Lost Dual Boot Screen?...Lost Windows 7

Brink · 08 May 2009

Yeah, you would need to burn a Windows 7 installation DVD or USB key first, then you can run a Startup Repair from it to repair the boot file. :)

SIW2 · 08 May 2009

That's curious - would indicate that it is more than just a missing bcd entry.

Try startup repair as Shawn suggested.

Blackhawk7188 · 08 May 2009

Doing the image on a disc and booting with it fixed the problem. In the repair it said that windows 7 has errors and will be fixed and must reboot. On reboot it said Windows Vista and Windows 7 Ultimate (recovered) - actually had that written-. It booted Win7 without a glitch. Actually I check the memory usage and it was at like 19% - before it was at like 27% at idle.

Thanks alot you guys, now I have it on disc for when I need to install on another PC I can.

Side question, do you know if Win7 is compatible with the ATI Radeon Xpress 200m graphics on a Compaq Presario Notebook. I want to install the 64 bit on that but I am unsure if graphics drivers are available or not. Anyone have an insight/ideas if that would work. And secondly is 2GB of RAM ok to run Win7 64 bit?

Thanks,

SIW2 · 08 May 2009

Hi Black Hawk,

Glad it did the job.

Don't suppose you made a note of what the errors were?

7 x64 runs great on 2gb Ram.

Don't know about the ATI card as I don't have one - probably be fine - are Vista drivers available for it?

Brink · 08 May 2009

You're welcome Blackhawk. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out. :)

If you wanted to change the name in the Windows Boot Manager to remove the "Recovered" part in Windows 7, then this tutorial will show you how to.

Yes, Windows 7 should work with the ATI Radeon Xpress 200m with the default drivers. I didn't see any specific Windows 7 drivers for it at ATI, but there are Vista drivers that you may need to install using compatibility mode though.

Blackhawk7188 · 08 May 2009

It didnt say what the errors where, it just said that it must reboot to repair the OS, I am not worried about the (recovered) being on the boot screen, doesnt affect me at all.

Thanks alot again, I can probably assume that the errors that occurred are due to Win7 still being in testing and that may be an issue that is resolved.