windows 7 - Strange booting issue?

I have a laptop that I resized its partition to only fit the data. After that I had about `700 MB of free space left. Computer booted and it worked fine. I tried it a couple more times and it was fine. I thought it was good to go in regards to cloning so I proceeded to image the drive with Clonezilla on default settings.

After that, I formatted the drive and attempted to restore the image (using all default options) to verify it. Well, this is where my problem resides: when I try to boot, I just get that little blinking cursor at the top left.

What I tried:

• I went into my Windows 7 DVD disk and tried the Startup repair. It said that it was successful in repairing it, but still had the same problem.
  Tried it 5 more times, to no avail.


• Tried bootrec /fixboot, /fixmbr, /rebuildbcd. Still nothing.


• Tried bootsect /nt60 sys /mbr. Can u guess, yea same thing?


• Tried setting the partition to "Active" in diskpart.


• Tried deleting the "boot" folder and even "bootmgr" and replacing them from the DVD.

Luckily, I have Hiren's BootCD on my USB and booted into it. I selected the "Boot from Windows 7/Vista (bootmgr)" option and it worked. The image was successfully booted. It booted off the bootmgr in Hiren's BootCD. It still worked but I need the bootmgr to work without the assistance of the BootCD.

How the hell do I fix this mess?

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Update:

I found the solution. I was just sitting down, studying for my exams when an idea popped in my head. What if I delete all BCD entries manually then add a fresh one after? Well that's what I did.

1. Booted into installation DVD


2. Went into command prompt


3. Typed bcdedit /enum


4. Ran bcdedit /deletevalue (whatever value it was) for each value in the BCD


5. Ran bootrec /scanos and verified that my OS was located


6. Finally, ran bootrec /rebuildbcd


7. And the computer boots up fine.

Answer

Wow, I found the solution. I was just sitting down, studying for my exams when an idea popped in my head. What if I delete all BCD entries manually then add a fresh one after? Well that's what I did.

1. Booted into installation DVD


2. Went into command prompt


3. Typed bcdedit /enum


4. Ran bcdedit /deletevalue (whatever value it was) for each value in the BCD


5. Ran bootrec /scanos and verified that my OS was located


6. Finally, ran bootrec /rebuildbcd


7. And the computer boots up fine.

Thanks for all the answers and suggestions.