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not able to boot with windows 7 os
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To access the System Recovery Environment in Windows 7, simply boot your PC, just before the system loads the Windows operating system; hit the [F8] Function 8 key on your keyboard which will launch the Advanced Boot Options Menu. There you will see a new option 'Repair Your Computer', select this option and hit 'Enter' on your keyboard.
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Interesting. Someone at another site posted with the same problem when helping a friend fix their Windows XP machine.
I suggest starting with checking that there are no CDs or DVDs in the drives or removable drives (backups) plugged in to the USB ports. If that is not the problem, see if this KB article helps: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315261/
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I'm not that technical especially when it comes to computers, mainly because I'm a mechanic. I have computers though at home and I would encounter this kind of scenario for XP as well as Windows 7. I often remedy this "NTLDR is missing" by taking out the RAM and disconnecting the cable from the HDD. When I put back the RAM and the cable, it fixes itself. I really don't have any formal training in computers and I have no explanation for this but it works for me. This is also not a band aid solution as the last time this happened for my XP was 9 months ago and up until now had no issues with it.
Hope this simpleton helps.
I had an issue with Windows 7 not booting once I removed an old hard drive that had Windows XP on it. I had thought this would go seamlessly but apparently my 'System' volume was set to the old drive.
Getting rid of this issue was a pain to say the least.
The windows 7 disk was the first attempt to remove the NTLDR error, even tho it doesnt make sense as that is only need for XP.
Anyways, choosing "STartup repair" and similar from the Windows 7 disk did not fix the problem even though it found items to repair each time.
I ended up fixing the issue after doing two things:
-Disabling the 'Quick Boot' option in the BIOS
-Eventually selecting the system restore option
I find it goofy that this worked, especially since the restore would still be using the old HD in my mind. However, maybe the non-quick boot allowed the system to do a deeper check and not fail instantly on the NTLDR error?
Could be... in either case, this fixed the issues.
Need more specifics to your question. What are the specifics of the error you are getting?
Are you running dual-boot with XP and cant get into XP? (As win7 does not use ntldr)
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