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Question posted by deanyearout on October 17th, 2012

My Bootmgr Is Missing?

when i turn on my laptop it comes up saying my bootmgr is missing! how do i fix this so i can load my windows 7 disk to start window

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Answer #1: Posted by NiranjanvijaykumarAtDell on October 18th, 2012 1:04 AM

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Hello deanyearout,

I am from Dell Social Media and Community.

There may be a hard drive corruption/bad sectors. Follow the link below to run a basic hardware test on your system. If you get any error code, you may associate it to the list in the link.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=266787

If the Tests pass, follow the link below to fix the OS issue once before you restore your system to factory settings.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&docid=DSN_343119&isLegacy=true
(Change the operating system as per)

If the issue could not be repaired, you may restore your system to factory settings without using the restore CD:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&docid=DSN_336966&isLegacy=true
(Change the operating system as per)

Let me know if you need further assistance, I will be glad to help.

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Owners Manual - Page 2

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Owners Manual - Page 5

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Owners Manual - Page 9

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Owners Manual - Page 17

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