How was the WD VR recognized before when plugged DISK2? Does it have different settings than previous HD?
boot back into Repair>Command Line and run "bootrec.exe /fixboot" and "bootrec.exe /fixmbr" without quotes
or if those don't work "Bootsect.exe /nt60 all /force
The last fix logged should have been repair/rewrite MBR. These commands will do that.
Last edited by gregrocker; 02 Dec 2009 at 16:47.
It was recognized as sata 6 and the settings were the same.
It is now recognized as sata 1 and it 2nd order on the boot sequence.
It looked like it was going to work but still won't boot. The ".../force" command said something like"
C: <\\?\ Volume............
Successfully updated NTFS filesystem bootcode
Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes
Have we tried everything? Should I just go ahead and reinstall? Any other advice?
I was counting on Startup Repair to mark your C: drive active since it is not in the screenshot you posted.
This is supposed to be automated in Win7 Startup Repair.
But let's make sure:
Boot DVD>Repair console>Recovery tools, open a Command Line, type:
DISKPART
LIST DISK
SELECT DISK # (for Windows 7 disk)
LIST PARTITION
SELECT PARTITION # (for Windows 7 partition)
ACTIVE
EXIT
Then rerun Startup Repair 3 times to get it started up.
Didn't work so I went ahead and reinstalled.
Thanks for all the assistance.
Could I ask if the Win7 partition was marked active before you tried to run Startup Repair.
I think that was the problem here, and means we need to have that done every time first.
Thanks and enjoy WIndows 7!
/Greg
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