Boot from disc -> blank screen.

[Mustkunstn1k]

PROBLEM FIXED.

What was problem: 1. Windows 7 (on it's own HDD) couldn't boot alone if i didn't also connect the HDD which had XP.

Solution: Under Disk Management i marked the Win7 HDD as active (right clicked, mark as active) and then used the Windows 7 disc to boot and then repair 3 times.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Welcome!

Where did you get your DVD? May I suggest creating a bootable thumb drive instead? I personally use Method 2, because it is the fastest.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2432-usb-windows-7-installation-key-drive-create.html

 

[Saltgrass]

What type of display are you running?

 

[Mustkunstn1k]

No problem, i got it fixed. After waiting for 10 minutes the text game.

But i have a new problem. I have dual boot for both XP and Win7. I had the same problem with RC and hoped that installing the full version will fix it. Basically i can't unconnect the XP HDD because then for some reason the Windows 7 doesn't boot. Someone said that the Win7 "bootloader" is on the XP.

I heard i can fix it with the Windows 7 disc. So i took the XP disc away after i installed the full version and then i went into the repair thingy from the Windows 7 disc. But before i go to the menu which has things like "Startup repair" it gives me this weird thing.

It can't find the Windows. Basically it gives me 2 random options (one is about recovery and other about restore) but i have to click "Load Drives" in order for the PC to find the windows. Then under Load Drives it just gives me like my HDD's and i can see everything (my Windows folder etc).

What do i need to select under Load Drives in order for that thing to find my Windows so it can add the bootloader thing or how can i fix this?

 

[Saltgrass]

You probably need to set the Win 7 partition as active.

 

[Mustkunstn1k]

How can i do that?

 

[Jonathan_King]

See my post for instructions on marking the partition as active: http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/34853-common-installation-problems.html

 

[Mustkunstn1k]

I looked at that and i think that i have already made it active. I mean does it mean it's active when i can see it? I mean when i select "Load drives" i can see it. It seems that that quite seems to be the thing i do when i install a new HDD (Go under Disc Management or whatever and then i take the new partition and create a HDD out of it by choosing to format it and then i choose the name, letter etc). Is it the same or is this still hte anwser?

 

[Saltgrass]

If you are still able to boot, open Disk Management and look at the Win 7 partition. Right click on it and select the active option.

If you do not have a bootable install, we can use Diskpart to make it active.

While in the install/repair, hit Shift+F10 or go to the command prompt. This should open a command window. Type the following and hit enter after each. Wait for a response.

diskpart
list disk
select disk 0 <-- Your Win 7 drive if 0
list partition
select partition 1 <-- Win 7 partition if 1
active
exit
exit

This should make it active.

If you type:

detail partition

after you select the Win 7 partition, it will tell you if it is active or not.

 

[Mustkunstn1k]

Yeah, if i connect my XP HDD back on then i can access my Windows 7. Anyway, i "Marked it as Active" or whatever. I'll disconnect the XP HDD tomorrow and see what's up.

 

[gregrocker]

After marking Win7 active, you'll still need to run startup Repair from the Win7 DVDto write the MBR to Win7 HD.

The "Load Drivers" link is not relevant to this task.

Unplug XP drive, boot the Win7 DVD, select Repair My Computer, then click through to Recovery Tools list to run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times with reboots until Win7 starts up.

 

[Mustkunstn1k]

So i marked it as active. When i disconnected the XP HDD it now gives me "NTLDR is missing. Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart". Now i put the windows 7 disc it. Let's see if it can repair it now, waiting behind the disc right now (takes a really long time for it to load for some reason).

 

[Mustkunstn1k]

Okay, a little update. So after i got the "NTLDR is missing" error i inserted the Windows 7 disc and tried to repair it. This time it started with a "Searching for Windows Installations". And then it automatically gave me a box saying something is broken and it will fix it and then reboot. So i pressed okay and the it restarded. But if i took the disc out then it still gave me the NTLDR error.

So i tried again, went to repair. This time it also searched for installations or whatever and before if the list was emty then now i could see my Windows 7. So i clicked next and there i would see on the top that it would show me "Windows 7" when before it was just "Un..." something. Bascially that it was missing, don't remember the excact word. So i went to Startup repair. It started repairing. In the end after it was finished i pressed for the details. The last thing was this:

"Root cause found: Boot manager is missing or corrupt
Repair action: File repair
Result: Completed Successfully"

It went on with things like error code, but that was basically it (ofcourse there were a lot of lines before that). So now i thought it would be fixed. But i still get the NTLDR error!

Right now i booted from the disc again, but this time it seems to freeze on the "Windows is Loading files" black screen. Let's hope it get's pass it.

 

[Mustkunstn1k]

Another update. So after quite some time i figured it is not gonna do anything on the "Windows is Loading files" screen. So i took the disc out and suddenly it went to a new screen. On that screen i got this info:

File: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
Status: 0xc0000001
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.

So if my Windows 7 disc doesn't seem to work anymore (i tried it quite a few times, it always get's stuck there). Can i fix that problem from inside the windows? I am in my Widnows 7 right now (reconnected XP HDD). If i can just get that file and go in the folder i can fix it?

 

[Mustkunstn1k]

Okay, i got the disc working. Everything is fixed.

I went for repairs again and this time when i looked at the details it gave me this:

After a bunch of tests the last lines were:

"Root cause found: Boot sector code for system disk parition is corrupt.
Repair action: Boot sector repairs
Result: Completed successfuly."

And after that there was the errorcode and time.

Now it all works.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Great, I glad it's working. Thanks for reporting your solution.