MBR trashed!

[failurbydesign]

I was messing around with some dual boot options (easy bcd) and after a restart bam, no windows 7! I loaded up the DVD and went to the repair options and it doesn't even show windows 7 being there...any thoughts?


Here is a screen to show that windows the drive is there..

 

[American Zombie]

I think you can fix this with easy bcd or vistabootpro.

What is the other OS and can you boot into it?

 

[failurbydesign]

Can't boot into 7 to use any program..just booting into OS X

 

[American Zombie]

Then you are going to have to boot from the 7 DVD and use bcdedit.

You need to rebuild the boot manager.

 

[failurbydesign]

ill try this

How To: Repair And Restore Windows Vista Master Boot Record (MBR) | TomsTricks.Com

 

[American Zombie]

That should work too.

 

[failurbydesign]

Took a few trys,,kept getting errors and such, but after an hour the Windows 7 DVD picked up the repair...thanks!!

 

[Ramesh Kumar]

Boot from Windows 7 DVD and Choose your Regional Language etc.
On the Setup...Click on Repair your Computer.
It'll scan for valid Windows installation and detect errors and fix them too.

 

[failurbydesign]

Boot from Windows 7 DVD and Choose your Regional Language etc.
On the Setup...Click on Repair your Computer.
It'll scan for valid Windows installation and detect errors and fix them too.

I was doing that, it wasnt even showing the 7 install..i had to use a few methods above to activate the drive and crap to get repair to see, once done worked like a champ!