BOOTMGR is missing need help pls

gregrocker said:

This points to your HD as the likely culprit, which would explain many of the symptoms of the past two days including why Win7 is not seen by Repair and the "read only" false positive.

What I would do next is run the HD maker's diagnostic/repair extended CD scan. You may need to look on the HD now to see what the make is. HD Diagnostic
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp

The combination of the HD scan and then another Disk Check run from the DVD Command line on all partitions can repair a HD to return to service. If you want to wait til later or not take the chance, swap in another HD now to see if it solves the problem.

I think ill wait untill the startup repair finishes and then reboot to see if it works then i shall have to do the hd diagnostic scan...I shall report asap

1st startup repair results = failed..Takes me back to error screen so i am going to do 2 more and hope for best and if no luck will do HD diagnostics test. AS u can see i am dedicated to sorting this problem as it is 1 am in the UK and i am still up trying to fix it and have been persistant for las few days..Hopefully soon it will all pay off

Do you have another HD to swap in to try install?

No the only HD i have is the one inside the laptop i dont have any other HD which is a shame cos if i did i could try it and check it jus to see if it is a problem with the HD and it would save me all this hassle lol

Then see what Startup Repair finds, run the HD diagnostics to see if it needs Repair.

2nd startup repair results = Startup repair is running a check disk. It done full scan then restarted my laptop then done nuva chkdsk and resarted at end and now doin a 3rd checkdisk. Im not sure if this is good but could never get dis far before so fingers crossed

If it is running chkdsk continuously then it may be irreparable. Are you initiating repeated chkdsk or is it asking for them?

gregrocker said:

If it is running chkdsk continuously then it may be irreparable. Are you initiating repeated chkdsk or is it asking for them?

No im not initiating them.Basicly i run startup repair from the W7 cd and then it went from there to check disk and has run repeatedly for bout 45 mins it completes then restarts my laptop and does it again and again etc

And you know it is running chkdsk because you get a prompt announcing this?

At some point if it looks like it is stuck in a loop I would bail out and run the HD diagnostics CD scan, mainly because if there are surface problems causing irreparable file system errors they can sometimes be fixed by the HD scan. See what it finds, expecially if it can repair problems.

Unless it reports too much to repair, I'd next create one partition of the HD and run chkdsk myself from the DVD/Repair CD command line as given in Option two here: Disk Check

BTW if you have an old or unused laptop around you can likely swap in it's HD to try it. If not you may need to buy once you get definitive results.

gregrocker said:

And you know it is running chkdsk because you get a prompt announcing this?

At some point if it looks like it is stuck in a loop I would bail out and run the HD diagnostics CD scan, mainly because if there are surface problems causing irreparable file system errors they can sometimes be fixed by the HD scan. See what it finds, expecially if it can repair problems.

Unless it reports too much to repair, I'd next create one partition of the HD and run chkdsk myself from the DVD/Repair CD command line as given in Option two here: Disk Check

BTW if you have an old or unused laptop around you can likely swap in it's HD to try it. If not you may need to buy once you get definitive results.

Sorry i haven't replied i have been quite busy...I have given up on the hard drive and realise i need to get a new 1. So im here for some advice. Im looking to get a 500gb hard drive but have never bought a HD seperate b4 so dont really know what to look for. Could u please give me some advice on what to look for in quality and price i have found this one and want to know you oppinion on it if possible.

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Look forward to reply
Thanks again