Installing OS (Win7) on new hard drive - BOOT MGR missing?

Question

I had to install a new hard drive onto Dell Inspiron 17R (5720, Mid 2012). Ordered new hard drive from Dell, and also Operating System reinstall DVD. Windows was loading, but computer shut down and did not restart. I pressed the power button to restart, but now get 'BOOT MGR is missing' error, and don't know what to do next. I chose 'Custom Installation' and selected the only hard drive that was visible when prompted. Computer will not restart with DVD or without DVD. What now? Windows 7-

DELL-Ravi Ch · Answer

Hi,

Please follow the steps below to fix issue with the “Bootmgr is missing”

Insert your Windows 7 DVD into your optical drive (DVD drive) and restart the system.
Press F12 for onetime boot menu and select the CD/DVD drive.
Boot using this DVD by pressing any key when windows asks "Press any key to continue..".
Select your language in the first screen and click "Next".
In this Window, select the option named "Repair your computer".
This tool will search for the installation directory for a minute. Once it finished, click "Next" once again.
Under Recovery Tool, choose the option named "Startup repair". Now, Windows will try to repair your startup problem and gives a message to restart your system.
Restart your system to finish the process.

Please let me know if this helps.

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