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Usually if windows doesn't boot it lost boot.ini usually this happens if you had an install disk left in and you didn't exit an install the way the disk wanted you to. To correct this put in your windows cd and use it's repair function. If you don't have a windows install cd take your hard drive out and add it to another computer to slide a copy onto it. You can write your own boot.ini on a notepad and save as boot.ini. If it were an XP operating system you could go to DOS and copy a boot.ini to where it needs to go. Lots of options.

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I have a hp altec 255 laptop .when I put in reinstall disk .windows 7 .computer will not set it up to take program .enyway to get a new hp recovery and applications/drivers reboot disk

please check bios boot type I sujspect it may be booting for UEFI rather than for legacy boot. Windows 8 will boot on UEFI boot type but windows 7 will need legacy bios type of boot up settings in bios
see
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2011/05/31/installing-windows-7-on-uefi-based-computer.aspx
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How to Boot From A Windows 7 Password Reset Disk?

<span>Forgot Windows 7 password? It seems to be a universal iusse as widespread of Windows 7. To solve this problem, you can either buy a burned Windows password recovery CD on-line or burn such a password recovery disk with<b><a href="http://www.passwordunlocker.com/knowledge/windows-7-password-reset.html">Windows 7 password reset</a></b><span> </span>software. But no matter which method you choose, you have to boot your locked computer from the password recovery disk. However, you will feel frustrated when you have little computer skill. Take these 2 methods as your reference when you encounter the similar problem.<br />Of course, firstly , you need to create a<span> </span><a href="http://www.passwordunlocker.com/knowledge/create-win-7-password-reset-disk.html">Windows 7 password reset disk</a>, and then pay attention on how to boot from the Windows password reset disk .<br /> Method OneInsert a burned Windows 7 password recovery CD in your locked computer boot the locked computer from the CD/DVD as follows:<br /> <ul> <li>1. Turn on or restart the locked computer, watch the screen for a message like "Press to http://www.passwordunlocker.enter SETUP "or something similar. Press this key as soon as you see the message to enter BIOS menu.</li><b>Note</b>: The key pressed to enter BIOS is different based on manufacturers, but F2 or Delete are the most common keys <li>2. Use arrows to choose Boot on the taskbar, select<b><span> </span>Boot Device Priority</b><span> </span>and press Enter.</li> <li>3. Set<span> </span><b>CD ROM</b><span> </span>to the first boot device according to the prompts on the right.</li> <li>4. Press<b><span> </span>F10<span> </span></b>to save and exit BIOS. You computer will restart with the changed BIOS settings</li></ul><br /> Method Two <p>If the method above doesn't work, you can also try to enter Boot Menu to boot the locked computer from the burned CD/DVD as follows:<br /> <ul> <li>1. Insert a Windows 7 password recovery CD in your locked computer.</li> <li>2. Start the locked computer and immediately tap and keep tapping<b><span> </span>F8</b>,<span> </span><b>ESC</b><span> </span>or other keys until the Boot Menu screen appears.</li> <li>3. Select<span> </span><b>CD ROM</b><span> </span>as the first boot device and press Enter. After that, your computer will restart with changed bios settings.</li></ul>PC users can not only set bios password for computer, but also set Windows logon password. If the BIOS is password protected, you need to clear or remove the BIOS password before you can enter BIOS to change boot order.<br />By the way, if you forgot Windows 7 password or Windows 7 password-protected, it is suggested to take Windows password recovery software to create a Windows password reset disk. Take<span> </span><b>Windows Password Unlocker<span> </span></b>for example, it takes you only 4 steps to burn a bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive for Windows 7 password recovery in 5 minutes.<br /><b>Step 1:</b><span> </span>Download and install<span> </span><b><a href="http://www.passwordunlocker.com/windows-password-recovery.html">Windows Password Unlocker Professional</a></b><span> </span>in any availble PC<br /><b>Step 2:</b><span> </span>Burn a Windows 7 Password Recovery CD/DVD or USB flash drive.<br /><b>Step 3:</b><span> </span>Boot from the burned the Password Recovery CD/DVD or USB flash drive.<br /><b>Step 4:</b><span> </span>Reset Windows 7 password under Windows PE.<br /></span>
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Steps to remove Windows 7 without affecting saved files or data: 1. Boot up and...

