BOOTMGR is missing//using LILO

Hey there,

I have a rather complicated problem with a probably simple solution. I used to have a tri-boot machine - my first primary partition was WinXP Pro, second was a Xubuntu installation with swap on an extended partition, and finally a Win7 Pro primary partition.

I deleted WinXP Pro and Xubuntu to create my very first Gentoo Linux installation. While that went well, I accidentally broke my Win7 startup. It's listed just fine under LILO (unless I listed it improperly) but Win7's BOOTMGR is now missing. I'm assuming the BOOTMGR might have been part of the WinXP installation.

I went to this guide: Bootmgr is missing - Fix

However, I don't want to replace the MBR. I just want to reinstall the BOOTMGR onto the Win7 Pro partition so I can boot both Gentoo and Win7 properly. Of course, I might be misinterpreting where the BOOTMGR is normally located.

Any suggestions?

Thanks much,
--Red

First of all you are going to need to Create a System repair disk or you can use your Windows 7 Installation Disk

System Repair Disc - Create

First thing is to Boot into the Disk

   Note

You will need to make sure your BIOS is set to Boot from CD/DVD

After that Access to the System Recovery options

Please follow Option 2

System Recovery Options

Now you open up a command Prompt Window then enter the Following commands:

Code:

bootrec.exe /Fixboot

Press enter and then Enter this

Code:

bootrec.exe /Fixmbr

Press Enter

Now restart your Computer and see if you can boot into Windows 7

   Tip

Plug in your AC Power cord if you are using a Laptop

Hope This Helps,
Josh

Most likely but since this is a Windows 7 Forum my main concern is getting your Windows 7 Partition working ... I am not a Linux expert so you may want to ask a Question about it on another forum

Josh