Boot blank, but windows boots


  1. richyrichuk
    Posts : 375
    Windows 7 Ultimate N 64-bit
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    Boot blank, but windows boots


    rite i've managed to make a pig's ear of my boot. my windows still boots fine.....but

    my boot menu is blank
    in msconfig boot tab
    is blank

    easyBCD cant see any boot info and asks me for it, it wont write any boot info.

    bcdedit constantly says

    "the store import operation has failed
    the device is not ready"

    in repair also when i try to do anything i.e. import

    bootrec.exe in repair also doesnt recover it.

    what im trying to do is have a boot menu, where i have the option for win 7 then a pen drive with a linux disto on it then also CDrom as i normally chop and change between all them 3 on this pc and im sick of going in the bios 4 times a day to change these options.

    cheers guys for any help.
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  3. richyrichuk
    Posts : 375
    Windows 7 Ultimate N 64-bit
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    can anybody think of anything?
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  4. mckillwashere
    Posts : 1,849
    Windows 7 x86/x64, Server 2008r2, Web Server 2008
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    Once upon a time I used to run a quad boot over three hard drives I used the Acronis Disk Director suite. It used to offer a GUI boot loader which was great for this.
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  6. gregrocker
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    SIW2 might have some repair ideas, but I would wipe the HD to clean the boot sector which is likely corrupted. SSD - HDD Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
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  7. Bill2
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    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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    Blank boot tab in msconfig indicates missing reg entries. If you can, do a system restore otherwise try restoring the backed up reg hives in the regback folder.

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