BOOTMGR is missing

scooby2874 · 03-20-2009, 05:08 PM

Hi all,i have a HP Compq 6720s laptop,which has Windows Vista basic edition on it,recently it died after trying to do a factory restore on it.As it tries to boot,i get a black screen with "BOOTMGR" is missing press ctrl,Alt + Delete,which restarts the laptop,but takes me to the same black screen.Problem is i dont think i have a Vista installation cd,and when i tried to back up using HP's backup,an error occured,please help,would this mean i would have to buy Windows Vista to get my laptop running again !!!!!!

**jenae** · 03-20-2009, 05:21 PM

Hi, you can use anybodys copy of Vista to fix this see if you can borrow one (as long as it is 32 or 64) . Or according to HP:-
Turn on the PC and repeatedly press the F11 key when the HP logo appears.
On the recovery screen, click Advanced Options.
Press the Alt and the D keys at the same time. The command prompt will appear. (thats the theory) if it does type these two commands press enter after each one:-

Code:

bootrec.exe /fixboot
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
Restart and post back to let us know how you got on.

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scooby2874 · 03-20-2009, 07:26 PM

no sorry that didn't work

**jenae** · 03-21-2009, 12:40 AM

Hi, would help if you worked with us here. What didn't work? Give us the details.

scooby2874 · 03-21-2009, 01:38 AM

sorry,got to the command screen,and put in the two commands given,but still the same,eg. goes to black screen saying "BOOTMGR" is missing.

**jenae** · 03-21-2009, 01:57 AM

Hi, thanks for posting back, this time go to command prompt and now type:-

Code:

Bcdedit –store c:\boot\BCD –set GUID path \windows\system32\Boot\winload.exe

Press enter reboot to take effect

Mcninjaguy · 03-21-2009, 02:50 AM

http://www.techsupportforum.com/cont...icles/170.html

hg2051 · 03-21-2009, 04:15 AM

I got a similar problem, being unable to boot on Vista after an attempt to install OpenSUSE 11.1.
Running the commands of bootre.exe didn't fix anything:my PC continues to boot on continuing OpenSUSE installation from a CD1.
Moreover,while I was to run (without any effect) the utilities of the orginal recovery disk,after running bootrec.exe with the option given by Microsoft's "http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392",the restore points disppeared.

03-20-2009, 05:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
scooby2874 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3 OS: windows vista basice edition	BOOTMGR is missing Hi all,i have a HP Compq 6720s laptop,which has Windows Vista basic edition on it,recently it died after trying to do a factory restore on it.As it tries to boot,i get a black screen with "BOOTMGR" is missing press ctrl,Alt + Delete,which restarts the laptop,but takes me to the same black screen.Problem is i dont think i have a Vista installation cd,and when i tried to back up using HP's backup,an error occured,please help,would this mean i would have to buy Windows Vista to get my laptop running again !!!!!!

03-20-2009, 05:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
jenae Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,308 OS: XP & Vista	Re: BOOTMGR is missing Hi, you can use anybodys copy of Vista to fix this see if you can borrow one (as long as it is 32 or 64) . Or according to HP:- Turn on the PC and repeatedly press the F11 key when the HP logo appears. On the recovery screen, click Advanced Options. Press the Alt and the D keys at the same time. The command prompt will appear. (thats the theory) if it does type these two commands press enter after each one:- Code: bootrec.exe /fixboot bootrec.exe /fixmbr Restart and post back to let us know how you got on. __________________ __________________

03-20-2009, 07:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
scooby2874 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3 OS: windows vista basice edition	Re: BOOTMGR is missing no sorry that didn't work

03-21-2009, 12:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
jenae Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,308 OS: XP & Vista	Re: BOOTMGR is missing Hi, would help if you worked with us here. What didn't work? Give us the details. __________________

03-21-2009, 01:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
scooby2874 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3 OS: windows vista basice edition	Re: BOOTMGR is missing sorry,got to the command screen,and put in the two commands given,but still the same,eg. goes to black screen saying "BOOTMGR" is missing.

03-21-2009, 01:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
jenae Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,308 OS: XP & Vista	Re: BOOTMGR is missing Hi, thanks for posting back, this time go to command prompt and now type:- Code: Bcdedit –store c:\boot\BCD –set GUID path \windows\system32\Boot\winload.exe Press enter reboot to take effect __________________

03-21-2009, 02:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
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03-21-2009, 04:15 AM	#8 (permalink)
hg2051 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5 OS: Vista	Re: BOOTMGR is missing I got a similar problem, being unable to boot on Vista after an attempt to install OpenSUSE 11.1. Running the commands of bootre.exe didn't fix anything:my PC continues to boot on continuing OpenSUSE installation from a CD1. Moreover,while I was to run (without any effect) the utilities of the orginal recovery disk,after running bootrec.exe with the option given by Microsoft's "http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392",the restore points disppeared.