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3 days of trying. Cant solve windows 7 reinstall on ssd

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October 15, 2014 8:46:26 PM

Ok i think point form would be faster:

Trying to reinstall windows on ssd

Enter setup accidently hit format on the 100mb partition

After a min it says it cannot do this and now windows setup will not list any partitions

Restart and now get missing bootmgr

Tried windows recovery

Tried diskpart - there are no fixed disks to show

Its a ocz vertex 2 100gb ssd. Prior to deleting that wrong partition it loaded windows fine. I wanted to do erase everything off the drive and start fresh. Help I am stuck!

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October 15, 2014 8:51:32 PM

The 100MB Partition has your system files - including the boot manager....The best bet is to remove all partitions (manual configuration) and allow Windows to recreate the partitions and install the OS.

If you have any hard drives - unplug them for the OS install so that the SSD contains all of the Windows install.
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a b $ Windows 7
October 15, 2014 9:27:46 PM

Did your SSD come with a utility disk? If not go to the OCZ site and see if you can grab a utility to reformat that drive.
Also if your system is not a newer bios that 100 MB partition might be a needed tool for your motherboard to recognize and work with that drive.
SSD drives are still on the newer side and don't always play nice with older hardware.
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October 16, 2014 6:47:07 AM

All I have is the ssd plugged in which contains the windows install. At this point I cant't get into windows at all just to the missing bootmgr or windows setup.

When I geto windows setup to install no drives are found anymore so removing all partitions and making a new one isn't an option.

The bios sees my ssd. Laptop is a asus g73jh. I will have to check if I have a utility disk for the ssd but can't for another week any other ideas? Thanks guys
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October 16, 2014 10:41:50 AM

You need to remove all partitions on the drive, and start from scratch. With the UFI BIOS, the partition you formatted is the main communication link to the system....because it was formatted - all partitions need to be removed. If diskpart won't work - you may need to use a utility like this:

http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.h...

They have instruction on the site on how to create a bootable flash drive and/or DVD.
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