Another Missing Bootmgr FUBAR

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  1. Posts : 678
    Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
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    Another Missing Bootmgr FUBAR


    When starting the Win 7 PC I get the Bootmgr is missing. Press ctl, yadda, yadda, yadda.

    It's an HP Pavilion All in One machine, and I can't get the F11 for restore or F9 for Diagnostics to work - it just ignores my input and gives me the bootmgr msg.

    When I boot using a Windows 7 CD and select repair it takes me to the System Recovery Options screen, but no OS is listed, and as soon as I move the mouse pointer inside the box (to select Next or Load drivers), I get the little blue circle rotating clockwise. It's been rotating this last time for over an hour. I keep trying, expecting a different result (is that not the definition of 'insanity'?), but it never varies - no Operating System, and it won't let me do anything but press the power button.
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  2. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #2

    You could try the repair-install described in this tut:

    Repair Install
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  3. Posts : 678
    Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
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    seavixen32 said:
    You could try the repair-install described in this tut:

    Repair Install
    From the link you just sent
    You can only do a repair install from within Windows 7.

    Since I can't get past the missing Bootmgr, I'm pretty much disqualified from doing a repair install from within Windows.

    I do have an update... The circle finally stopped and brought up a box saying it was searching for Windows installations. Ultimately that box went away, and I chose Next even though there was no OS listed. Hitting next just made the Recovery box disappear, and now I have just the blue background that originally surrounded that box. No circle. Just the blue background.

    Okay, now I got a box saying it wanted me to insert a disk that had an image I had created. I got out of it, since I never created such a disk, and was able to get to the 'Choose a Recovery Tool' screen.

    Startup Repair said it could not fix the problem, and command prompt seems to be useless since I cannot get to any drive but F: - which is the DVD drive containg the Windows disk.
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  4. Posts : 7
    windows 7 64bit
       #4

    try changing the channel of your boot drive in the bios, worked for me
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  5. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #5

    Hard drive failure? Does the hard drive show up in BIOS Setup?

    Try running the drive manufacturers diagnostic:

    Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.

    HD Diagnostics
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  6. Posts : 678
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    Ztruker said:
    Hard drive failure? Does the hard drive show up in BIOS Setup?

    Try running the drive manufacturers diagnostic:

    Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.

    HD Diagnostics
    Yes, the HDD show up in the BIOS, but it fails the SMART Extended self-test. The complete text is
    WDC WD3200AAJS-65M0A0.
    Failed.
    Completed with the read element of the test failed.
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  7. Posts : 678
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    Gabriel69 said:
    try changing the channel of your boot drive in the bios, worked for me
    If only I knew what that meant or how to do it....
    In the Phoenix Bios Setup Utility I can change the boot order, but I see nothing about changing a channel.
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  8.    #8

    Run the Extended HD test. It's possible it can repair the HD. Afterwards from the Repair command line run Disk Check with the /f flag.

    If you regain some functionality, copy out your files immediately this way: Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

    Then boot again into Startup Repair, see if it finds an installation. If not from Command line run bootrec /fixmbr and bootrec /fixboot to try to jumpstart finding the installation. Then run Startup Repair.

    Make sure HD is plugged into DISK0 with no other HD's or peripherals attached, set to boot after DVD drive in BIOS setup.

    If Repairs fail you can try running full Factory Restore from partition or boot the Win7 DVD to clean reinstall. If it agrees, after reinstall test the HD and Disk Check again and frequently.
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  9. Posts : 678
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    gregrocker said:
    Run the Extended HD test. It's possible it can repair the HD. Afterwards run
    Uhhh, I must be misunderstanding you. I already posted this:
    '... the HDD show up in the BIOS, but it fails the SMART Extended self-test. The complete text is
    WDC WD3200AAJS-65M0A0.
    Failed.
    Completed with the read element of the test failed. '

    Are you talking about some other diagnostic tool? Specifically one I download for Western Digital?
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  10. Posts : 678
    Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    gregrocker said:
    Run the Extended HD test. It's possible it can repair the HD. Afterwards from the Repair command line run Disk Check with the /f flag.

    If you regain some functionality, copy out your files immediately this way: Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

    Then boot again into Startup Repair, see if it finds an installation. If not from Command line run bootrec /fixmbr and bootrec /fixboot to try to jumpstart finding the installation. Then run Startup Repair.

    Make sure HD is plugged into DISK0 with no other HD's or peripherals attached, set to boot after DVD drive in BIOS setup.

    If Repairs fail you can try running full Factory Restore from partition or boot the Win7 DVD to clean reinstall. If it agrees, after reinstall test the HD and Disk Check again and frequently.
    Greg,
    Since it doesn't find any OS, I don't think it'll allow me to run a chkdsk, with or without the f parameter. I have to actually get to the drive that has Windows installed to run a chkdsk if I remember correctly. Since I can't get to any drive but the X: and F: (neither of which have Windows).

    I did run a Seagate Hard drive diagnostic, which ran for a hour, found 13 errors, but corrected nothing. 'Course, this is a WD drive, not Seagate.
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