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    how to access recovery partition? bootloader corrupt

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Raidriar, Oct 18, 2011.

  1. Raidriar

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    My bootloader is corrupt, and I can't get access to it anymore, even though the partition is still intact. Is there a way to access it another method?
     
    Raidriar, Oct 18, 2011
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    Did you make respawn disks? if not, i thought there was a hotkey F9 maybe? anyone?
     
    steve1ddd, Oct 18, 2011
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    Dude, I feel for you. The same thing happened to me a while ago and I had no option but to just clean install and reinstall all the drivers manually.
     
    Toledano, Oct 21, 2011
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    If unable to run System Recovery tools (F8 at the boot screen and select Repair your computer), then ordinarily the easiest way to restore the Windows bootloader is to boot from the Windows 7 install disk, type Shift+F10 to open a command prompt and then type:

    Bootrec /fixboot
    Bootrec /fixmbr
    Bootrec /rebuildbcd

    If that doesn't work, it's probably best to do a clean install of Win 7. Good luck.
     
    The Revelator, Oct 21, 2011
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