Windows 7 start up boot manager problem

Question

I am using inbuilt Windows 7 ( 64 bit , Home Basic ) on my Sony VAIO laptop . For last few days , i am having a very annoying problem during the start up .
Every time i start my laptop , very soon after the VAIO logo appears , the boot manger prompt appears having "Windows 7" option selected and within fraction of a second it disappears and keep coming till i keep on pressing the ENTER button to start
the OS . I am only using the Windows 7 OS on the system . To get rid rid of it i tried few options suggested on websites - i changed the BIOS settings , in 'msconfig' tried some alternative options in the boot tab and finally i also formatted my
laptop but could not get  rid of the issue . Please help me out with this issue .
Thanks,
Shantanu 
 

Answer 1

Hello,
my problem is similar but all sollutions offered are not working for me.
The problem: the bootmanager appears showing available OS and gives the chance to select. I can chose and the spezified OS starts. I also can make the selected OS starting with no timeout (so, no chance to select anything). But everything I tryed to make the
timeout counting back form soemting inbetween 3 and 999 seconds to cero failed. There is just no timeout.
I tryed to configure timeout via (a) *control panel* > *system & security* > *system* > *advanced system settings* > *advanced* next to *startup & recovery*, then (b) I tryed *msconfig* > *start*, the (c) I tryed to use EasyBCD - but
all, nothing helps me to bring the timeout to work.
What I see when I run bcdedit.exe, the timeout is set propperly (see below) - but sill, it is not working while booting - I have to select the OS manually.
Anybody having an idea, what to do to bring the timeout up and working?
Thx for your help!
Jappie
output of bcdedit.exe:
Windows-Start-Manager
Bezeichner              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=C:
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  de-DE
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {9266f3c4-cd82-11e3-bbec-c83fe4796fc1}
displayorder            {current}
                        {9266f3c8-cd82-11e3-bbec-c83fe4796fc1}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 3
displaybootmenu         Yes
Windows-Startladeprogramm
Bezeichner              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 7
locale                  de-DE
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {9266f3c6-cd82-11e3-bbec-c83fe4796fc1}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {9266f3c4-cd82-11e3-bbec-c83fe4796fc1}
nx                      OptIn
Echtmodus-Startabschnitt
Bezeichner              {9266f3c8-cd82-11e3-bbec-c83fe4796fc1}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \NST\AutoNeoGrub0.mbr
description             Ubuntu Linux
EDIT:
I found a solution by myself:
(1) via boot-repair I re-installed grub
(2) via Windows 7 install-disc  I re-installed the Windows bootloader (went into sysrepair tools -> via console with "bootrec /fixmbr" and then "bootrec /fixboot")
(3) than, back in Windows 7, I used EasyBCD 2.2 community edition, I deleted the old entry for Linux and added a new one pointing to the right place for grub
(4) finaly, I went into Windows 7 systemsettings to set timeout to 3 second (what was impossible  to be done by EasyBCD for whatever reason)
Now it works fine - both OS can be started and the timeout is working again.