boot\BCD Status: 0xc00000e9 unexpected I/O error

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When booting my desktop computer I get a windows boot manager black screen with” File:\boot\BCD Status: 0xc00000e9 unexpected I/O error has occurred” message. If I boot to CD/DVD using my windows recovery disk and select keyboard US, I get two options: Restore using system image or use recovery tools. When I select system image and next, no image is found. When I select recovery tools, I am asked to choose an operating system. Now my problem is no operating system is listed. What can I do now to recover my system? My hardware has checked out ok and I suspect something in windows 7 has messed up. Any suggestions? In troubleshooting, I replaced the suspect hard drive, installed windows 7 and the computer works great. So how do I recover my original hard drive?
Update: Booting to installation disk and running startup repair results in Root cause found: The partition table does not have a valid system partition.
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custome
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
CPU
Intel core 2 duo e8400 @ 3.0 GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P
Memory
8 Gb
Graphics Card(s)
VVIDIA GeForce 9800Gt
Monitor(s) Displays
Sony
Hard Drives
Western Digital 500Gb
Seagate Baracuda 500 Gb
Keyboard
Microsoft wireless optical
Solution: I bought a new 500 gb drive and installed windows 7/64. The computer booted and operated normally. This verified the hardware end. I then installed the suspect drive and the windows installation disk in the dvd drive and booted to the dvd drive. This brought up a boot menu and booted to dvd and this brought up a repair menu notifying me that there was a problem with the boot partition. It asked me if I wanted it to repair the problem. I selected yes and then rebooted the computer to the suspect drive and all is well. From now on, I will always clone the drive so as to have an instant duplicate backup.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custome
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
CPU
Intel core 2 duo e8400 @ 3.0 GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P
Memory
8 Gb
Graphics Card(s)
VVIDIA GeForce 9800Gt
Monitor(s) Displays
Sony
Hard Drives
Western Digital 500Gb
Seagate Baracuda 500 Gb
Keyboard
Microsoft wireless optical
Thanks for posting back.
Fabe
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Built
OS
Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
CPU
intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz
Motherboard
Asus P5ND bios 1401
Memory
8 gigs 1066 OCZ Fata1ty
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 580 Call of Duty Black Ops Edition
Sound Card
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2zs
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus 24in LCD's 2MS X2
Screen Resolution
1920x1080p @60Hz
Hard Drives
WD Caviar 500 Black/ WD Caviar 200 Blue
PSU
OCZ 700W GameXtreme
Case
NZXT Apollo
Cooling
Corsair H50 CPU/120mm x3 /60mm x2 /Corsair Dominator Ram
Keyboard
Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX5000
Mouse
Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX1000
Internet Speed
Download 19.83 Upload 0.97
Other Info
Logitech Z2300 Speakers/ Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones/Avermedia PCI-e Hybrid TV Bravo/Epson NX415 all in one/ 4 Port Powered USB Hub/ LG 10x Bluray Burner /TSST Corp DVDRW External
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