Simplest way to restore Windows 7 MBR?

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  1. Posts : 1,040
    XP MCE .... XP Pro 64 .... W7 U x64
       #11

    Good luck .. I'm not too excited about things not working right ... right now.
    I'm sure there's a lot of catching up to be done with all M$ changes .. (again)
    Maybe in a couple of years .. this could be a problem.
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  2. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 RC
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       #12

    noyb said:
    Good luck .. I'm not too excited about things not working right ... right now.
    I'm sure there's a lot of catching up to be done with all M$ changes .. (again)
    Maybe in a couple of years .. this could be a problem.
    I received an honest answer from Acronis.. stating:
    ..I would like to inform you that Windows7 has not been launched officially, so we have not tested our software with it. I would appreciate your patience till Windows 7 is officially launched. I regret to inform you that we cannot assure about compatibility of our software with windows 7, until it is officially released.
    so take care

    mvh
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  3. Posts : 748
    Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit.
       #13

    Another answer to your original question. Install easybcd /Free) Go to the "Manage bootloader" option and restore the MBR
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  4. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 RC
    Thread Starter
       #14

    davehc said:
    Another answer to your original question. Install easybcd /Free) Go to the "Manage bootloader" option and restore the MBR
    Hei davehc

    I did have easybcd on the system, and I was beginning to wonder whether perhaps it, or its combination with OpenSUSE's and W7's boot managers, caused my problem in the first place..

    The interface was so crappy, and now I've decided to forget Linux for a while, I preferred to get rid of it..

    There just has to be some very simple method, like the good old MBRWIZ, to backup and restore MBR.

    My task for the day is to try and find out what is different about W7, Vista and XP from an MBR point of view

    Mvh
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  5. Posts : 105
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail RTM, Ubuntu 9.10
       #15

    This cmd in the console is suposed to fix win7 mbr

    Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All

    Drive is ur cd drive with win7 install disk

    If any1 uses it lemme know if it works

    This cmd is only for win7 and vista installs, if ya duel boot winxp dont use it.
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  6. Posts : 20
    Windows 2000
       #16

    cintra said:
    Thanks all

    I have one last image restore to try first using the latest Paragon Drive Backup version.

    If that fails to restore the MBR correctly (like Macrium did?) then Repair Install is the answer... the latter might well be fastest, but I want to see if Paragon can be relied upon.

    Mvh

    It can't. Paragon did not restore the MBR Repair Install next.
    Do you mean to say that after a Paragon image restore of your drive C:\
    where Windows 7 was installed you have booting problems? In that case Paragon image restore is no different from Acronis's where I always have MBR errors. Funny I just did a Paragon partition image of my drives C:\Windows and D:\My Documents.
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  7. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 RC
    Thread Starter
       #17

    Pogi said:
    Do you mean to say that after a Paragon image restore of your drive C:\
    where Windows 7 was installed you have booting problems? In that case Paragon image restore is no different from Acronis's where I always have MBR errors. Funny I just did a Paragon partition image of my drives C:\Windows and D:\My Documents.
    Yes, just that.. and not only Paragon (latest version of DB9 Personal btw).

    Macrium asks you if you want to restore the MBR and, until now, I have always said yes, but the system didn't boot after Macrium image restore of the C drive disk either.. that was the one I tried first.

    So, I wouldn't trust any of them to restore the W7 MBR correctly at this point in time..

    Hopefully, if one restores an image made by W7's utility, the MBR will be restored..?

    Mvh
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  8. Posts : 1,040
    XP MCE .... XP Pro 64 .... W7 U x64
       #18

    noyb said:
    I'm using Acronis to backup and recover W7 ... So far - it's worked
    Correction .. Using an Acronis backup image .. I'm trying to move W7 to another HDD.
    I can't get past the Missing Boot manager screen.
    I'm wondering if M$ did something funny in this drop dead Evaluation Trail.
    Can't say that I appreciate their humor.
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  9. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 RC
    Thread Starter
       #19

    noyb said:
    Correction .. Using an Acronis backup image .. I'm trying to move W7 to another HDD.
    I can't get past the Missing Boot manager screen.
    I'm wondering if M$ did something funny in this drop dead Evaluation Trail.
    Can't say that I appreciate their humor.
    Thats pretty much what I experienced.

    You did see the Acronis comment in my post above, about W7 MBR support, i.e. "when W7 is finally released"

    I notice a lot of experienced users on this forum are recommending Acronis TI - they just haven't tried yet to restore an image to fix a bad MBR situation I'm afraid..

    There could be a quicker fix than Repair Install on another thread, see Getting "BOOTMGR IS MISSING" after clean install of RC1 - Windows 7 Forums Let us know if it works..

    Mvh
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  10. Posts : 1,040
    XP MCE .... XP Pro 64 .... W7 U x64
       #20

    As long as this "recovered" HDD is the only HDD in my computer ... I'm locked up.
    It won't boot from the Acronis Boot CD .. or .. the W7 install DVD ???
    My HP boot manager won't work ... and I can't even get to the bios Setup ??

    If the commercials weren't so long on this Sit Com ...
    I might have been able to remember how I got past this problem the last time.
    L8r

    Correction .. As long as the Recovered HDD is anywhere in my system .. I'm locked up
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