AOMEI or other partition tool to restore MBR

You're not giving us all the information we need.
- On post #1 you mentioned that you were doing a backup operation and had to shut down. What kind of backup (file&folder or disk image)? What program you were using?
- In witch drive you're having a error (source or target drive).
- Is the drive internal or external?

Here is the detail of the error which is a common one.
Message top line is from "Windows Boot Manager."


"Windows failed to start.
A recent hardware or software change might be the problem.


{instructions on use of the Repair disk]


Status 0x000000e


The boot selection failed becausea required device is inaccessible.


end of message.


I have caught up on your current replies.


I'm using a good disk and am able to switch off of the error HD.
Next I will install AOMEI on the working disk. One thing I wondered is if the

AOMEI has to be installed on a like system or motherboard to work

properly as is the case is Sysprep is not run for 'discovery' of the hardware.
Please give any detail on this.



I think it's clear that this is a boot failure not hardwarefailure and I'll run the AOMEI fix and report back.


Making bootable media with Rufus. Has that ever gotten any better or easier?
I had a thumb drive set up with that at one time to run Hirens tools.

I am back.
I installed AOMEI to my working boot drive.
I ran chkdsk from the AOMEI menu which went through easily and didn't
show much in the way of errors.
I ran the AOMEI Fix option from the Inspect Partiton dialog.
It found the errors.
At asking to fix, it goes to D: but then loops out and asks again.


At this point I went to the MBR option. I ran the MBR option at right click on the D: Drive.


Then I couldn't determine if anything was done. Bottom Screen left it says:


Job Pending
1. Fix MBR (whatevs).


Well after all that, booting the problem drive after switch in BIOSto test gave the same error.


I don't know which of the operations worked or failed. What happens after a Pending job and
how do I get it to execute?


Can you give step by step instructions and say what should be happening?


In the meantime I'll see if I can find my print instructions on those command line routines for MBR
in Win7

I am still playing around with AOMEI but will try to use the repair disk.
If that works I'll give the details from the FIXMBR routine as described in a link fron howtogeek-- a relaible source.


Worst case is I have to wipe the disk from a backup and update everything.

Can we get back to the "job Pending" at request to refresh MBR.

Just now I can't even find that in the menu.

To review:

I have 2 desktop HDD running an old version of Norton Ghost.
The operation is going to slow-- 10 hours or something. I shut because I know that
perhaps there is a NTFS problem I missed after a disk wipe.

I shut down.

Target disk is ok but needed a format which is simply requested through Win7 administrative tools.
The boot drive does not work but is not damaged. I can see the file content when using a different
bootable HDD.

AOMEI has not solved anything. I am looking for other solutions.

I was ready to take my medicine for not finding the Apply button. Must have been b/c it did not light green. But the error persists at the point where I select to execute the repair at the chkdsk dialog and loops back. I will keep an eye on the apply button though.

What screen or screens reveal the Refresh MBR option: that which shows "Pending" in the corner?
I had located it at one time but a screen shot and how to get there will help.

During the time between I did get some paper copy made of the FIXMBR routine in Win 7 cmd.

It may take a while yet for me to get this sorted or give up.