So I wanted to upgrade from Windows XP to 7 on my Asus EEE PC 1000HE. I was using this guide (how-to-install-windows-7-or-windows-vista-on-physical-machine-without-dvd-media) as a reference. I created a new partition, opened the .iso in Daemon Tools, moved the contents of the .iso to the newly created partition, and finished most of the other steps. I formatted C: at step 14. After that, I restarted. Now all I can get on the computer when I turn it on is: BOOTMGR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. That's it. I'm not sure what I screwed up, or how. Please tell me I can fix this. I have no optical drive, so USB is the only option.
Did u do this step? 4.) Copy the bootmgr and boot folders nested inside the copied folder (i.e. \Windows7) to root directory of system boot drive, typically C:\.
Yes, and then I proceeded to format the C: drive as step 14 instructed me to. So I'm not sure why it matters to copy those files to C: if I'm only going to later format the entire drive. But yes, I definitely did it.
Also I would install version, Windows 7 Home Basic, as the spec on your netbook is not high and the graphics load from the higher versions of Win 7 may cause your Netbook to cook itself.