I can not get passed the boot manager screen without the OS disk. I went to Microsoft web site to see I could download it there and put in the key that the site instructed. So, that did not work and Microsoft referred me to contact my manufacturer. I called Dell support and gave them my tag number and we went through some diagnostics and all hardware looked ok. I know I should of made backup disks for my computer, I know big mistake! I was informed my warranty was over and they would provide backup disks, OS disk, 1 year support for $129.00. That was not what I was asking for at all! I just needed the OS disk so I can proceed pass the boot manager screen. Soon the supervisor was on the line with me and had the same discussion but, made an offer for $89.00 for the same deal. I'm still not pleased because I bought windows 7 with the computer and have the product key and Dell support will not send me OS disk without paying a hefty price for it.
The main reason I'm in this situation is because I didn't create any backup recovery. Other reason, I bought an SSD to go along with my 1tb HDD and cloned the information from HDD to SSD. Everything went well until I changed SATA Mode from Raid to AHCI. AHCI mode didn't recognize the HDD because there was already a partition on it, so I deleted it. Note, I did switch back to RAID in the BIOS so I could go into computer management to delete the partition. Also, went into the registry to change the values msachi to 0 and atapi to 0 before I went back to BIOS again to change back to AHCI mode. So, when I booted up the computer again it sent me to the boot manager screen. I do have all my files on the SSD but no OS on it. Is there a way I can recover the files from the SSD? if I do a fresh install on the HDD could I recover the files from the SSD then? Just trying to figure out what shoulf I do next since Dell support will not ship me the OS Disk without shelling out a lot of money for it!