Bootmgr is missing - is hard drive toast?

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  1. Posts : 107
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
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    Bootmgr is missing - is hard drive toast?


    Got the message 'Bootmgr is missing' this morning. Been looking at potential solutions rfom the gurus on the forum, but neither the bios nor the recovery disc seems to be able to recongise the existance of the C: drive - as such I can't use any of the options that I've read on here in the tutorials.

    Initially the drive did show up in the usual sata bios checks - but now nothing. It like ti's unplugged! tried swapping sata and power cables to no avail. Even the dos prompt can't find c:

    Is there something else I can try or is my drive toast?

    thanks

    Paul
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  2. Posts : 2,573
    Win7 Ultimate X64
       #2

    It doesn't sound good if bios is not recognising your HDD. Try a bootable hard drive diagnostic program to see if it can scan for the drive or try plugging in another drive to see if it is recognised
    SeaTools | Seagate
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  3. Posts : 107
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
    Thread Starter
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    Thanks - I plugged the hard drive into my media pc to see if it would recognise it as a slave - it didn't. My main concern is the loss of data on the drive.
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  4. Posts : 2,573
    Win7 Ultimate X64
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    If the drive is toast then your only option would be professional data recovery which could be costly depending upon size of drive/amount of data stored
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  5. Posts : 107
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
    Thread Starter
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    Its a 1gb drive - I've not had this problem before - any tips on what to look for going down the data recoveryy path?

    thanks Paul
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  6. Posts : 7,101
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       #6

    tutorial


    try this tutorial
    Bootmgr is missing - Fix

    Roy
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  7. Posts : 107
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
    Thread Starter
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    Thanks Roy - I tried that guide initially, but my C; drive is not showing up at all - even the DOS can't find it, so it must be something internal in the drive unless theres another tool that might be able to see the hard drive where this has failed?
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  8. Posts : 2,573
    Win7 Ultimate X64
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    I have never used a recovery service so not sure how much/what to recommend will if I can find any other UK members that know more
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    Just my two cents worth mate try this - there is a Linux Mint MATE version but I have always used this method I worked out for myself a long time ago

    BOOTABLE UBUNTU

    Make a bootable Ubuntu disk http://www.ubuntu.com/download

    Set the BIOS to boot from the optical when themachine boots it will show you a screen with TRY or INSTALL >select TRY not INSTALL

    When it is finished - it takes very little time youwill get a screen like in the pic .

    Open the drive you want > User and dig downuntil you get to the data / settings you may be able to copy / paste thematerial you want to an external source or other installed drive doing this.

    I am not sure if it will but I have recovered tonsof data etc using this method both on "dead" or just plain drivesthat you cannot get data from using Windows.
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  10. Posts : 107
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
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    Hi - thanks so much for the Ubuntu guide. I downloaded the disc from the Ubuntu Desktop option - but when I run it I get a message saying initramfs is 'unable to find a medium containing a live file system'. Have I downloaded the wrong disc or is something else up?

    thanks

    Paul
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