Windows 7: bootmgr missing

[ja3h]

So I thought I'd install the new Windows 7 Professional edition today to replace my Vista installation.

I formatted my drive and installed it. All went well, spent a couple of hours installing applications and drivers.

Then i rebooted and was greeted with "bootmgr missing"...

The only way i can get into Windows now is to have the windows 7 dvd in the drive as i start up. So when the computer is starting up it says: "boot from dvd, press any key" and if I don't press a key it boots up Windows 7.

If I don't have a DVD in the drive the bootmgr issue will occur.

I've tried messing around with the startup priorities thing in the bios and not had any luck.

I'm running out of ideas.

I've tried:

• Changing Bios startup drives
• Startup Repair in System Recovery Tools - which comes finds no problems to fix
• Command prompt - Using the bcd commands with no luck

I'm running out of options and I think if i reinstall it I'll still have the same problem and waste even more time!

(No hardware was changed and i formatted my vista installation partition and did a fresh install of windows 7.)

Anyone had any issue like this and fixed it?

 

[ja3h]

You may have already tried this, but just use the HD win7 is on.
I always unplug all other HDs before installing any OS.

I hadn't tried that - but I just tried it and I'm getting the same problem.

My pc is dusty!

 

[ja3h]

In the end the windows 7 disk and repair didn't work - It would scan the Windows 7 installation and find no faults.

I did "fix" it by choosing a different hard drive as a higher priority to the Windows 7 partition - even though there are no other windows installations it will allow me to start Windows 7. (thanks pukkapie)