Windows 7 "BOOTMGR missing"
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any help is appreciated.
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until you can work out what the problem is you should be able to put the windows 7 disc in let the press key to boot from cd thing and it should boot from the hard drive.
Otherwise i have been having a similar problem but i assumed it was because i installed to an partition without creating a new one with windows 7 setup.
i wonder if it has something to do with the sata emulation or something like that in the bios. W7 probably doesnt need it.
Otherwise i have been having a similar problem but i assumed it was because i installed to an partition without creating a new one with windows 7 setup.
i wonder if it has something to do with the sata emulation or something like that in the bios. W7 probably doesnt need it.
funny story, i plugged my hd into a old pc ( took old HD out ) and installed w7 because i wouldnt boot on my new pc ( moaned about this in another topic )
Got W7 installed, all works on my old pc, put it in my new pc and boooooom that error came up.
Im > < that close to giving up tbh iv spent 2 days trying to get W7 on that hd and now i get this D:
Got W7 installed, all works on my old pc, put it in my new pc and boooooom that error came up.
Im > < that close to giving up tbh iv spent 2 days trying to get W7 on that hd and now i get this D:
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is the hard drive your trying to install to a sata drive also what mother board are you using wouldnt happen to be an nvidia chipset board would it?
I might actually go check out my mobo bios revisions see if there is anythign about this as it seemd especially strange that people are completely wipeing drives and letting windows 7's installer set up the partitions yet it still moans about bootmgr missing.
I will add that i reinstalled a few times also to no avail got bored and decided that considering i dont turn my computer off often i would just leave the windows cd in one of my cd roms lol (hey at least this way i cant get a corupt boot sector ).
I might actually go check out my mobo bios revisions see if there is anythign about this as it seemd especially strange that people are completely wipeing drives and letting windows 7's installer set up the partitions yet it still moans about bootmgr missing.
I will add that i reinstalled a few times also to no avail got bored and decided that considering i dont turn my computer off often i would just leave the windows cd in one of my cd roms lol (hey at least this way i cant get a corupt boot sector ).
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well i was messing about in my bios and i switched off some extended ide thing which basically turned my raptor sata drive off inadvertantly but i still got some bootloader things saying it couldnt find a drive i was thats strange.
Went back into the bios switched the extended thing back onto auto and it only then goes and boots without a windows cd installed im like holy ****, by the time windows had loaded i realised that it had probably reset my boot order so that my raptop was last now.
It seems sneaky windows 7 put its bootmgr on my old IDE hardrive instead.
Im thinking that if i reinstall windows without the ide drive connected it will be forced to install it to the sata drive instead.
The question is though whether i can image my windows 7 setup and restore it to the newly setup drive and retain the fixed bootmgr. its worth a try though.
Went back into the bios switched the extended thing back onto auto and it only then goes and boots without a windows cd installed im like holy ****, by the time windows had loaded i realised that it had probably reset my boot order so that my raptop was last now.
It seems sneaky windows 7 put its bootmgr on my old IDE hardrive instead.
Im thinking that if i reinstall windows without the ide drive connected it will be forced to install it to the sata drive instead.
The question is though whether i can image my windows 7 setup and restore it to the newly setup drive and retain the fixed bootmgr. its worth a try though.
Windows has always done this kind off stuff if you install windows with more than one HD connected. I think it happens when your first drive connected on a controller is not the windows drive you are going to use.
Safest way and way to ALWAYS install windows, is with a single HD in machine (unless raid of course)
You could probably fix any boot problems by having the single disk in with windows on it and just running a windows repair from the dvd....
single disk = not getting in a muddle
Safest way and way to ALWAYS install windows, is with a single HD in machine (unless raid of course)
You could probably fix any boot problems by having the single disk in with windows on it and just running a windows repair from the dvd....
single disk = not getting in a muddle
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Had the same problem myself Win 7 Os on one drive and boot manager on other drive.
Disable the drive you're not installing Win7 on (disable in the bios or disconnect cable to drive)and then run Win7 install Dvd and choose to repair. Should create new boot manager and should boot from Hd with Os on. This worked for me.
Disable the drive you're not installing Win7 on (disable in the bios or disconnect cable to drive)and then run Win7 install Dvd and choose to repair. Should create new boot manager and should boot from Hd with Os on. This worked for me.
This is what I do too
I make sure I've only got one drive in, in the first ide or sata slot, with no usb sticks/drives plugged in.
Removes the possibility of the system screwing itself up
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cheers guys i disabled my other ide hardrive and went into windows repair and repaired the startup and now im booting from my sata with it set as the first boot drive and all is cool.
I noticed the memory testing thing in the windows repair has anyone tried this out?
I noticed the memory testing thing in the windows repair has anyone tried this out?
Yep I do the same too. Unplug my other drives and only leave the main OS one plugged in. Works 100% and is fool proof unless you're a plum like me you plug your data one in instead of your OS one and delete the wrong hard drive
Fun friday night now of trying to recover the data as it was an encrypted drive...
Never had a problem like this but my understanding of how it happens is something along the lines of:
People see drives during Windows 7 install, click around, decide what to do with them then ASSUME that the top drive (normally C) is the one Windows 7 will install onto, where as it's actually the currently selected (not always highlighted) drive that it will dump the OS on.
4 of my mates have done this so far, it's ended up on D E and F drives, when they all thought they had C selected. Been a bit of a pain to strip out the old OS install from their various torrents/garbage etc scattered in the root of D/E/F too
People see drives during Windows 7 install, click around, decide what to do with them then ASSUME that the top drive (normally C) is the one Windows 7 will install onto, where as it's actually the currently selected (not always highlighted) drive that it will dump the OS on.
4 of my mates have done this so far, it's ended up on D E and F drives, when they all thought they had C selected. Been a bit of a pain to strip out the old OS install from their various torrents/garbage etc scattered in the root of D/E/F too
Marc512,
If you installed windows 7 onto a hard drive connected to your old computer and then pulled the hard drive to install it into your new machine then you will most likely need to reinstall the operating system as it ties itself to the CPU / chipset and is not interchangeable.
Also, should you require additional assistance Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro/ . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams.
Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team
If you installed windows 7 onto a hard drive connected to your old computer and then pulled the hard drive to install it into your new machine then you will most likely need to reinstall the operating system as it ties itself to the CPU / chipset and is not interchangeable.
Also, should you require additional assistance Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro/ . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams.
Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team