bootmgr is missing and edit windows boot options

[RTaylorR6]

hey guys. im having some issues installing windows from a usb after a hard drive replacement. im a novice at this and have been frustrated all week. ill try to keep this short, here goes... this is a sony vaio laptop about two years old.

replaced hard drive and upgraded ram as well. installed 1st recovery disk that came with the pc, second one was cracked. tried the recovery disks made when the computer was bought. nothing. turns out new HD was an advanced format whereas the old one was not so recovery disks were of no use.

downloaded windows 7 64bit iso file from mydigitallife and made it bootable to usb using command prompt. formatted it to NFTS, didnt seem to work so i used ultraiso. after changing boot order in bois i get "bootmgr is missing ctrl+alt+del to restart" usb is def bootable as it starts syncing immediately when plugged into another computer.

when i press f10 during power up i see "edit windows boot options for 'start vaio recovery center'" along with a few other things like path minint rdimageoffset, etc

also, i have performed hardware diognostics, vaio says everything is working well. any help is much appreciated. school is in week two and i can not get this to work. thank you in advance!

Robert

 

[Kaktussoft]

What is now on usb? put that disk in a working pc and post a screenshot of that root folder with files (be sure to also show hidden and system files). Also post screenshot of disk mangement with usb attached. So I can see partition layout.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/394-hidden-files-folders-show-hide.html point 2 and 4, so I see everything!

 

[Kaktussoft]

you can also download and run this Microsoft Store Online

You whole usb stick/usb disk will formatted!

 

[RTaylorR6]

thank you! for getting back to me. im not sure about disk management system

 

[RTaylorR6]

also, i tried that tool and it said invalid iso file

 

[Kaktussoft]

thank you! for getting back to me. im not sure about disk management system

Screenshot looks fine. Now in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/783-elevated-command-prompt.html

diskpart
sel vol f
det part

post output

 

[Kaktussoft]

also, i tried that tool and it said invalid iso file

which ISO file did you download from digitalriver? You didn't change the ISO did you?

 

[RTaylorR6]

I downloaded the 64bit windows 7. I pulled up the specs from Sony and it said the laptop ran on 64 bit. I did not change the ISO file however I realized when I DL the file from digital river it was slightly over 3GB. But on the USB it reads 2.8GB... Not sure how that happened?? I copied & pasted. Ill have to check the size of the file in my DL folder. I'm in class til 9 but as soon as I get home I will do the disk par thing.

 

[RTaylorR6]

first attachment is what you requested. second attachment is where i DL windows 7 from. specifically the one underlined. if you notice the size of 3.1gb, but on the usb and where it is stored on the desktop it is only 2.8gb. i am redowloading now just in case

 

[gregrocker]

Ultra ISO usually always works, but the boot menu key on Sony is normally F2 so tap it at reboot to look for stick under USB, Removable or HD's - you may need to expand a listing. If not enter BIOS setup using the key given for that to set stick first to boot, then HD.

Bootmgr is missing means you're missing the chance to boot the stick.

But if some syncing is going on when plugged into another PC it might have become corrupted so I would reformat and rewrite it with Ultra.

Once booted follow these steps to get a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 .

 

[RTaylorR6]

your correct, f2 brings up the bios which i have set to usb first. i tried to boot with usb immediately after using ultraISO and got boot mgr is missing so i plugged it into a different computer to make sure the files were actually on the usb. thats when i noticed it started to sync. i will attempt to download the iso again and reformat it with ultra once again.

 

[gregrocker]

Does expanding the USB listing in BIOS Boot order priority give the stick's name?

If not it may be under another choice like Removable or HD and require you to click + or otherwise expand the listing to see the stick's name.

Try that now, then if not try it after reformatting the stick with Ultra which always works if the ISO is intact.

Look also on the first boot screen for Boot Menu key to tap.

 

[RTaylorR6]

i think i just figured it out... i had the correct boot order but booting from external device was disabled. dont i feel like a dum dum. ive got the windows 7 bluescreen now. lets see how this goes. thank you!

 

[RTaylorR6]

im getting a "no device drivers were found. make sure that the installation media contains the correct drivers, and then clic OK."

 

[gregrocker]

That is almost always a bad installer. Try writing it again using Ultra: Open>ISO, Bootable>Write Disk Image, Choose USB drive, Format, Write.

 

[RTaylorR6]

doin so now.. fat32 or nfts

 

[gregrocker]

It should already have the stick's native format queued. Most are FAT32.

 

[RTaylorR6]

redid it... FAT32. no go. same issue

 

[gregrocker]

Download a new ISO from Step 1 and write to stick with the tool in Step 2 of Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

 

[RTaylorR6]

Roger that. Thank you. Will get back to you soon