Boot manager only loading windows setup

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    Boot manager only loading windows setup


    Hi, I was having an idiot moment while trying to get my laptop to open the bios setup by hitting f2. I tried other function keys without the result I wanted. I hit f10 which brought me to the "edit boot options" and erased what it said there and simply typed setup thinking that might so what I wanted. To my surprise, it did not. Instead windows boot manager now will only load windows setup to restore my machine to factory settings which I DO NOT want to do. I have tried booting in safe mode but it is trying to load in safe mode for windows setup. I tried the boot manager and that says windows setup as the operating system [EMS Enabled] I have tried other combinations and other advice from other forums with no success. It won't load anything except windows setup. I need the stuff on my hard drive and cannot loose it. I probably deserve it for being a knoob at this point. Anyone knows what I can type in the edit boot options screen to get it to load windows normally or get the boot manager to load windows and not windows setup?
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    Can you boot to safe mode, or anything? I want you to open command prompt from whatever mode you can.
    Do you have a win7 installation DVD or system repair disc?

    If not do you have another win7 64bits machine? you can make a system repair disc on that machine System Repair Disc - Create and boot form that DVD on sick machine.
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  3. Posts : 12
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    I can boot from safe mode but it is only safe mode for windows setup. The boot manager will only boot windows setup. I need to find a command string to input in the edit boot options to tell boot manager to load windows rather than windows set up. The edit boot options I am talking about is when you hit f10 on after seeing the Toshiba screen.
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    I do not have any discs because the OEM software is stored on the drive in a different partition. This whole thing started when I typed setup in the "edit boot options" after pressing f10 on startup after I deleted what was originally there. Now it seems the only operating system boot managers see is setup
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    So you don't have a working x64 (64bits) win7 machine there in your house?
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    Thread Starter
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    I do not have any other Win 7 machine in my house. I am starting to get the impression I screwed myself into having to do the restore to get it back to normal. I will loose all my kid pictures and business files. What a disaster. Stupid me
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    Slurpyluver said:
    I do not have any other Win 7 machine in my house. I am starting to get the impression I screwed myself into having to do the restore to get it back to normal. I will loose all my kid pictures and business files. What a disaster. Stupid me
    Don't act to fast now!
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 englishX17-58997.iso
    Is that the version and language you have? download the ISO. Burn to DVD using imgburn The Official ImgBurn Website
    Boot from that DVD and do a startup repair as described earlier.
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  10. Posts : 12
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    Well I am going to need this laptop fixed soon. I know it boils down to inputting a command string in the edit boot options to tell the boot manager to load windows instead of loading the windows setup. I cannot remember what portion was in this area before I erased it.
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