Windows 7 boot manager questions


  1. EJWycoff
    Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Pro
       New #1

    Windows 7 boot manager questions


    So I have a Lenevo Thinkpad X201 that I have recently put in a adata ssd in. I have cloned my old hard drive to my ssd, and then i used system restore to restart my computer back to factory settings. Now the problem I seem to have is that i dont have a cd drive in my computer, i do howeever have a usb thumbdrive with the windows 7 iso loaded on that my freind put on there for me with his desktop computer. So i thought mabey Windows Boot Manager would be able to load it directly from the usb instead of the DVD itself since i dont have a cd rom drive in my computer that works. Is there any way at all to make the usb windows 7 iso load from the windows boot manager instead of the cd it not im screwed at work tommorow...
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. gregrocker
    Posts : 50,642
       New #2

    You lost me after cloning your HD to the SSD. You wouldn't use System Restore to "restart my computer back to factory settings." This makes no sense at all.

    If you want the SSD to replace the HD, then after cloning unplug the source drive and set the SSD to boot first in BIOS setup. If Win7 won't start boot the Win7 installer flash stick to run Startup Repair 3 Separate Times after making sure Win7 partition is marked Active. Partition - Mark as Active (Method Two).

    If this fails, plug in only the SSD and boot the WIn7 install flash stick to clean reinstall Win7 with the Product Key on the COA sticker, following these steps to get a perfect reinstall of factory OEM: Reinstalling Windows 7

    Afterwards you can plug in the HD to copy your data into the Win7 User folders.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
I need to put the Windows OS, that means Windows Boot Manager in BIOS at Boot option 2, but in this case it does not boot. I need to put at boot position 1 PXE boot and if that fails boot from Boot option 2 (Windows). How could I do that? My motherboard is Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3. Thank you!
My daughter's laptop(acer aspire) has the above error message. we have no installation disc but do have the product key. I created an installation disc from my laptop but it have my product key. A tried to get it to use this cd as the install cd but it appears not to be working, What should I...
Hello, I have a Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. Yesterday I accidentally 'killed' csrss.exe. Then, after a bluescreen, my computer restarted and I got the following message: Windows failed to start. A recent hardware of software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1.Insert your...
Hi, I really need some help here. My system has two drives: 1) SSD (C: drive) where my win7 OS boots from (call this normal_win7) 2) HDD (D: drive) where I keep my data I created a D:\virtual_win7.vhd file and installed win7 on it (for testing purposes) following these instructions: ...
this is what I did, since I have no CD-ROM, to install Win7 I created a partion X: NTFS and set it as the ACTIVE ONE, the put there the Windows 7 installation files, and opened prompt command to type bootsect.exe /n60 X: , next I restarted my computer, and automatically it booted into the Windows 7...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 21:26.
Find Us