- Jan 26, 2013
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Hey people,
Right, for the life of me I cant understand nor seem to solve the following issue.
Sorry if this is the wrong section and/or has been already brought up recently.
I installed windows 7 on to a HDD and afterwards it failed to boot, saying the 'Boot Manager is missing'.
Windows fails to start at all.
so I tried a re-install and the same issue.
I have tried,
Startup repair using installation disk
tried the bootfix in CMD prompt
even Herins Disk
My next thought was maybe its a faulty HDD, I tried another HDD and same problem.
Ive checked all cables and plugs.
I thought maybe for some reason a hardware conflict so unplugged all HDD's bar the one which should have windows on it.
I reset Bios back to default settings.
What gets me, and this might help is that I took a HDD out of a working PC that also has Windows 7 installed and this wouldnt boot either but instead of the 'boot manager missing' message it just kept restarting.
So have replaced them HDD back in other PC and they work fine.
Its just I can not work out why it wont install or start correctly.
Its on an older PC I use for internet and some other things,
Its a old Intel P4 2.00Ghz 2Gb Ram
Im hoping someone can shed some light on this.
Thanks so much
Ben
Right, for the life of me I cant understand nor seem to solve the following issue.
Sorry if this is the wrong section and/or has been already brought up recently.
I installed windows 7 on to a HDD and afterwards it failed to boot, saying the 'Boot Manager is missing'.
Windows fails to start at all.
so I tried a re-install and the same issue.
I have tried,
Startup repair using installation disk
tried the bootfix in CMD prompt
even Herins Disk
My next thought was maybe its a faulty HDD, I tried another HDD and same problem.
Ive checked all cables and plugs.
I thought maybe for some reason a hardware conflict so unplugged all HDD's bar the one which should have windows on it.
I reset Bios back to default settings.
What gets me, and this might help is that I took a HDD out of a working PC that also has Windows 7 installed and this wouldnt boot either but instead of the 'boot manager missing' message it just kept restarting.
So have replaced them HDD back in other PC and they work fine.
Its just I can not work out why it wont install or start correctly.
Its on an older PC I use for internet and some other things,
Its a old Intel P4 2.00Ghz 2Gb Ram
Im hoping someone can shed some light on this.
Thanks so much
Ben
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