Boot from the install disk
and select "Repair your computer" and under the "System Recovery Options" go to
the "Command Propmpt" and type and enter these three commands:
Bootrec.exe /FixMbr
Bootrec.exe /FixBoot
Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd
Good luck.
Thanks for your help.
I successfully ran "Bootrec.exe /FixMbr" but it fails from "Bootrec.exe /FixBoot".
Code:
X:/windows/system32# Bootrec.exe /FixMbr
The operation completed successfully.
Code:
X:/windows/system32# Bootrec.exe /FixBoot
The volume does not contain a recognized file system.
Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted.
If I make a "Bootrec.exe /ScanOS, it finds Windows 7 under D:/windows.
When I run "Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd" it asks me to choose the desired OS, which is found (only one, the one on D:/windows), I select it (1) but then I got the same error message as /FixBoot: "The volume does not contain a recognized file system."
So finally after this operation, the MBR was fixed with... no OS!
I re-installed grub to load my linux installation and still can boot on my old win7 and my linux, but there is still the same problem on win7.
And an additional problem has been raised and persists on linux: "one disk is failing" (see previous message).
reghakr said:
I've used Registry Mechanic to find problems in the registry, then run the Compact your registry program.
This a paid app however.
This app is for Windows only, right? I am not able to boot on my Windows 7 OS...
Even if I can launch it on Linux, I don't think it will work as the Windows emulation on Linux has its own OS. It's not using the win7 installation registry.
Or is there a "bootable version" of this program? This would be very helpful.