Hi all
Looking for a little help. Have just installed Windows 7 (new 2nd HDD) and having transferred everything over to it, decided to re-format the original HDD that Vista was on - not realising that this is where Windows 7 (probably) had it's boot information.
Anyway, since re-formatting the drive, I get an error message upon boot saying that there is "no boot device available"
I've run the Startup Repair on the Windows 7 disk, however this hasn't resolved my problem (even though it says it successfully repaired the problem) - I've also run bootrec /fixboot as well as /rebuildbcd commands, but these don't work either.
I'm not sure exactly how, but I have managed to boot Windows 7 a couple of times by using the Windows 7 install disk, but this is purely trial & error and I'm looking for a permanent fix - preferably without having to do a fresh install.
Any help appreciated as I'm not sure where to go from here.
If it helps, I don't need multi-OS boot, as I plan to stay with Windows 7 given it seems to be vastly better than Vista.
thanks in advance
Looking for a little help. Have just installed Windows 7 (new 2nd HDD) and having transferred everything over to it, decided to re-format the original HDD that Vista was on - not realising that this is where Windows 7 (probably) had it's boot information.
Anyway, since re-formatting the drive, I get an error message upon boot saying that there is "no boot device available"
I've run the Startup Repair on the Windows 7 disk, however this hasn't resolved my problem (even though it says it successfully repaired the problem) - I've also run bootrec /fixboot as well as /rebuildbcd commands, but these don't work either.
I'm not sure exactly how, but I have managed to boot Windows 7 a couple of times by using the Windows 7 install disk, but this is purely trial & error and I'm looking for a permanent fix - preferably without having to do a fresh install.
Any help appreciated as I'm not sure where to go from here.
If it helps, I don't need multi-OS boot, as I plan to stay with Windows 7 given it seems to be vastly better than Vista.
thanks in advance
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