<span> <p>To format your hard disk during Windows 7 <a href="http://www.whitecanyon.com/how-to-format-computer.php#">installation</a>, you'll need to start, or boot, your computer using the Windows 7 installation disc or USB flash drive.<br /> <ol> <li>Turn on your computer so that Windows starts normally, insert the Windows 7 installation disc or USB flash drive, and then shut down your computer.<br /><br /></li> <li>Restart your computer.<br /><br /></li> <li>Press any key when prompted, and then follow the instructions that appear.<br /><br /></li> <li>On the <b>Install Windows</b> page, enter your language and other preferences, and then click <b>Next</b>.<br /> <ul> <li>If the <b>Install Windows</b> page doesn't appear, and you're not asked to press any key, you might need to change some system settings. To learn how to do this, see <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Start-your-computer-from-a-Windows-7-installation-disc-or-USB-flash-drive">Start your computer from a Windows 7 installation disc or US</a></li> <li><a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Start-your-computer-from-a-Windows-7-installation-disc-or-USB-flash-drive">flash drive</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>On the <b>Please read the license terms</b> page, if you accept</li></ol> <ol> <li> the license terms, click <b>I accept the license terms</b>, and then click <b>Next</b>.<br /><br /></li> <li>On the <b>Which type of installation do you want?</b> page, click <b>Custom</b>.<br /><br /></li> <li>On the <b>Where do you want to install Windows?</b> page, click <b>Drive options (advanced)</b>.<br /><br /></li> <li>Click the partition that you want to format and click <b>Format</b>.</li> <li> <ul> <li>If you have more than one partition on this hard drive and want to get rid them to make one big drive again, then select a partition and click on the <b>Delete</b> option for each partition. Once you have deleted all of the partitions, select thepartition and click <b>Format</b>.</li> <li><br /></li></ul></li> <li>Pick the formatting option that you want.<br /><br /></li> <li>When you've finished formatting, click <b>Next</b>.<br /><br /></li> <li>Follow the instructions to finish installing Windows 7, which include naming your computer and setting up an initial user account.<br /> <ul> <li>If you do not want to reinstall Windows 7, you can cancel the installation at this point and keep your newly formatted drives.</li></ul></li></ol></span>
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How to remove Windows 7 password to let Toshiba laptop boot from hard drive successfully?

Windows operational system locked always leads to Windows 7 not boot from hard drive completely. Actually, that just need you type correct password to login Windows 7. However on this occasion, only password reset disk or password recovery could help us remove locked Toshiba Windows 7 password.

1. Remove Windows 7 password with reset disk
When you type incorrect password, the window will prompts you that Reset password. Click the link to begin password reset with disk.
Following the password reset wizard, you can easily reset Windows 7 password with boot disk.

2. Remove Windows 7 password with password recovery software
Step 1: Download Windows 7 Password Genius from Internet.
Step 2: Install and run it on accessible computer.
Step 3: Take blank USB disk and insert it into accessible computer for password reset disk burning.
Click "Begin burning" to create a Windows 7 password reset disk. Exit USB disk from the computer when you see the message "Successfully burning".
Step 4: Plug USB reset disk into locked Windows 7 computer, set it boot from USB device.
Step 5: When Windows 7 Password Genius program runs in WinPE, choose accounts and click "Reset password" to remove these accounts password to be blank.
Reboot locked computer and it will boot from hard drive successfully, without any login password anymore.
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Missing boot manager

To run the Bootrec.exe tool, you must start Windows RE.

To do this, follow these steps:


Put the Windows Vista or Windows 7 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, a keyboard or an 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.exe, and then press ENTER.


Note To start the computer from the Windows Vista or Windows 7 DVD, the computer must be configured to start from the DVD drive.


For more information about how to configure the computer to start from the DVD drive, see the documentation that is included with the computer or contact the computer manufacturer.

Bootrec.exe options


The Bootrec.exe tool supports the following options. Use the option that is appropriate for your situation.

Note Use the Bootrec.exe tool to troubleshoot "Bootmgr Is Missing" issue.


If rebuilding the BCD does not resolve the startup issue, you can export and delete the BCD, and then run this option again.

