BOOTMGR IS MISSING - HOW DO I RECOVER IT?

hp Pavillion xz185ua  windows 7 64 bit
"The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessable." The device is the "bootmgr"

Hi,
In that case, try the following.
If you don't already have one, use another PC to create a Windows 7 Rescue CD.  Download the ISO from the link below.
Windows 7 64bit
You should use an application such as ImgBurn to burn the ISO to a CD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here.  Once created, or if you already have this, insert the Rescue CD into the notebook and restart to boot from it.  Select Repair Your Computer and choose the Command Prompt.  When this loads, enter the following commands and hit enter after each one - include spaces as shown.
Bootrec.exe
bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
Remove the Rescue CD and try rebooting the notebook.
Regards,
DP-K
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