BootMGR is Missing! - I require assistance

Hi everyone,

I've recently gotten myself a new Samsung 840 EVO Solid State Drive and have successfully installed it into my computer. Having previously used a single 2TB Harddrive, i was in need of an upgrade.

I inserted my windows 7 disk and proceeded in installing the windows 7 operating system onto my SSD.

After installation is complete, I then went into disk management and manually re-formatted my old HHD to be brand new.

Okay great, i took out my windows 7 disk and did a restart to see how fast it reboots.

Uh oh, 'BOOTMGR is missing - Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart'

I re-inserted my windows 7 disk and the error dissapears. What just happened?

I cannot get into my computer without inserting the windows 7 disk.

I have tried re-arranging the boot priorities to read SSD first but it still lists BOOTMGR is missing error(without disk inserted).

It seems now, it is all dependant on my windows 7 disk, how can i make it boot properly from my SSD card? That is where the OS is and the HHD is formatted as storage.

What most likely happened was the boot records were on the HHD and when you formatted it, there is no longer any boot information.

In the future, you should disconnect any other drives except the one you are installing the operating system to.

Disconnect the HHD and the boot to the Windows DVD and perform a start up repair.

Does that mean physically disconnecting the HHD?

Then reboot to Windows 7 disk?

Yes

Startup Repair

You may need to first Mark Active the Win7 partition on the SSD, power down to unplug the other HD, then run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times.