Gateway Desktop still tring to boot vista

[chrisatlanta]

bootrec 4 the win

get to the system recovery console..... and play with the bootrec commands.....
type bootrec in cmd prompt to get a list of the diff commands.... make sure your system is on the list.... and do a fix ... i did the exact same thing you did and mine is now working... thank god... i saw you ended up doing something else, but in case someone else out there is in this situation.... i wanna give gateway a big slap in the face for this inconvenience.

moreinfo:
Fixing "BOOTMGR is missing" Error While Trying to Boot Windows Vista - How-To Geek

 

[gregrocker]

Bootrec commands are automated in Win7 Startup Repair. THere may be other tests needed as well.

Sometimes when no WIn7 installation shows to repair after booting into Repair utility, bootrec /fixboot can force it to show.