After all these years, how do you ACTUALLY repair Windows 7 MBR issues

[Cursed Lemon]

Windows 7 was released in 2009. That's 11 years ago.

Since then, I have never

Not ONE ACTUAL TIME

Repaired a corrupted Windows 7 MBR. Literally every time this issue comes around, I end up having to re-deploy an OOBE disk image or just reinstall the whole damn thing. Startup repair doesn't work, /buildbcd doesn't work, /fixboot doesn't work, etc.

Right now I happen to be posting from a dual-booted Linux/Windows 7 machine. I can't boot into Windows 7 because all of a sudden, spontaneously and for no real reason, I am now receiving the BOOTMGR IS MISSING, PRESS CTRL + ALT + DEL error.I could technically reinstall Windows and then manually reinstall GRUB into the boot sector, but **** it. Yeah that's right mom I cussed, 'cause I want to know after all these failed attempts how you actually solve this issue. There has to be a way and I want to know.

 

[SIW2]

Most likely you have managed to damage the vbr

bootsect /nt60 SYS

 

[samuria]

Run a full disk check if it keeps happening

 

[file3456]

It usually always required the Windows disk. After all these years you should have known that Google could have gave you the answer. I found this in a couple seconds. Fix the MBR – Guide for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10

I've had to do this only once in XP.

 

[Snick]

It usually always required the Windows disk. After all these years you should have known that Google could have gave you the answer. I found this in a couple seconds. Fix the MBR – Guide for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10

I've had to do this only once in XP.

Google is your friend! Well... for the most-part anyway!

VBR is Volume Boot Record