Windows Boot Manager Screen

[COSenna]

Hey all,

Just recently did a clean install of Windows 7 64 on an Asus G75vw-BBk5 after I was getting a black screen and windows failed to boot. Everything is working as expected except I get this annoying Boot Manager message every time I boot...

I physically removed my secondary 1TB HDD and reinstalled windows on my 120gb SSD in the right slot. After installation, I am still getting this message. It may need to be noted that after installation, I also set my User profiles (via Regedit) to be placed inside the secondary HDD (E: Drive) to save space, which is working great but could be a problem if I try to edit that drive in any way.

Thanks for the help!

 

[johnhoh]

if you go into your bios, is your main boot drive the ssd drive? It may be trying to boot from the non-boot drive

if that is not the issue, you may need to rebuild your boot configuration data as discussed here
How To Rebuild the BCD in Windows [10 to 20 Minutes]

 

[Megahertz07]

If you didn't remove the HDD from the computer when you installed Win 7 on the SSD it's possible that the UEFI boot loader isn't on the SSD but on the HDD.
I also have a SSD for Win7 and programs and the HDD for data (\Users is on D:, the HDD)

If you want to do it right:
- Detach the HDD leaving on only the SSD.
- Boot from the Win 7 installation disk as UEFI (important).
- Go to install - Advanced - delete all partitions - Create new
- It will create 3 partitions on the SSD:
UEFI - 100M - Fat32
MSR - 120M - RAW
A big NTFS partition
- Choose to install at the NTFS

This is a general guide of Kari tutorial. You will find all needed files on the attached file.
-When it comes to define a user, follow Kari tutorial and enter Audit mode. (CTRL+Shift+F3). It will reboot. Once in audit mode, shut down and attach the HDD.
- Boot from the SSD back to audit mode. You will be in Audit mode as Administrator.
- Launch explorer and rename D:\Users to D:\OldU
- Edit and Rename Relocate - W7??.xml.txt to Relocate.xml and copy it to D:\
- When you're ready, rename sysprep.cmd.txt to sysprep.cmd and Run it

After reboot exit audit mode and proceed with final win 7 installation.
When you finish, Win 7 and programs will be on the SSD and the \Users will be on the HDD.
Move your data from D:\OldU\<name> to D:\Users<name>

The needed files https://www.sevenforums.com/attachm...-while-hdd-light-turns-solid-red-relocate.zip

For the updates:
MS releases SP2 for Windows 7