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Resolved Boot Loader problem?

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by rasilon, 2011/12/19.

  1. 2011/12/19
    rasilon

    rasilon Inactive Thread Starter

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    I’m not sure what happened. I have a Dell XPS 8300 that was running fine this morning. Windows 7 Ultimate is installed. The hard drive is partitioned asfollows:

    - OEM Partition 39 MB
    - Recovery 35.44 GB
    - OS 300 GB W7 Ultimate
    - OS#2 300 GB Empty
    - DATA 1227.54 GB

    I left it running and returned this afternoon to the following screen:

    ===================================
    Drive 0: primary 01 Win Vista/2008 NFTS Recovery
    Drive 1: primary 1: linux NTFS OS

    Insert startup disk in floppy drive & press F2 to run setup ===================================

    The "Win Vista/2008" is highlighted. "NTFS" is in Blue. "Recovery" and "OS" are in Red.

    If I press F2, it tries to load from a non-existent floppy drive. If I press "Enter ", the correct OS loads.

    I did have Paragon Backup set to run a full backup of all partitions on Drive 0. The program shows it as succeeding, but I don't see the backup files.

    This is sounding like the boot loader is wacked. Anyone seen this and/or have a solution?
     
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  2. 2011/12/19
    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    Check the boot order in the BIOS.
     
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  4. 2011/12/19
    rasilon

    rasilon Inactive Thread Starter

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    Done that

    I checked the boot order and it's correct:

    - CD/DVD
    - Hard Drive
     
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  5. 2011/12/19
    TonyT

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  6. 2011/12/20
    rasilon

    rasilon Inactive Thread Starter

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    I'm using W7 Ultimate

    I have W7 Ultimate (64-bit) installed. I guess the Repair option is next. Thanks.
     
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  7. 2011/12/23
    rasilon

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    Repair was the answer. from the Repair/Command Prompt, I entered:

    bootrec /fixmbr
    bootrec /fixmbr
    bootrec /rebuildbcd

    Done.
     
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  8. 2011/12/23
    TonyT

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    Please mark your thread as 'Resolved'.

    Nnear the top of your thread you'll see Thread Tools. Click the down arrow to expand the drop down menu, at the bottom of it you'll see Mark this thread as solved. Click on it to mark your thread as solved.

    If later you find that the problem has returned, and you had previously marked your thread as solved, follow the steps above. Instead 'Mark this thread as solved' you will see that in this case Mark this thread as unsolved is listed.

    Please read the User Guide for more information.
     
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  9. 2011/12/24
    TonyT

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    Thank you.
     
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