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Only boots from the usb
I installed windows 7 on a brand new hd from a usb. It will boot up normally with the usb stick. If I remove it, I will get a blinking cursor. If i go to the bios and load up from the hd I get a blinking cursor. I have tried the startup repair yet no errors were found. Does it have something to do with the reserve partition having a different drive letter assigned ?
I installed linux after the problem hoping that grub would fix the boot problem. It gives me the option to load windows from 2 spots but neither will load without the usb. Linux loads up fine.
I am stumped. 2days trying to get this to work. Reinstallation failed to fix it as well.
Last edited by Pirate7; 27 Dec 2015 at 11:21. Reason: added image