Bootmgr missing and hard disk error

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  1. Posts : 37
    windows 7 home premium 64 bit
       #1

    Bootmgr missing and hard disk error


    Hello,
    This is my problem which is haunting me...
    Before 5-6 months when I booted my laptop it showed me SMART hard disk error and a brief description that my hard disk is facing imminent failure and that to replace my data, I didn't care much about it, so what I did was used the laptop... Before a month or less than that time or note than a month my laptop became very very slow... When I click something it loads after like 10 mins at first but later all goes fine. This happened after each reboot. It look like 1 5mins to boot. And sometimes comes to the desktop and freeze that I'm forced to use the on/off button to switch it off and reboot it again,likewise 5-6 reboots will make the laptop boot properly.. So it happened continuously. So one day when I tried to on the laptop,it worked fine till that WINDOWS STARTING LOGO and after that it showed me the blue colour windows and it vanished from less than a second. So it happened continuously and then I tried to format it,, and it couldn't be formatted at a point called WINDOWS EXPANDING FILE 0% it stuck there and I've kept it like 30 minutes which at last ends up with a error. Then I again booted up, it showed me BOOTMGR is missing and to press certain keys to reboot. This was what happened. It is a laptop which was used 5 years without a virus guard and I was an internet surfer... Played many online games...
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  2. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #2

    What you explained that may be a virus issue, may be a hard disc failure, and many more things. .

    If windows installation is not complete after formatting the hard drive, it should show a missing bootmgr.

    In general (it has some exceptions as well), a virus should not be there after formatting a hard drive, so we can keep that possibility aside for the time being. Do the HDD test only right now.

    As you cannot boot to the computer, you need to do a bootable disc check. Test the HDD using Seatools for DOS. See how it goes.

    If it is free from errors, try to do a clean reinstall again.

    If still fails, we need to blame any other hardware components .... but that comes later.
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  3.    #3

    If you receive a SMART warning of imminent disk failure, then what is the question? Believe it.

    You can confirm the condition of the hard drive using the maker's bootable HD Diagnostic scan
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  4. Posts : 37
    windows 7 home premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Must I change my Hard disk?
    I mean must I replace the hard disk?
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  5.    #5

    I would. If in doubt then run the test to confirm its condition with certainty.
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  6. Posts : 37
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    Thread Starter
       #6

    I will run hard disk test and post it here gimme some time.
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  7. Posts : 37
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    Thread Starter
       #7



    Here are the results which are obtained...
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  8.    #8

    Replace the drive then do a Clean Reinstall Windows 7.

    If you're happy with the install you have then you could save a backup image to reapply to the new drive using a flexible image program like Macrium Imaging - Windows 7 Help Forums.

    The best upgrade you can have is an SSD which is lightning fast.
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  9. Posts : 37
    windows 7 home premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    So, I must replace my hard disk ain't it?
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  10. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #10

    Beg For Mercy said:
    So, I must replace my hard disk ain't it?
    Aye
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