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carbonterry2
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January 29, 2018 - 9:14 pm
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Yesterday, I woke up to a black screen "BOOTMGR IS CORRUPT"

I have a repair disk but all I can get when booting from that is BOOTMGR IS MISSING

HELP, Please

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January 30, 2018 - 2:55 am
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Hi carbonterry,

You've made backups, right?

Richard

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January 30, 2018 - 9:50 am
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All files are backed up twice. W7 had only been installed for a couple of weeks and I had not backed up the system yet. I know.....booooo

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January 30, 2018 - 9:51 am
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ooops W10 not W7

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All is not lost if you have backed up your data. Simply re-install Windows 10 and a new MBR will be created. You can then use your backups to restore your files.

Of course, I don't need to mention that you should immediately make another backup after everything is in place.

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I do not have a W10 InstallationDisk. I received an electronic update from W7 to W10.
A repair disk/usb only has gets the response of: bootmgr is missing

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Download the ISO from Microsoft. Either burn it to a DVD or use Rufus to create a bootable USB drive.

If prompted during installation, then enter you Windows 7 product key.

Of course, you will need access to a working machine to set this up,
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January 30, 2018 - 8:11 pm
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I have a bootable DVD and USB. When trying to boot= bootmgr is missing

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January 30, 2018 - 8:44 pm
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If W10 is already installed on a drive then remove all boot devices and try hitting the F8 key at mobo post to bring up a boot menu. If the boot menu shows then chose your drive to boot. I say F8 because that is what my machines uses, yours may be different.

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on it in a bit.............bootmgr missing again....no bootable DVD/USB in the machine at this time

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January 31, 2018 - 8:10 am
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Enter bios and make sure CD ROM is first in boot order and your boot drive is second. You may also try F10 for a boot menu.

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January 31, 2018 - 7:16 pm
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DOne... the same result with recovery DVD in place...

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January 31, 2018 - 7:28 pm
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What do you mean by a recovery DVD?

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I downloaded the iso file from MS and extracted that to a DVD.

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How did you burn the ISO to the DVD?

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