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The dreaded BOOTMGR is missing issue

  • 08-03-2014 11:11pm
    #1
    hare05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭


    Install from disc, gets to expanding files 96% and stalls. Hours later i pull the plug and try to start again. Bootmgr is missing. Windows isnt installed. No options available to me will fix the issue with windows disc. Linux disc never even boots. Changing drive order does **** all.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    dreamers75
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    Get http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ and use the USB version to fix the bootmanager.

    Also keep that forever, it invalubale if your fixing pcs.


  • #3
    hare05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭hare05


    dreamers75 wrote: »
    Get http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ and use the USB version to fix the bootmanager.

    Also keep that forever, it invalubale if your fixing pcs.

    Thanks. On the upside, i found the fault. Memtest86 looks like a stop light with all the red I'm seeing. Back to Amazon it goes, and one black mark for Crucial.


  • #4
    hare05
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    None of my boot CDs are getting anywhere. **** Windows installers. Even Ubuntu is stalling.


  • #5
    Baked.noodle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Baked.noodle


    If you have more than one ram stick pull the bad stick and have a go one more time.


  • #6
    hare05
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    Baked.noodle wrote: »
    If you have more than one ram stick pull the bad stick and have a go one more time.

    Already did. One stick is fine but the damage was done. Reading up on UBCD now. Managed to clear all the windows crap from the disc but still getting STOP 0x0~0A whenever i try to install.


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  • #7
    Baked.noodle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Baked.noodle


    Could be a bad DVD disk, or, I presume you are trying to keep a linux partition or something? If not, installing it shouldn't be a problem on a healthy, freshly formatted hard disk.


  • #8
    hare05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭hare05


    Baked.noodle wrote: »
    Could be a bad DVD disk, or, I presume you are trying to keep a linux partition or something? If not, installing it shouldn't be a problem on a healthy, freshly formatted hard disk.

    Nope. First thing i did was try to dump any partitions. It went a bit deeper than the partition table.


  • #9
    Baked.noodle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Baked.noodle


    Sounds like its beyond me so. Hope you get it sorted.


  • #10
    hare05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭hare05


    Baked.noodle wrote: »
    Sounds like its beyond me so. Hope you get it sorted.

    Managed to get into windows disc Startup Repair. Hopefully it can fix what it ****ed up, otherwise... Even Ubuntu can't get as far as Disc selection without errors.


  • #11
    Baked.noodle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Baked.noodle


    I had a bad experience with dual booting Mint and Win7. I'm not sure if it's a coincidence but at the same time I tried to uninstall Mint from the system the computer couldn't see the hard disk any more. Strangely, when I switched from AHCI to legacy IDE the disk magicly reappeared.


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  • #12
    hare05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭hare05


    FIXED!

    Win7 disc, repair tools, command prompt, BootRec.exe. Learn it. Learn it well.


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