Boot issue


  1. tmartin84
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    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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    Boot issue


    I'm having some issues booting Windows 7. The master boot record was setup on my 2nd hard drive during installation. I planned on using this drive as the backup (using the backup utility) but Windows won't let me as it is technically the boot drive, although the windows installation is on my main drive.

    I've tried formatting the drive and deleting the partition but each time I use startup repair off the installation disk it puts the boot info back on the 2nd hard drive. I then unplugged the 2nd hard drive and have tried startup repair and all the different bootrec commands in the command prompt, all with no success.

    bootrec /rebuildbsc shows C:\Windows as a valid installation, but if it try to add the installation to the boot list it says "Element not found."

    Anyone have any ideas?

    Thanks!
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  3. Bare Foot Kid
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    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
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    Hello tmartin84, welcome to Seven Forums!


    Disconnect all but the HDD with Windows 7 on and connect that to the #1 SATA port of the mobo and set it as the second boot device after the CD/DVD drive in the BIOS, boot the Windows 7 installation media and mark the Windows 7 partition as Active and do the 3 separate startup repairs discussed in this tutorial at the link below to recreate the Windows boot files to the Windows 7 partition and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.

    Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times
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  4. tmartin84
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    This worked perfectly, thanks a million!
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  6. Bare Foot Kid
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    Glad I could help mate and thanks for posting back!
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