MBR Destroyed

I'm in deep trouble with this one. My craptop is basically ruined. I boot up and get the following:

boot0: MBR
boot0: (something, I forget)
This volume is not compatible (something like that)
Press any key to reboot.

WTF is going on here? I'm so frustrated I could switch to mac!

Put your install DVD back in and do a repair install .. it worked for me

Ok, I'll give that a try

I had to run twice .. once to repair .. then again to fix the MBR ???

But this was after I attempted to perform an Image recovery using an Acroins backup.
Good luck .. I'll keep my fingers crossed

Didn't work.

Here's exactly what appears on the screen;

boot0: MBR
boot0: done
Non-system disk
Press any key to reboot

Unfortunately, this is my system disk. The repair thingy even detected Windows. It says that it can( find anything wrong.

Yeah it was fine. I never had a problem with it (or a use for it).

I solved the problem. Installed XP. I will install 7 after school's out. It's hard screwing up my computer and doing schoolwork at the same time. XP runs great on here, anyway.

ikilledkenny:
Did you get W7 installed?

All:
The question here has to do with the F12 key to select boot device. After upgrade from Vista to W7, this key stopped functioning. This means that I cannot boot from a CD even after setting the F2 boot priority as CD first.

I have tried all the F keys, Delete and a few others. NG

Anyone have an answer to this?

operator error on MY part.

I had set the boot seq for USB CDROM as the first rather than the internal CD.

Now I can boot from CD with F12 key during the Acer splash.

BUT, still cannot boot using the Repair Disk Windows 7 32-bit

Can you boot the windows 7 install dvd?