MBR is one to boot your windowscomputer, it’s a small file which initiates the booting process, if you haveever caught message, MBR Missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to Restart, here we’lllearn how to repair and restore MBR without Deleting your Data.
Hieveryone, welcome back to Intelligent Computing, today we’ll make you learn BootManager repair process, but before that, I’ll make you aware of MBR? What isMBR and why it stops your Windows to start.
Introduction to MBR(Master Boot Record)
Masterboot record is the first ever sector in your hard drive which will initiate theloading process of windows in your RAM and thus your windows will boot up. It willhardly contain the list of files to be loaded to initiate the loading processof windows.
Belowthere is image (Image source: scx010c066.blogspot.com) shows you the partitionon your windows computer drive. Where C drive start, where MBR is located andall.
Theprocess of Booting of windows operating system involves the following:
POST(Power On Self test)
NTLDR(New Technology Loader: for Windows)
MBR(Master Boot record)
WindowsLoading
Let’sBegin
Howto repair/Fix the MBR in Windows 7 or Windows 8
Iassume you are seeing a Black screen having Message
MBR is Missing/Compressed/Dmanaged
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
Allyou need to have a Bootable DVD or Windows 7/Windows 8 whatever OS you’veinstalled.
Step1
Insertthe DVD in Optical drive and Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart your System.
Step2
Onceits being start, just start pressing the F12 key continuously, this will showyou option to choose the drive to boot from, Select the DVD drive and Hit Enter
Step3
You’llbe seeing message “Press any Key to Boot from CD/DVD…”
Pressany Key, Enter, Space or anything on keyboard.
Step4
Windowswill load the files to the temp drive and show you install option, don’t selectinstall, and select the repair option from lower part of the Small windowsthere.
Thiswill scan your drive and will ask you which OS is to repair, if you have oneOS, it will be selected by default, Press Next.
Step5
Innext option, it will show options like
Startuprepair
Systemsrestore
SystemImage Recovery
Windowsmemory Diagnostics
Commandprompt
Fromthere select the Command Prompt option.
Step6
Incommand prompt,
Issuethe following command
Bootrec /FixMbr // If you have Damaged MBR
Bootrec /Fixboot // If you’r MBR is having problem or Missing.
Bootrec /Rebuild //If you’re MBR is Compressed or unable to repair
Afterthis command you’ll see message like this
Scanning all disks for Windows installations.
Please wait, since this may take a while...
Successfully scanned Windows installations.
Total identified Windows installations: 0
The operation completed successfully.
Afterthis you’re MBR is repaired or Rebuild, you can exit the command prompt andpress restart, your computer will be starting as normal.
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