Eee PC 1001px Recovery Partition doesn't work

I'm not sure what I've done but yesterday out of nowhere when loading up my Windows partition I got a "BOOTMGR is missing" message of some sort, so I decided just to try out the recovery partition. I loaded it up, clicked on "Recover", it said it was initializing, a little command prompt box popped up for a split second and it restarted. I thought, "Wow, that was fast" and anxiously awaited my new, clean Windows system. Now, however, it tells me the drive doesn't exist. I've tried several times and the same thing. My recovery partition is completely intact (and this computer is only about a week old), I don't know if it relies on something else as well? Does anyone know why it doesn't work and how I can fix it?

 

Are you pressing F9 during boot to initialize the recovery partition? If the recovery partition doesn't work (this happened to me once before), you'll need to boot off a Windows 7 installation media and repiar the BCD store by using the Startup Repair option.

 

I have a boot loader (grub) installed which lets me choose between the various partitions. I tried pressing F9, but nothing happened.

The menu loads up, I scroll down to "Windows Recovery Environment (loader)" and it loads up. First, it asks for my preferred language then gives me a list: Recovery, Backup, Exit. I choose Recovery, it warns me I'll lose all my data, I click continue, and a box pops up saying "Initializing...". Then the command prompt pops up for a split second and closes.

Do you know where I could get a copy? My netbook doesn't have a CD drive which complicates things a little.

Anyway, thanks a lot for responding!

 

If you don't already have a legit copy of a Win7 disc, you can follow this tutorial to download it:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/win...-7-download-links-just-like-vista-before.html

Having no CD/DVD drive won't be a problem. You'll just need to use a portable USB stick (at least 4GB) or a USB connected external hard drive

 

Awesome, thanks. I'm downloading a copy currently for safekeeping. I think I may have found the fix, the recovery partition miraculously worked this time around, and after a couple hours more of searching and fiddling, I've just booted up Windows and everything is (seems to be) under control. (Whew)