Yes, it appears as an option on the installer after Install is clicked.
However, it refuses to perform and tells me the version on the disk is not compatible with the Windows version to be repaired.
X17-58997 is the file I downloaded, and checking the site I see that it is indeed the file for Windows Home Premium x64.
What now?
Do you have SP1 installed on Win7?
Is this the original Win7 install on the PC? Can you access Repair console via F8 Advanced Boot Options?
I'm fairly certain. The computer is only a few months old.
Move the Active flag to the 100mb System Reserved partition, run Rebuild MBR again.
Hold on - do I ensure that everything is inactive before rebuilding this time as well, or do I set System to active in the first place?
Just set System Active, that removes it from anywhere else on HD.
Same incompatibility error. I made the partition active first here, as per orders.
As for the boot from HDD, we're back to the "inaccessible device" error - the Missing BOOTMGR error is no more.
What can this mean?
Ach, but the repair isn't proceeding!
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