Solved Very odd problem

[taz1458]

Maybe im not doing something....When i put my disc in, I have to hit F12...also, when I go to the command prompt it says X:\Sources>

 

[taz1458]

I found this if that last one doesn't work

10 step FIX Windows 7 [all versions]

1.) Boot from "WINDOWS 7" DVD;
2.) Select "Repair computer";
3.) Select "Cancel" to exit the repair wizard;
4.) You will now get a screen which displays 'command prompt','system restore','memory diagnostics',etc......
5.) Select "command prompt";
6.) Type your "DVD-DRIVE LETTER" in command prompt, press ENTER;
7.) Now if your Windows 7 is installed in C drive, type "copy bootmgr c:\" without codes, press ENTER;
8.) After successful copy type "exit" without codes, press ENTER;
9.) Reboot computer;
10.) Select "start windows normally";

I get a "Access is Denied o file<s> copied.

 

[mgorman87]

bootrec.exe /fixmbr
x:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 all /force
^replace x with the drive letter to your cdrom

del C:\boot\bcd bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd


try that?

 

[taz1458]

fixmbr completed successfully

the 2nd one, I got a couple unable to completes....BUT backing up to the fixing the MBR link you gave me, some of them were FAT32....now yesterday I was messing around with some partition thing on my pc trying to figure out how to tranfer my External HDD to Fat32...could I have messed that up somehow? and on the last one I got "Invalid switch - "rebuildbcd"

 

[mgorman87]

del c:\boot\bcd

ENTER

bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd

ENTER

 

[mgorman87]

After it boots to the Windows 7 screen and you click repair your computer, does it show an operating system installed?

 

[taz1458]

It Does not.

Tried the first one and got "Could not find c:\boot\bcd

 

[mgorman87]

Note: You have no OS to select? Solution select install instead of repair and it will detect your drive, select cancel and go back to the repair section, your OS will show up now.

 

[taz1458]

As I said, did I somehow by mistake convert it to a Fat32 & that is why it is not showing up?

 

[mgorman87]

probably

 

[taz1458]

Im getting ready to try the step before my last post....Is there anyway to convert it back?

 

[mgorman87]

I'm not sure it's converted. I think you screwed up the master boot record when you were messing around with the partition. you need to get it restored somehow.

 

[taz1458]

I tried the install, cancel option and its still no dice. I dont know what I did. LOL

 

[mgorman87]

do you have gmail or something so we can continue this with a live chat. i want to get this fixed before i go to bed lol

 

[taz1458]

ya, [email protected]

 

[mgorman87]

So spending a couple hours chatting with the OP we concluded that the hard drive somehow got corrupted and it was not fixable without a hard drive format. OP was able to see his hard drive using a 3rd party program but not in Windows. OP copied his information he need off the drive and formatted it. OP is reinstalling windows and so far everything is running smoothly.

 

[taz1458]

Thanks a lot for your help mgorman87. Probably woulda smashed it before I ever got it going again. Thanks again bud.