BOOTMGR is missing Server 2012 - Before and after bare metal recovery

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hello! post struggling issue. took me several hours sort out on own. couldn't find while surfing web answers...

the issue started old dell poweredge 2950 rdp session host server running server 2012 under raid10 4 sas hdds. server powered down cabling maintenance. sever not moved or disturbed in way. upon restart, sever displayed "bootmgr missing press ctrl-alt-del restart". i restarted again same results. next, decided boot using usb win 2012 image , access recovery console / dos prompt. ran bootrec /fixmbr and bootrec /fixboot , restarted. same error appeared after reboot... next, i rebuilt bcd store using bootrec.exe. still, no joy. @ point, decided perform bare metal recovery daily ms server backup 4 new hdds have on hand. after successful completion of the recovery, server still booted to "bootmgr missing press ctrl-alt-del restart". perplexed, decided try reboot using windows 7 64 iso access windows "fix computer" tool. tool did find problem , said repaird boot issue. sure, restarted , booted win 7 64 iso again , re-ran "fix computer". time said no problems found , rebooted native sever 2012 install. worked!!! 

hope helps in future!

   

 



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