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| Braythor | May 15 2012, 06:31 PM Post #1 |
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Dumped Scruff's mum
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Hey all. I wonder if one of you computer-savvy folk could give me a hand. Well, not me, my housemate, who in her infinite wisdom decided to try and partition her HD without knowing what she was doing or having access to an installation and/or recovery disc. Now her computer won't start. Here are details: - startup leads to black screen that says BOOTMGR missing press CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart (it then goes to the same screen when you do that) - it's an Asus netbook (ie it doesn't have a disc drive) - it's Windows 7 - I run Vista on mine, there's no copy of 7 in the house - it does not have built in recovery options in the startup bios type menus (or they're hidden/switched off or sumfin') Any help would be much appreciated, as we only got internet access today (finally, HURRAY!) and she's already forked out a ton of cash a few weeks ago cos her hard drive broke (that one was just faulty). |
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| ASLANS R0AR | May 15 2012, 07:29 PM Post #2 |
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Spartan Pops
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with my limited experience (having fixed many of my own PC problems) I would say that t Win 7 disc would be required to reboot and possibly re-install. At least, that's where I would try and start. Once you partition yourself out of access, I'm pretty sure you'd have to start over. |
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| snickerdoodle | May 15 2012, 07:31 PM Post #3 |
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Just me.
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But the problem is the netbook doesn't have a disc drive... Crazy might know, he has a netbook. Or you might try sending John a PM. He's kind of techy/nerdy like that. |
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| Braythor | May 15 2012, 07:33 PM Post #4 |
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Dumped Scruff's mum
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Thanks both! I'll send crazy and John (is that Sgt AJJ?) a PM. |
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| snickerdoodle | May 15 2012, 07:48 PM Post #5 |
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Just me.
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No, JohnMcL7...he pops in every now and then.
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| CallUpChuck | May 15 2012, 08:04 PM Post #6 |
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Brigadier
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Some call him... Tim? |
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| Deadpool Psycko | May 15 2012, 08:07 PM Post #7 |
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The Meta
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![]() "BUTTONS?! OH MAN I LOVE BUTTONS!! BEEP BOOP BEEP BOOP BOOP!" |
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| ASLANS R0AR | May 15 2012, 08:12 PM Post #8 |
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Spartan Pops
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oops . . .missed that part! |
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| ASLANS R0AR | May 15 2012, 08:14 PM Post #9 |
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Spartan Pops
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can a USB be used? I wonder if a recovery could be started with that.
Edited by ASLANS R0AR, May 15 2012, 08:20 PM.
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| snickerdoodle | May 15 2012, 08:22 PM Post #10 |
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Just me.
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That would be my guess but I am computer stoopid.
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| Braythor | May 15 2012, 08:37 PM Post #11 |
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Dumped Scruff's mum
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Yeah I remembered that after I'd posted I'll send one to JohnMc too.I figured using a USB would work, but I dunno where I'd get the program from (as I say, I'm running Vista and she's on W7). Tried looking online, couldn't find one. At least, not one that was free... |
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| ASLANS R0AR | May 15 2012, 08:53 PM Post #12 |
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Spartan Pops
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How to Create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive Might be a place to start (need 4GB USB), but not sure what to do after this with a Netbook though; sounds like you would still have to purchase a downloadable version of Win 7 to get on the USB Edited by ASLANS R0AR, May 15 2012, 08:58 PM.
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| crazybydefault | May 15 2012, 11:18 PM Post #13 |
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Grenade Honker
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Ooh, sounds like she deleted her Windows 7 partition. Yikes. I have this on my dedicated troubleshooting flashdrive (I'm that much of a nerd!) It's Linux-based, so you need some knowledge in that, but you can find a lot on the internet about it. Now, it's possible that she simply made the whole drive a slave drive with no primary one. If not, well, you're SOL in trying to get this fixed for free, unfortunately. You can download a recovery disk (Linky), but you have to pay for one. If you're into the whole "IDGAF about whether it's pirated or not, I want it!" thing, you might be able to find one that way. Not that I'm condoning it... |
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| TheOneInYellow | May 16 2012, 01:21 AM Post #14 |
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The Audiophile
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The other solution, and it will not sound nice, is this:
This is a heavily summarised version, and a techy friend nearby might be able to explain, and go further, on the above. This is also juts one solution, but has a good chance of working if you can do this. Remember, GIYF. |
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| Braythor | May 16 2012, 06:48 AM Post #15 |
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Dumped Scruff's mum
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Crazy, thanks very much for the info. I don't know owt about Linux, so will leave that alone. I found a free recovery download from here, but I dunno what to do with it. Tried putting it on a USB, adjusting boot priorities accordingly and starting it up, but no worky. Yellow, many thanks to you too for the input, but I no understand wot u say. I will tell her to take it to a repair shop. Thanks again everyone! |
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| ASLANS R0AR | May 16 2012, 02:30 PM Post #16 |
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sorry it's not an easier fix
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| crazybydefault | May 16 2012, 03:47 PM Post #17 |
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Grenade Honker
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Did you actually flash the recovery .iso to the flashdrive ("burn" the file to flashdrive), or just put the file on the drive normally? You have to flash it for it to work
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| ASLANS R0AR | May 16 2012, 04:14 PM Post #18 |
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Spartan Pops
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| Braythor | May 16 2012, 06:19 PM Post #19 |
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Dumped Scruff's mum
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Errr...dunno...the download was a .rar and I extracted it to the USB. |
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| The Gengo | May 16 2012, 06:45 PM Post #20 |
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It sounds like you burned files to your USB stick, but did NOT do so in a manner that would create a bootable USB stick. Did you follow the directions to the letter on that site you linked? You might also try this: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/bootmgr-is-missing.htm |
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I'll send one to JohnMc too.
); see if the laptop HDD can be accessed first, and backup any data you can. You may need to change the access privileges on the laptop HDD, but that should not be a big deal.
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