Thanks Paul for the suggestion. I ordered the disks twice. The first set had a blank disk 2. The second set they sent me two sets and the 2 was blank in one set and the 1 was blank in the spare. However the problem still exist. The bootmanager is missing. Sometimes I get system32\winload.exe failed. I have lost count of all the ways I have tried to repair this. I finally got the recovery paratition to be recognized by copying the bcd and boot files to it. I set the recovery partition to active but it still won't boot.
Note: With the recovery partition set to active, I did not get the bootmanager missing at the beginning. But the hdd would not boot. Black screen. The recovery disks would not work either, bootmanager missing. I reset the boot flag.
I bought a new hdd to use the recovery disks on and I would have transferred the files I wanted to save to it. However, the hdd began overheating and died. That's what I get for buying one from ebay.
I used REMO on the original hdd and discovered there are now 17 partitions on it, including the recovery partition.
I have purchased and used other Vista repair disks to no avail.
Any suggestions on how to repair the bcd when the unit will not boot almost everything I have tried?
Do you think if I took it to an experienced repair shop they could fix it?
I have been working on and off on this for a year now. It has been a learning experience in many ways. But now my patience is running low and I want it fixed.
If a solution cannot be found soon I may just repartition and reformat the drive if I can find some software to do it. Then I will go out and get another operating system and use my COA.