BOOTMGR is missing need help pls

[Gibbons86]

Do you remember what it was you changed in the BIOS, or did you reset the CMOS?

Cant remember tbh what it was but it was changed adhi to compatibility or something like that lol

 

[Gibbons86]

FFS!! spoke 2 soon...booted up my laptop and windows 7 loaded up and went to my desktop and then froze and restarted. It then went to a black screen giving me 2 options.
One was to restart windows normally and the other was the check for problems. I have tried both options and it just keeps restarting and taking me back to the same screen.

I have now put the windows 7 disk back in and gone on to repair and startup repair. It is taking ages searching for problems and once again i have put windows 7 but my OS is not showing up on the list.

Now i have had enough and at the end of my patience i have tried every tutorial given to me and finally get it working and then it F**s up again. I have no idea what the problem is and have no idea why all of these tutorials are not working. All i want is for my laptop to work again.

 

[gregrocker]

Restart computer and tap F8 to enter Advanced Boot Options,
choose Last Known Good Configuration. See if it will start.

If not boot the DVD, select Repair on second screen, if it doesn't discover an installation to Repair, click through to Recovery Tools list to open a Command Line, type bootrec /fixboot, enter and bootrec /fixmbr, Enter, reboot to see if it starts, if not boot back into DVD to see if it now discovers an installation, run Startup Repair repeatedly. Report back the Startup repair Results.

It is important to take down and report back any error message verbatim, and to report exactly what happens at failure.

I don't think the message reporting HD "read only" could affect things if the HD has been wiped. Anyone else?

If the install proceeded after you changed SATA controller from AHCI to IDE mode then it could mean the AHCI driver wasn't in installer, but this provides no clue why Win7 would install then fail.

Have you tested your RAM and HD? RAM - Test with Memtest86+
HD Diagnostic

 

[Gibbons86]

Stand by I am re reading your thread and will help again in a moment.

thanks alot im staying on this page so will read ya post as soon as i get them again thanks for ya help

 

[Gibbons86]

right i shall try these now report back in few mins

 

[Gibbons86]

Restart computer and tap F8 to enter Advanced Boot Options,
choose Last Known Good Configuration. See if it will start.

If not boot the DVD, select Repair on second screen, if it doesn't discover an installation to Repair, click through to Recovery Tools list to open a Command Line, type bootrec /fixboot, enter and bootrec /fixmbr, Enter, reboot to see if it starts, if not boot back into DVD to see if it now discovers an installation, run Startup Repair repeatedly. Report back the Startup repair Results.

It is important to take down and report back any error message verbatim, and to report exactly what happens at failure.

I don't think the message reporting HD "read only" could affect things if the HD has been wiped. Anyone else?

If the install proceeded after you changed SATA controller from AHCI to IDE mode then it could mean the AHCI driver wasn't in installer, but this provides no clue why Win7 would install then fail.

Have you tested your RAM and HD? RAM - Test with Memtest86+
HD Diagnostic

Your 1st step "choose last known config in f8 boot" I have tried that and it leads me back to the "windows error recovery" screen where it tells me to launch startup repair or start windows normally. Both options i choose take me back to resart boot and same screen.. I will do 2nd step now "command line" and report back in few mins

 

[Gibbons86]

your 2nd step enter command line... I have typed bootrec /fixboot and bootrec /fixmbr and then restart it takes me back to the error screen with the same 2 options.

I will now try startup repair and see what happens but i tried that an hour ago and it just said seraching for problems for like half an hour but ill try again and just leave it untill it stops running

 

[gregrocker]

The point in running the two commands was to get the DVD Repair console to discover an installation. Did it?

 

[Gibbons86]

The point in running the two commands was to get the DVD Repair console to discover an installation. Did it?

No after doing the two commands i rebooted and went to repair console and it still didnt discover installation. As we speak i am currently on startup repair and it says "attempting repairs"

"repairing disk errors..this may take over an hour to complete"

so just a waiting game to be honest

 

[gregrocker]

This points to your HD as the likely culprit, which would explain many of the symptoms of the past two days including why Win7 is not seen by Repair and the "read only" false positive.

