Clean install problems with Windows 7

Moonunit707

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I did a clean install of windows 7 to a new western digital HDD and I when I start up my desktop without the win 7 CD in the disk drive, I get a BOOTMGR missing error. But i can load windows 7 with the bootable cd in the disk drive. So i reformatted the HDD and tried a second clean install and same thing happened, "BOOTMGR missing press ctrl + alt + del to restart" Any ideas as to why this is happening?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel E8500 "Wolfdale" Core 2 Duo
Motherboard
Asus P5N-D
Memory
4Gb G. Skill 800Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce 9500GT
Sound Card
Onboard sound
Monitor(s) Displays
Not worth mentioning
Screen Resolution
I don't know
Hard Drives
320Gb 7200 RPM Western Digital Caviar Blue
PSU
Cooler Master 600 watt Modular
Case
Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling
Three 230x30mm and one 140x25mm case fans
Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Keyboard
Mouse
Mircrosoft Wireless Optical Mouse
Internet Speed
AT&T Uverse Elite 6Mb/s. Networking and Sharing says 54Mb/s.
Other Info
Lame Uverse 802.11G RG limits me at 54Mb/s when I could be higher with my Linksys WMP600N PCI adapter. It goes up to 300Mb/s. Correct me if I'm worng here.
Welcome to the forums, Download Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser. Low Level Format., make a bootable DVD/CD format the HDD with a low level format and it should fix the problem, I had a similar problem trying to enable AHCI every time i did it the install would blue screen hope this fixes your problem.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 (Build 6.1.7601)
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (G0 Kentsfield) LGA775 (FC-LGA6)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EP35C-DS3R (Rev. 2.1)
Memory
Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A 4GB PC-10600 (2x XMS3 2GB)
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS nVIDIA GeForce 560
Sound Card
RealTek ALC885/889A/890
Monitor(s) Displays
ChiMei CMV CT-730D 17inch (LCD Monitor)
Screen Resolution
1280-1024 60Hertz (Ture Colour 32bit)
Hard Drives
2x Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive ST3160815AS (AHCI)
PSU
ANTEC 750w Earthwatts
Case
Thermaltake Shark (VA7000SWA ATX) Full Tower
Cooling
Front 120mm fan (1400 RPM) /Rear 120mm (1400 RPM) blue LED
Keyboard
Labtec Media Desktop Y-SAD65
Mouse
Razer DeathAdder 3G Infrared Sensor (1800DPI)
Internet Speed
Telstra BigPond Elite Liberty ADSL2+ 24Mbps/256kbps
Other Info
ASUS PCE-N13 802.11n Wireless LAN card
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