Bootmigr is missing?

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

So. Installed windows, working fine, shut it off for a day.

When I came to turn it on today after I changed the cpu.

Boots up, everything ok, but THEN.

BOOTMGR IS MISSING

I don't get this because windows worked fine and such but now it says BOOTMGR missing?

I didn't touch my hdd's, so that can't be it

I changed the old cpu back but no difference......

What is this?

[qwertywarrior]

just fix it

put ur windows   CD  in

go to boot repair

[RatedBlam]

My friend's PC also does this out of the blue sometimes.

He just needs to re-set the default boot drive/manually boot off of it.

[Apathyy]

Boot repair/Reinstall windows.

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

Ok I'll try the boot drive because I have 6 hdd's in my system So maybe it forgot which drive to boot from

[Askew]

Go into the BIOS and make sure it's trying to boot from the drive you installed windows on.

 

Also, never install windows with more than one drive connected, if it's 7 (idk about 8) then it can put the BOOTMGR stuff on another drive, it's an annoying flaw.

[Speedbird]

Ok I'll try the boot drive because I have 6 hdd's in my system So maybe it forgot which drive to boot from

Try reinstalling, but this time disconnect all drives but the boot drive. 7 was made before multi-HDD rigs became popular, so its installer could shit its pants and put the bootloader on another drive.

[Askew]

Try reinstalling, but this time disconnect all drives but the boot drive. 7 was made before multi-HDD rigs became popular, so its installer could shit its pants and put the bootloader on another drive.

 

Or just run startup repair with only the install drive connected.

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

FOUND IT

It's tryin to boot from a sea gate hdd but windows is on a WD drive......

But how can I change hdd boot order because it's only giving me the choice of floppy did or the seagate

[Askew]

FOUND IT

It's tryin to boot from a sea gate hdd but windows is on a WD drive......

But how can I change hdd boot order because it's only giving me the choice of floppy did or the seagate

 

Are you looking at the boot override menu or the startup selector? all drives should appear in the actual boot order menu.

[Goliath002]

Booting from the Windows Installation DVD

We’ve developed a one-click boot recovery and repair CD for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista. The disk also supports Windows XP and Windows Server editions. If you can’t get these instructions to work for you, don’t have a Windows setup CD/DVD, are worried something might go wrong, or are just looking for a safe & reliable way of fixing your boot problems with just a single click,download a copy of our Windows recovery CDs (Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows) and use it to get your PC back up and running in five minutes.

Select “Repair your computer” to continue.

Put your Windows setup DVD or your System Repair Disc in the drive and restart your PC. Assuming you’ve properly configured your BIOS to boot from CDs/DVDs before hard drives (or you can press F12 if your PC supports it to boot from the CD), you should get a prompt asking you to “Press any key to boot from the CD/DVD…“

Press a key, and the CD will begin to load. If you are using your Windows Installation CD, you’ll see a dialog asking you want to Install Now, or in the lower left corner, an option to “Repair your Computer,” which you’ll want to click. If you’re using our recovery CDs, just go on to the next section. If you’re having problems booting from the CD, see our guides on creating a bootable CD and setting up your PC to boot from the CD-ROM drive.

After selecting your language, the recovery CD will scan for operating systems on your drive. Select the operating system to repair from the list displayed on the screen, then press next to continue. Depending on which version of the CD you’re using, you’ll see a welcome screen like the ones below:

 

Manually Repairing the Windows Bootloader

Desperate times call for desperate measures. This time, we’re going to select the “Launch command prompt” option and try to manually tell the Recovery Console what needs to be fixed. Chances are, this is as far as you’ll have to go; hopefully it’ll get the job done.

Go ahead and select “Command Prompt” from that list, and you should get a window not dis-similar to the one you see when run cmd.exe from Windows.

Let’s start by telling the recovery console to fix our MBR and bootsectors:

 

bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootsect.exe /nt60 all /force

 

Then ask it (nicely!) to try and rebuild your BCD data from scratch:

 

bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd

 

If you’re lucky, this’ll work and you’ll see a message telling you everything went OK. Reboot your PC and try booting back into Windows to see if it worked. Don’t forget to remove your Windows Vista DVD or Recovery DVD from the drive, or you’ll end back in the repair center!

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

Yay!! It works!! It boots!!!

But now I get a bsod....

There is something wrong with the graphics driver......

I'll post another topic about that later...

[Tro]

Go into the BIOS and make sure it's trying to boot from the drive you installed windows on.

 

Also, never install windows with more than one drive connected, if it's 7 (idk about 8) then it can put the BOOTMGR stuff on another drive, it's an annoying flaw.

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