+daddyairplanes 10,234 Posted April 4, 2013 So my wifes HP crashed couple months back and i finally got the recovery discs. Ran em last night but now get a messg of the bootmgr missing. Tryin the discs again but would appreciate any advice on getting this fixed. And no, i do not have win 7 discs, just the HP 3 disc recovery system. Of other interest also trying to bring back a HP g60 thats been without powercord for almost two years. If i can fix both will have 4 laptops for myself ,my wife and 3 girls. Update, it just completed a second run thru on recovery media, still missing bootmgr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DoctorQuest 125 Posted April 4, 2013 Did you ever fix the original cause of the crash? Does the recovery give you the option to repartition or reformat? If so, what are you choosing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,234 Posted April 4, 2013 Original cause was the comp believing it had a bad copy of win 7. Tossed the OS and didnt want to work. That is fixed, with the discs win 7 comes up to run the recovery. As to partitoning, no it runs thru pretty automatic. Having to go to work so this is my last reply til round midnite EST. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+FLOGGER23 3,063 Posted April 4, 2013 Get HIRENS rescue disk or a USB, when i get home i will tell you how, in like 1 hour :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+FLOGGER23 3,063 Posted April 4, 2013 Here you have Kevin, download it burn it and fix the problem, it´s super easy to use, but if you need help, let me know :) http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,234 Posted April 5, 2013 Thank Flogger. Its 1 in the morning and i just got home from work. Will try it out in the morning. Amusingly the other comp fixed up fine, despite the chocolate the kids put in the USB ports. Been so long since that one ran i forgot that the second one was xp! With abit of luck and that file should grt the win 7 up and running again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,234 Posted April 11, 2013 Finally got it onto a dvd to run. But the only thing that really seems too wrok is the mini XP. Also, a thought....... i have another Win7 system (this one is trying to get fixed so the kids stop borrowing ours for homework and poptropica) so could i move the bootmgr mui exe over from the working system? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+FLOGGER23 3,063 Posted April 11, 2013 You can fix it even if it's running XP my friend, just run the fix, restart the pc and it'll be done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,234 Posted April 12, 2013 Called hp to gripe about the recovery disks. Found out i still hhave 60 days left on warranty so after 90 minutes on the fone trying tests and checks, HP is sending the box to ship it back for repair/replacement. Wierd thing is ehen i rann mimi xp, it showed 4 drives on the hard drive. C is normal, seen d for recovery, but whose ever seen a B drive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted April 12, 2013 A and B are floppy drives. You can activate them in the BIOS, even without them existing, and Windows will show them. The BIOS may or may not give an error at POST about the drives not being detected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
