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windows7 BOOTMGR IS MISSING - windows disk now not working.
i have a Dell Inspiron Laptop, N5110.
I have 32 bit windows installed on my PC. The hard drive failed on me so i had to replace it with another one. We tried to install 64 bit but it just wouldnt work. We tried about 4 different installation disks, including one on a usb stick. After being able to install windows xp, we upgraded it to windows 7 because its been so long since ive worked with xp i couldnt remember how to use it.
We couldnt find the drivers for most of the things on their. Only a few and some of the 64 bit worked on one of two of them aswell. we managed to get the internet through the ethernet cable but not wireless because we couldnt find the drivers anywhere so i decided to sell it faulty explaining that it works but named a few problems which can be fixed, being able to spend time on it.
For some reason, the driver which allowed me to use the ethernet cable to access the internet uninstalled itself. I left it and havent used it since around October/November time.
We tried to install windows professional last night but it kept showing an error so we tried to bypass it by watching this youtube video. Windows 7 load driver bypass quick fix / installation ''http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo7tyFFjSsA&feature=gp-n
But it came up with the same error so we gave up. Turned it off and it was still working but using 32 bit.
I got another disk for home premium which is what the laptop originally come with, to see if it would work. All was looking fine and i got to the stage of '' expanding windows files 0% '' . after that, it said windows can not install required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. ERROR CODE 0x80070017.
This is confusing because he has used this disk many times at work in his repair shop and has never had any problems with it before.
When i restarted the laptop, it just says BOOTMGR IS MISSING and i can not do anything else now.
I do not have another version of windows and i cant get to the repair stage from the disk because it fails to work now.
I have just sold this laptop on ebay and the poor soul has just paid for it. So i really need some help so i can send it off to him asap.
Thankyou for any help!!