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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 had the same issue. Fortunately I also stumbled into the BIOS setting that had the wrong hard drive set to boot first. Weird. I have no idea how that change occurred. I was because just two weeks ago I replaced the original HDD with and SSD. The process went extremely smooth and my PC is faster than ever.
Thanks for your posts everyone!
You have to give your Bios the chance of understand what's happening. I loaded the Fail-safe Defaults, the DPMI updated at booting, changed again to Optimized Defaults and no longer have this problem.
Cause (as I now undestand): The NTLDR (netloader) is not present at booting in Windows 7 simply because it is no longer the booting file (as it was for Windows XP the OS I had in the computer).
Surely when Jakeasaurus disabled Quick Boot it let the Bios didn't assume it have to look for the NTLDR and found the correct file BOOTMGR... It didn't work for me because I have not that option at my Bios but I found that other way.
Step by step:
Press Del while booting.
choose Load Fail-Safe Defaults.
F10 (to save changes and exit)
Enter
(System Reboot, At verifiying data pool instead of getting the NTLDR error, it should update and boot with no problem)
Reboot.
Press Del while booting.
choose Load Optimized Defaults.
F10 (to save changes and exit)
(System Reboot normally, now with the optimized defaults, and you should no longer have the problem.
I don't know if your computer has that exactly option in your Bios, I hope it should be really basic. In case you can't see that option surely can find another that can work it.
Worked for me! I pulled an old IDE when I was upgrading my boot drive to an SSD- never thought there was a connection. Spent a few hours checking cables and playing withBIOS settings before I came across your post. Thanks!
