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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.
I got the "NTLDR is missing" error when performing a custom installation of Windows 7 to replace Windows XP Pro. Windows 7 installs in 5 steps and you are forewarned that the install will reboot your PC a few times during the process. I got the error message on the 1st reboot which occurred about a quarter of the way through the 2nd step. I, too, was confused by the message which should not apply to VISTA or Windows 7 start ups. I followed the advice of some others on this and other forums and rather easily surmounted the problem as follows (I have no idea which of these changes made the difference): 1) I removed and reinserted the button battery on my motherboard; the battery was out for about a minute; 2) I cleaned the dusty interior of my PC (a good idea but not likely a solution to the missing NTLDR problem); and 3) I started the PC and immediately BIOS halted with serious error messages (like cannot locate any hard drives); so I entered the date and time in BIOS and changed the boot device order for my two CD/DVD drives to insure the drive with the Windows 7 installation DVD in it booted ahead of the empty one, then saved the BIOS settings and continued. Windows 7 installation launched again and proceeded steadily, if slowly, to completion, with only one more reboot, which went smoothly.
Forgetting to unplug my Maxtor external hd before startup cause this problem for me!
Hi Eddie,
See my reply above which shows you how to fix the issue "IF" it can be fixed at the user level.
Since it was worked on recently the odds are something has failed such as hard drive, drive
controller, and possibly cabling.
If it is repairable following the methods in the above reply will work. If not I would take it back
to where you had it worked on and have them fix it under their guarantee.
Happy Holidays.
Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.
