Missing Operating System error in Windows 7

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by Alakazam, Apr 15, 2011.

  1. Alakazam

    Alakazam Bit poster

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    I left Windows 7 running in the latest version of Parallels overnight and when I came in this morning it appeared to have rebooted (just Win7, not the computer) and was stuck right at the beginning with this message:

    Trying to boot from Primary Master IDE Drive ...
    Missing operating system_

    I restarted Parallels thinking it was just some transient thing but that happens every time -- I'm stuck with no way to boot into Windows.

    Any suggestions?

    Jay
     
  2. YanaB

    YanaB Member

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    Hello Alakazam, I suppose the best solution now is try to repair your Windows installation, the process is described in the following article:
    http://kb.parallels.com/5223
    Note - this procedure would not affect your data anyhow - so there is no reason to worry about it.
     

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