Cannot boot after deleting old windows7 partition.. White cursor

mgeocaris · 23 May 2012

I'd prefer to just do a system restore from my external. Is this possible anymore or did I mess things up so bad only a clean install could fix it?

seavixen32 · 23 May 2012

I thought you said you'd tried that and failed.

I still think a clean install is your best bet.

mgeocaris · 23 May 2012

OK, I'll clean install then, it does seem like I've tried all other methods given

As long as I have your advice here, what do you think about Intel Rapid Storage Technology (installing Windows on my HDD and using the 60gb SSD as cache). I had this originally set up by CyberPowerPC but I experienced issues and re-installed windows onto the SSD. Maybe if I use the official windows7 installer you provided, I will not experience the same issues I did the first time?

Thanks again for all your help guys

Kaktussoft · 23 May 2012

SSD has 1 partition right? And that's windows 7.

Disconnect harddisk
boot from installation dvd or system repair disk. Anyway .. boot to "recovery environment"
Is win7 listed? if do select it, otherwise press next anyway
then enter "command prompt":

Code:

bootsect/nt60 C: /force
bootsect/nt60 C: /force /mbr

Both succeed succesfully?

Code:

attrib c:\bootmgr

Is bootmgr there?

Code:

dir C:\

Is C realy win7 disk?

mgeocaris · 23 May 2012

Using the installation cd to "repair your computer", "Windows7 Home Premium (recovered)" is listed in the location "C: Local Disk"

but when I try to press next I get this error message. It seems to indicate that I have the wrong disc for my operating system but this is definitely the disc I used to install onto the SSD

Kaktussoft · 23 May 2012

I think your ssd has errors. Just boot into recovery environment->command prompt

Code:

 
chkdsk/f/r  C:

try to boot from SSD or perform startup repair again. Same problem?

Kaktussoft · 23 May 2012

mgeocaris said:

Using the installation cd to "repair your computer", "Windows7 Home Premium (recovered)" is listed in the location "C: Local Disk"

but when I try to press next I get this error message. It seems to indicate that I have the wrong disc for my operating system but this is definitely the disc I used to install onto the SSD

Very strange but windows is still there!

You did a startup repair earlier Cannot boot after deleting old windows7 partition.. White cursor

How did you do that?

Kaktussoft · 23 May 2012

You told before:

I completed the steps given and ran the startup repair 3 times. Now I get "BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart"

So MBR is most likely good. Same for bootsector. But it you can refresh them with the 2 bootsect commands I gave you earlier.

It finds "Windows Home Premiun (recovered)" so it's in bootmenu. Bootmenu is fine I think.

Only problem so far: C:\BOOTMGR is not found

Code:

attrib c:\bootmgr

To show if it's really there. But then you have to boot into recovery environment

mgeocaris · 23 May 2012

OK, using the command prompt in the recovery environment I ran the disk check on C: with no errors. (it did say "Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50" at the very end of the check)

After it found no errors, I ran the startup repair 3x with 3 reboots but got the same "BOOTMGR is missing" right after the BIOS screen

Kaktussoft · 23 May 2012

is bootmgr realy not there?

Code:

attrib c:\bootmgr

Please do

Code:

 
bootsect  /nt60   C:   /force
bootsect  /nt60   C:   /force /mbr

as well. errors?