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Thread ID: 114097 2010-11-17 23:27:00 BootMGR is missing powerover (12121) Press F1
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1154068 2010-11-19 00:15:00 Something to try -- get a SATA Drive or a SATA DVD drive and try that.

As previously mentioned - I have had similar problems before when both the HDD & Optial drive are on the one IDE.

Attached a SATA DVD drive, installed windows, then once its installed put the other Optical drive back on as a slave to the IDE and it runs fine.
wainuitech (129)
1154069 2010-11-19 01:04:00 Try booting into the non legit win 7 disk, open repair console then get into a CMD window (can't remember which option it is) from there format the HDD so there is no info on it. if that does not work try getting to CMD then swapping the disks and running the win7 setup from the command line. not sure if the last step will work doing a hotswap but its worth a shot. The Error Guy (14052)
1154070 2010-11-19 02:39:00 Something to try -- get a SATA Drive or a SATA DVD drive and try that .

As previously mentioned - I have had similar problems before when both the HDD & Optial drive are on the one IDE .

Attached a SATA DVD drive, installed windows, then once its installed put the other Optical drive back on as a slave to the IDE and it runs fine .

um . . . how come I have never thought of that . . . .

do-able, will try it tonight :D
powerover (12121)
1154071 2010-11-19 02:41:00 Try booting into the non legit win 7 disk, open repair console then get into a CMD window (can't remember which option it is) from there format the HDD so there is no info on it . if that does not work try getting to CMD then swapping the disks and running the win7 setup from the command line . not sure if the last step will work doing a hotswap but its worth a shot .

once in the CMD window what actual command do I type??

something like "format C:" ?? will give that a go too if the sata dvd method doesn't work . . .

thanks The Error Guy :D
powerover (12121)
1154072 2010-11-19 02:46:00 finally got imagef1 going......i dnt know but it wnt work for me for the whole morning....

long story short:

after this silly incident:

www.pressf1.co.nz


finally some success:

www.imagef1.net.nz

www.imagef1.net.nz

www.imagef1.net.nz


The whole thing is functioning properly. Now I just need to put windows on it....oh wait, I can't because of this silly BootMGR is missing problem...burn....:badpc:
powerover (12121)
1154073 2010-11-19 02:59:00 All the fancy cooling , and you want to skimp on a SATA HDD + separate Optical.

Hang you head in shame :p
wainuitech (129)
1154074 2010-11-19 06:04:00 All the fancy cooling , and you want to skimp on a SATA HDD + separate Optical.

Hang you head in shame :p

lol....it is all homemade, cheap as chips... :P

it is done as an technical exercise...
powerover (12121)
1154075 2010-11-19 09:34:00 yep, format C: should do it. thats also the command for DOS too. The Error Guy (14052)
1154076 2010-11-19 09:44:00 When you install W7, the first thing it does is creates the two partitions, and formats the drive anyway. If the drive is already formatted it will redo it. Usually giving the option to wipe the existing partition.

I think you'll find is something to do with the actual DVD drive not reading the DVD correctly. Using a separate DVD drive, and not slaved will confirm that ( or not)


Edited:
You could always install the OS from a USB drive, that will bypass the Optical drive completely.
wainuitech (129)
1154077 2010-11-19 09:51:00 So have you got your legit discs working before? If possible try in another machine to test if they work, it looks like its ignoring the discs completely. Was the non legit burnt at a slower write speed, or a different type of disc (DVD-RW/DVD+R DL?) NoTerra (16083)
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