fattuesday
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Hi All - I've searched the forums but can't find a solution to my problem (please forgive me if there is already a thread on this dealing with Windows 7 x64). I have a newly built system (5 weeks old). Everything worked perfectly until I purchased an upgraded video card. After installing a new graphics card, my PC would not boot - it stopped at "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER". Mind you, the ONLY thing I changed was pulling out a Radeon 5770 and replacing with a Radeon 5850 (no need to remove and reinstall Catalyst drivers since both cards use the same drivers) - again, NOTHING was changed in my system before and after the gfx card swap. I disconnected and reconnected my HD cables, cleared the mobo CMOS and tried again - I then got "BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart". I attempted all the command line bootmgr fixes I could google - all to no avail.
So I brought my pc in to Microcenter where I purchased all the parts - they helped me troubleshoot it last night for several hours. We checked all connections, pulled the HD (Win 7 boot drive - the only drive connected) and check that the HD was OK on another system - it found everything and it looked healthy. We checked BIOS to make sure everything was OK - still got same error. Replaced and rechecked all HD and DVD drive SATA and power cables. Still had same error, so they swapped my WD Caviar Black 1 TB for a new identical drive. We attempted to install Win 7 on the brand new drive - once Win 7 did the normal restart part way through install, it gave me "BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart" AGAIN!!!!
So, having an old IDE DVD/CD drive in the pc that sounded like it was no longer happy, I bought a new LG super multi DVD writer (SATA this time) and installed that - again rechecked ALL connects in pc case (also disconnected my internal media card reader, just in case that was an issue). I still get the same "BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart". I followed the instructions to torrent a Windows 7 x65 Recovery CD - I tried that, but same Bootmgr missing error - basically, the pc will not get past that error anymore - it will NOT run from DVD/CD at this point - just stops at "BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart", so I thought of using EasyBCD to try repairing this, but since I cannot get into Windows or even run a CD on it, I'm totally stuck.
Is it possible that something went bad on my Motherboard once I rebooted after installing the new video card? (we tried connecting HD's and DVD to multiple combinations of SATA connections on the mobo, but that didn't make a difference).
Thanks in advance for anyone that can help with this. FYI - I am unable to get into the BIOS when I'm at home, because it appears my (new) Gigabyte GA-P55 UD3 motherboard won't do anything when I use a USB keyboard - the only way BIOS responds on it is with a PS/2 keyboard they used at Microcenter (any ideas on why that is the case, I'd also love to hear - how could a mobo purchased in 2010 still require a PS/2 keyboard to work in BIOS? That just crazy talk!).
So I brought my pc in to Microcenter where I purchased all the parts - they helped me troubleshoot it last night for several hours. We checked all connections, pulled the HD (Win 7 boot drive - the only drive connected) and check that the HD was OK on another system - it found everything and it looked healthy. We checked BIOS to make sure everything was OK - still got same error. Replaced and rechecked all HD and DVD drive SATA and power cables. Still had same error, so they swapped my WD Caviar Black 1 TB for a new identical drive. We attempted to install Win 7 on the brand new drive - once Win 7 did the normal restart part way through install, it gave me "BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart" AGAIN!!!!
So, having an old IDE DVD/CD drive in the pc that sounded like it was no longer happy, I bought a new LG super multi DVD writer (SATA this time) and installed that - again rechecked ALL connects in pc case (also disconnected my internal media card reader, just in case that was an issue). I still get the same "BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart". I followed the instructions to torrent a Windows 7 x65 Recovery CD - I tried that, but same Bootmgr missing error - basically, the pc will not get past that error anymore - it will NOT run from DVD/CD at this point - just stops at "BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart", so I thought of using EasyBCD to try repairing this, but since I cannot get into Windows or even run a CD on it, I'm totally stuck.
Is it possible that something went bad on my Motherboard once I rebooted after installing the new video card? (we tried connecting HD's and DVD to multiple combinations of SATA connections on the mobo, but that didn't make a difference).
Thanks in advance for anyone that can help with this. FYI - I am unable to get into the BIOS when I'm at home, because it appears my (new) Gigabyte GA-P55 UD3 motherboard won't do anything when I use a USB keyboard - the only way BIOS responds on it is with a PS/2 keyboard they used at Microcenter (any ideas on why that is the case, I'd also love to hear - how could a mobo purchased in 2010 still require a PS/2 keyboard to work in BIOS? That just crazy talk!).