I consider this issue resolved… I took the advice of technicians that I know. Their suggestion: do a “clean install” with a “real” Windows 7 Pro DVD and get rid of the Dell utility and recovery partitions.
Seems strange but it seems your boot manager has become corrupted. I know of no way to repair it, so the best approach might be to set up a bootable flash drive with the diagnostics.
jg2711
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February 13th, 2012 16:00
I consider this issue resolved… I took the advice of technicians that I know. Their suggestion: do a “clean install” with a “real” Windows 7 Pro DVD and get rid of the Dell utility and recovery partitions.
osprey4
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February 2nd, 2012 17:00
Hi jg2711,
Seems strange but it seems your boot manager has become corrupted. I know of no way to repair it, so the best approach might be to set up a bootable flash drive with the diagnostics.
osprey4
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February 13th, 2012 16:00
Good plan. Their usefulness is limited once you've got a clean installation and create your own backup image.