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Trying to get my other drives to show up, now it seems nothing shows up. all I get now is BOOTMGR is missing. I've tried to boot from cd drive with OS disk and still get the same message.

all I essentially did was push all the plugs in and get rid of any visable dust. any suggestions?

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Windows xp/vista/7??

Go into Bios, set it to boot from cd drive first.

Then boot from the cd & choose RECOVERY.

The loader *should* find & recover your boot manager.

P.s unplug all Hdd's except your primary Hdd first

Check the pins on the HDD plugs. Could have bent some?

Both drives show up bios '2*500gig', one comes up with boot issue, the other with 'NTLDR', from memory last time I got that error I was informed the drive was stuffed. to add to the fail I think my optical is stuffed 'i hadn't been able to get a complete write from it in a long time, but it still installed games'. can't see any bent pins, but still getting boot issues from optical . any other suggestions, OS is w7 home premium, but that shouldn't make a difference?

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^^^^piss funny:D:D

[QUOTE=mARC;515778]Both drives show up bios '2*500gig', one comes up with boot issue, the other with 'NTLDR', from memory last time I got that error I was informed the drive was stuffed. to add to the fail I think my optical is stuffed 'i hadn't been able to get a complete write from it in a long time, but it still installed games'. can't see any bent pins, but still getting boot issues from optical . any other suggestions, OS is w7 home premium, but that shouldn't make a difference?[/QUOTE]

I have a spare dvd/burner here if you want it (I upgraded to bluray).

Ntldr error Causes are
1. Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
2. Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
3. Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file.
4. Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file.
5. Attempting to upgrade from a Windows 95, 98, or ME computer that is using FAT32.
6. New hard disk drive being added.
7. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
8. Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
9. Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.

Bootmgr error repair:

Method 1: Repair the BCD store by using the Startup Repair option

You can use the Startup Repair option in the Windows Recovery Environment to repair the BCD store. To do this, follow these steps:
Put the Windows Vista installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
Press a key when you are prompted.
Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then click Next.
Click Repair your computer.
Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Startup Repair.
Restart the computer.


Method 2: Rebuild the BCD store by using the Bootrec.exe tool

If the previous method does not resolve the problem, you can rebuild the BCD store by using the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment. To do this, follow these steps:
Put the Windows Vista installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
Press a key when you are prompted.
Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then click Next.
Click Repair your computer.
Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Type Bootrec /RebuildBcd, and then press ENTER.
If the Bootrec.exe tool runs successfully, it presents you with an installation path of a Windows directory. To add the entry to the BCD store, type Yes. A confirmation message appears that indicates the entry was added successfully.
If the Bootrec.exe tool cannot locate any missing Windows installations, you must remove the BCD store, and then you must re-create it. To do this, type the following commands in the order in which they are presented. Press ENTER after each command.
Bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
Bootrec /rebuildbcd
Restart the computer.


Method 3: Rebuild the BCD store manually by using the Bcdedit.exe tool

If the previous method does not resolve the problem, you can rebuild the BCD store manually by using the Bcdedit.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment. To do this, follow these steps:
Put the Windows Vista installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
Press a key when you are prompted.
Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then click Next.
Click Repair your computer.
Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
cd /d Partition:\Windows\System32
Note Partition represents the letter of the partition on which Windows Vista is installed. Typically, this is partition C.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
bcdedit /enum all
In the Windows Boot Loader section of the output from this command, note the GUID that is listed for resumeobject. You will use this GUID later.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
bcdedit -create {bootmgr} -d "Description"
Note Description represents the description for the new entry.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
bcdedit -set {bootmgr} device partition=Partition:
Note Partition represents the letter of the partition. Typically, the letter is C.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
bcdedit /displayorder {GUID}
Note GUID represents the GUID that you obtained in step 8.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
bcdedit /default {GUID}
Note GUID represents the GUID that you obtained in step 8.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
bcdedit /timeout Value
Note Value represents the time in seconds before the Windows Boot Manager selects the default entry that you created in step 12.
Restart the computer.

when you say pushing all the plugs in, did you mean the plugs for the jumper pins on the HDD?

If you are south of the river, or willing to come south, I am more than happy to have a look at it for you. It is pretty much what I do for a living.

Well I'm up again but still have drive display issues. When I check bios 'to select boot option all drives show, but when looking in disk management or 'my computer', there's nothing to initialise/displayed :confused:

Are there any tests I can run or possible issues to look for? Its really starting to shit me!!

Basically all I want to do is get as many drives functioning within my tower as possible as I'm a bit of an archivist.

Dr_Rock feel free to PM me your rates etc, as I'm deciding on the feasibility of upgrading v getting this all sorted out once and for all.

Never had any of these issues running XP o_O