Solved Laptop with Win 7 64 got bumped & now 'Missing OS' at boot

[Husaberger]

I see the SSD HD in BIOS
Have run startup repair 5 times
What do I do next?

 

[Mellon Head]

You're sure it's an SSD? Not a regular hard drive? A hard knock would cause a regular hard disk to scratch the platters on the drive, causing data loss. I find it hard to believe that a bump would cause an SSD to malfunction in that way.

Perhaps if it is an SSD the SSD was knocked loose from its connector?

 

[gregrocker]

Enter BIOS setup to see if SSD is detected. If not reseat it in drive port to try to get it detected. If not then contact manufacturer's Tech Support to run drive diagnostics for possible RMA if under warranty.

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[Husaberger]

You're sure it's an SSD? Not a regular hard drive? A hard knock would cause a regular hard disk to scratch the platters on the drive, causing data loss. I find it hard to believe that a bump would cause an SSD to malfunction in that way.

Perhaps if it is an SSD the SSD was knocked loose from its connector?

I'm sure it's an SSD
Agree knock may have nothing to do with my problem
Have reseated with no resolution of my problem

 

[Husaberger]

Enter BIOS setup to see if SSD is detected. If not reseat it in drive port to try to get it detected. If not then contact manufacturer's Tech Support to run drive diagnostics for possible RMA if under warranty.

Other steps for Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start

Thank you gregrocker
SSD is detected
Have reseated regardless with no improvement
Unfortunately out of warranty
Will start down troubleshooting checklist...

 

[Husaberger]

Update. Not sure if I'm making progress or not...
Initially there was no install to repair. Now there is after running bootrec
Now however I get BSOD after windows splash screen and auto restart
I think it says something like service exception
Recommendations gregrocker?

 

[gregrocker]

Google the verbatim error and codes to see how others resolved it.

Keep working through steps. I'd test and Disk Check HD.

 

[Husaberger]

Ok. Will do
Chkdsk comes up clean

One more thing...
Now when I run startup repair I get
'boot manager failed to find OS loader
error code 0x490
Boot Config data store repair- failed'
Any advice here?

 

[gregrocker]

Everything that can possible be done to start Win7 is in Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start

 

[Husaberger]

Did clean install which as always was a PITA but as always solved the problem
Thanks for your help

 

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