By doing this, you make sure that the BCD is completely rebuilt.

To do this, type the following commands at the Windows RE command prompt:

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup

c:

cd boot

attrib bcd -s -h -r

ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old

bootrec /RebuildBcd

/FixMbr


The /FixMbr option writes a Windows 7 or Windows Vista-compatible MBR to the system partition. This option does not overwrite the existing partition table.


Use this option when you must resolve MBR corruption issues, or when you have to remove non-standard code from the MBR.

/FixBoot


The /FixBoot option writes a new boot sector to the system partition by using a boot sector that is compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7.

Use this option if one of the following conditions is true.


The boot sector has been replaced with a non-standard Windows Vista or Windows 7 boot sector.

The boot sector is damaged.


An earlier Windows operating system has been installed after Windows Vista or Windows 7 was installed. In this scenario, the computer starts by using Windows NT Loader (NTLDR) instead of Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr.exe).

/ScanOs


The /ScanOs option scans all disks for installations that are compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7.

Additionally, this option displays the entries that are currently not in the BCD store.


Use this option when there are Windows Vista or Windows 7 installations that the Boot Manager menu does not list.

/RebuildBcd


The /RebuildBcd option scans all disks for installations that are compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7.

Additionally, this option lets you select the installations that you want to add to the BCD store.


Use this option when you must completely rebuild the BCD.


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Reset Windows 7 Password Using CD

Many of methods are available to reset Windows 7 Password. The popular method recovering forgot Windows 7 Password is Using CD.
Easily without data loss.

How to Reset Windows 7 Password? Now we divide into two steps to complete.

Step 1: Download Password Unlocker tool and create a Windows 7 Password reset disk using CD.

Download Windows Password Unlocker from Password Unlocker Official site

Decompress the Windows password unlocker and note that there is an .ISO image file.
Burn the image file onto an blank CD with the burner freely supported by Password Unlocker.
Important : " How to set BIOS to boot from CDROM?"
1) When your computer is powered on, you can press "F2" or "Delete" during the boot to enter BIOS Setup.
2) You will see some similar BIOS screens like this below, which is varying according to different computer manufacturers. Windows Password Recovery.
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3) Choose BOOT option > select Boot Device Priority > set 1st Boot Device to [CDROM] & 2nd boot device to [Hard Drive]. Press "F10" to save it.
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An .ISO image file of Windows 7 Password disk have been already completed.



Step 2: Reset Windows 7 Password.

Insert the newly created CD (An .ISO image file of Windows 7 Password disk) into the locked computer and re-boot it from the CD drive.

After launched the CD, a window pop up with all your account names(if you have several accounts); select one of the accounts that you have forgotten its password to reset it. Just one press, you have removed the password.
NOTE: To reboot your PC with a CD/DVD disk, it's necessary to change your computer's setting to make it boot from the CD/DVD.
1) When the CD/DVD boots, you'll see Windows Password Unlocker 4.0 is initializing.
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2) Select the user name of your Windows 7 account whose password you want to reset.
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3) Click "Reset" button to process. A message box "Password of Administrator reset" will appear After a few seconds.


Now, you can login your Windows 7 PC without password.



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Sir, i am using windows 7 ultimate. i would like to install another one operating system (i.e) windows xp professional. now i insert the win xp professional disk into it but the install windows xp is...

boot your computer with windows XP cd. it will install winXP automatically but remember to install windows XP other than the drive where your win7 is. for examp: if your win7 is in C drive, install XP in D drive. hope you can do.
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I have want to setup Windows xp and windows 7 together .Meaning when start up computer have : Windows xp Windows 7 I try to setup two windows ,but i setup windows xp lost windows 7 and setup windows 7...

Not sure what you have done so far. You need to divide your hard drive into two sections. Install XP first on to one section. Then use a program to manage your computer start up, the one I use is called Easy BCD this is a free program and works great. Once you cut your hard drive and install XP make a copy of your start up partition. Install the Easy BCD program and make a back up again. Then Install Win 7. Then on the Win7 side install the Easy BDC program and set up the menu choices. I run a 3 way boot with XP and Ubuntu. Hope this helps Fix Ya up.
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