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SOLVED!
After 3 hours of troubleshooting, I have found the solution to this problem!
It is caused by a corrupt or damaged boot option in the MBR.
It is especially common on hard drives that contain multiple partitions (ie. almost all OEM installs).
Sometimes the MBR just becomes damaged, other times a boot virus is the cause.
In any case, heres what fixes it:
Boot into recovery manager via a Win7 DVD or via the built in system repair option.
If you use the Win7DVD, click next a...
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Posted by Ritchel Joy. Posted In : PC tips