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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/
Corrine, Microsoft MVP (Consumer Security). This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty, and confers no rights.
had my desktop to Geek Squad twice now. they have ruled both hard drives as bad, installed a new hard drive and done complete system restore to factory settings. PC was operating, took home and installed service pack 1. after install completed, reboot required. bingo, back to same problem "NTLDR not found, press ctrl-alt-delete". guess this means i have a bunch of perfectly good hard drives and a POS windows 7 operating system??? Geek squad spent 5 days last time trying to get pc to boot.
tried all sorts of fixes suggested on internet, including F8 Repair many times, did not work
pulling hair out in frustration
finally came across this on the net
Fixing NTLDR is missing in Windows 7 :
1.Insert the Microsoft Windows 7 installation DVD disc in the DVD drive, and then start the PC.
2.Press a key when you are prompted and Select language, time, keyboard or an input method, and then click Next.
3.Select Repair your computer
4.Select the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
5. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
6.To Fix NTLDR is missing error in Command Prompt type this command and hit ENTER:
bootrec /FixBoot
- Reboot
Worked perfectly for me.
Yippee!!
Hopefully will work for you too.
Good luck!
Note: originally the fix was for Vista but it worked with W7
cheers
It worked for me too! W7 64Bit Pro OEM SP1. Thanks!
Replying to myself.....
It appears the problem is in the MBR... for some reason the MBR's on all my drives were set to XP settings...
I booted to the Windows 7 dvd, used the dos prompt and entered command
bootsect /nt60 all
Now the windows 7 dvd still claims it can't see my installation... but everything else works