What I would do next is run the HD maker's diagnostic/repair extended CD scan. You may need to look on the HD now to see what the make is. HD Diagnostic
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp

The combination of the HD scan and then another Disk Check run from the DVD Command line on all partitions can repair a HD to return to service. If you want to wait til later or not take the chance, swap in another HD now to see if it solves the problem.

 

[Gibbons86]

This points to your HD as the likely culprit, which would explain many of the symptoms of the past two days including why Win7 is not seen by Repair and the "read only" false positive.

What I would do next is run the HD maker's diagnostic/repair extended CD scan. You may need to look on the HD now to see what the make is. HD Diagnostic
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp

The combination of the HD scan and then another Disk Check run from the DVD Command line on all partitions can repair a HD to return to service. If you want to wait til later or not take the chance, swap in another HD now to see if it solves the problem.

I think ill wait untill the startup repair finishes and then reboot to see if it works then i shall have to do the hd diagnostic scan...I shall report asap

 

[Gibbons86]

1st startup repair results = failed..Takes me back to error screen so i am going to do 2 more and hope for best and if no luck will do HD diagnostics test. AS u can see i am dedicated to sorting this problem as it is 1 am in the UK and i am still up trying to fix it and have been persistant for las few days..Hopefully soon it will all pay off

 

[gregrocker]

Do you have another HD to swap in to try install?

 

[Gibbons86]

No the only HD i have is the one inside the laptop i dont have any other HD which is a shame cos if i did i could try it and check it jus to see if it is a problem with the HD and it would save me all this hassle lol

 

[gregrocker]

Then see what Startup Repair finds, run the HD diagnostics to see if it needs Repair.

 

[Gibbons86]

2nd startup repair results = Startup repair is running a check disk. It done full scan then restarted my laptop then done nuva chkdsk and resarted at end and now doin a 3rd checkdisk. Im not sure if this is good but could never get dis far before so fingers crossed

 

[gregrocker]

If it is running chkdsk continuously then it may be irreparable. Are you initiating repeated chkdsk or is it asking for them?

 

[Gibbons86]

If it is running chkdsk continuously then it may be irreparable. Are you initiating repeated chkdsk or is it asking for them?

No im not initiating them.Basicly i run startup repair from the W7 cd and then it went from there to check disk and has run repeatedly for bout 45 mins it completes then restarts my laptop and does it again and again etc

 

[gregrocker]

And you know it is running chkdsk because you get a prompt announcing this?

At some point if it looks like it is stuck in a loop I would bail out and run the HD diagnostics CD scan, mainly because if there are surface problems causing irreparable file system errors they can sometimes be fixed by the HD scan. See what it finds, expecially if it can repair problems.

Unless it reports too much to repair, I'd next create one partition of the HD and run chkdsk myself from the DVD/Repair CD command line as given in Option two here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

BTW if you have an old or unused laptop around you can likely swap in it's HD to try it. If not you may need to buy once you get definitive results.

 

[Gibbons86]

And you know it is running chkdsk because you get a prompt announcing this?

At some point if it looks like it is stuck in a loop I would bail out and run the HD diagnostics CD scan, mainly because if there are surface problems causing irreparable file system errors they can sometimes be fixed by the HD scan. See what it finds, expecially if it can repair problems.

Unless it reports too much to repair, I'd next create one partition of the HD and run chkdsk myself from the DVD/Repair CD command line as given in Option two here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

BTW if you have an old or unused laptop around you can likely swap in it's HD to try it. If not you may need to buy once you get definitive results.

Sorry i haven't replied i have been quite busy...I have given up on the hard drive and realise i need to get a new 1. So im here for some advice. Im looking to get a 500gb hard drive but have never bought a HD seperate b4 so dont really know what to look for. Could u please give me some advice on what to look for in quality and price i have found this one and want to know you oppinion on it if possible.

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?
hl=en&pq=www.google&xhr=t&q=laptop+hard+drive&cp=9&rlz=1C1AFAA_enGB436GB436&biw=1366&bih=677&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=16268454636543444742&sa=X&ei=j5__TaqiMsGohAeH-tmbCw&sqi=2&ved=0CGsQ8wIwAQ

Look forward to reply
Thanks again