fmanerchia
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Hi all, my Windows 7 Pro 64bit computer with two SATA HDDs was in a recovery option loop. I
wasn't getting any errors, it just wouldn't boot. I coulod see all of my files were still
there so I figured that the boot sequence was messed up. At the command prompt, I tried to
run chkdsk /r but it said that it couldn't get control of the volume. I tried to run sfc
/scannow but it said that it needed to run a repair and reboot first. I followed the
directions at http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/ebcd/recovering+the+windows+bootloader+from
+the+dvd. Before I started, I looked at each drive's contents. In my case, windows and the
boot directories were on g: so I put g: in place of the c: in the instructions. When I
rebooted, I got a "bootmgr is missing" message and now windows and the boot directories
(with bcd in boot) are on the f: drive. I was going to go through the procedure again, this
time substituting f: for c:, but when I tried to change the attributes of bcd. it said "file
not found." When I do a bcdedit, it has everything pointing to f: and the identifier number
is the one that I entered. I tried a chkdsk /r and this time it allowed me to dismount the
volume. It's been stuck on 24% of stage 4 of 5 for the last 30 minutes<80492 files of
467696 processed>. Anybody have any clues? I'm going to let this keep running for about an
hour; it seems like the HDD light is lit pretty steady. BTW, why is the windows directory
in f: when it's always been in c:? I checked to make sure that it wasn't a physical
problem by unplugging/plugging the cables from both drives. Now, it's back to looping.
TIA,
Frank
wasn't getting any errors, it just wouldn't boot. I coulod see all of my files were still
there so I figured that the boot sequence was messed up. At the command prompt, I tried to
run chkdsk /r but it said that it couldn't get control of the volume. I tried to run sfc
/scannow but it said that it needed to run a repair and reboot first. I followed the
directions at http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/ebcd/recovering+the+windows+bootloader+from
+the+dvd. Before I started, I looked at each drive's contents. In my case, windows and the
boot directories were on g: so I put g: in place of the c: in the instructions. When I
rebooted, I got a "bootmgr is missing" message and now windows and the boot directories
(with bcd in boot) are on the f: drive. I was going to go through the procedure again, this
time substituting f: for c:, but when I tried to change the attributes of bcd. it said "file
not found." When I do a bcdedit, it has everything pointing to f: and the identifier number
is the one that I entered. I tried a chkdsk /r and this time it allowed me to dismount the
volume. It's been stuck on 24% of stage 4 of 5 for the last 30 minutes<80492 files of
467696 processed>. Anybody have any clues? I'm going to let this keep running for about an
hour; it seems like the HDD light is lit pretty steady. BTW, why is the windows directory
in f: when it's always been in c:? I checked to make sure that it wasn't a physical
problem by unplugging/plugging the cables from both drives. Now, it's back to looping.
TIA,
Frank