my old samsung SSD to the one out of the new laptop by USB cable and put the hard drive back in, low and behold I get the BOOTMGR is missing, So I have created a rescue USB and tried to repair it using that (selected USB from boot menu) and it still gives me BOOTMGR missing

can anyone help with this I have no idea what to do and need this laptop for work tomorrow

wazza300 · 9 Feb 2015 at 20:52

try and clone your old Samsung ssd to the new ssd instead

use macrium reflect,it will copy both windows and the boot manager

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18576917

tnx · 9 Feb 2015 at 20:59

I would go for a fresh new install on the new SSD

stufflol · 9 Feb 2015 at 20:59

Wazza, thanks but thats what I did , I cloned it using the samsung utility

If I cant get a repair USB to work then I shouldnt be able to get a windows install USB to work

wazza300 · 9 Feb 2015 at 21:05

tried system restore to earlier time? with rescue usb? idk any other way to cure it

startup repair usually fixes it but might need 2 or 3 attempts

stufflol · 9 Feb 2015 at 21:06

I cant get to startup repair because the repair USB wont work

wazza300 · 9 Feb 2015 at 21:09

you should be able to

what windows is it? try downloading the windows iso and put it on a bootable usb stick then do startup repair that way

can download the iso's from digital river

tnx · 9 Feb 2015 at 21:14

Easiest way to make a usb drive to load Windows off is to use Diskpart

Run diskpart as admin

list disk
Select disk ? ( making sure to select the usb )
Clean
Create partition primary
Select partition 1
Active
Format quick fs=fat32
Assign
Exit
Exit

Copy windows files to the USB.

Best to use USB 2.