Missing Bootmgr

[glyn999 10]

Hi

My laptop Advent 9215 had to have a full restore yesterday. Upon rebooting after a fresh Vista install using my original backup disc, I got the message bootmgr missing press ctrl alt delete.

Having done this a few times with no results, I went into repair manager and did a repair, this still did the same.

It was repeated numerous times. then I tried the dos prompt, delete & install for the bootmgr the results were still the same."bootmgr missing press ctrl alt delete"

 

Any help would be appreciated.

[garlicbread 10]

does the F8 repair your computer work and then re-install windows??? also when you recovered it was anything connected apart from the charger

[glyn999 10]

No & no nothing was connected other than the charger it only seems to load from disc but once its reformatted the new system it will not start back up giving th bootmgr missing message

[JarvisS8 10]

No & no nothing was connected other than the charger it only seems to load from disc but once its reformatted the new system it will not start back up giving th bootmgr missing message

 

Do you have access to a Linux based live cd?

[waddler8 10]

My laptop Advent 9215 had to have a full restore yesterday.

 

What was the original problem?

[dynamick 10]

Here are two solutions to the problem - the easy one (the first one) and the one where you need to be a bit more careful.

 

Hope that helps

 

SOLUTION 1

 

- Get your Vista installation DVD and pop it into your drive.

- Then restart your computer.

- Set your computer to boot from DVD or CD in your BIOS.

 

Vista will ask you for language and keyboard layout information, after which you will be asked if you want to re-install Vista or repair your existing installation.

Select Repair. After which Vista's System Recovery Tool will start.

 

 

 

Select Startup Repair and let Vista do its thing! That really is all there is to it!

 

 

If that doesn't work try this:

 

 

SOLUTION 2

 

If the previous method does not resolve the problem, you can rebuild the BCD store by using the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment. To do this, follow these steps:

 

- Get your Vista installation DVD and pop it into your drive.

- Then restart your computer.

- Press a key when you are prompted.

- Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then click Next

- Click Repair your computer

- Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next

- In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt

- Type bootrec /rebuildbcd and then press ENTER

 

• If Bootrec runs successfully, it will present you with the installation path of a Windows directory. To add the entry to the BCD store, type Yes . A confirmation message appears that indicates the entry was added successfully.

 

• If Bootrec cannot locate any missing Windows installations, you must remove the BCD store, and then you must re-create it. To do this, type the following commands in the order shown below: (Remember to press ENTER after each command)

 

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup

 

ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old

 

bootrec /rebuildbcd

 

- Restart the computer.

[garlicbread 10]

Here are two solutions to the problem - the easy one (the first one) and the one where you need to be a bit more careful.

 

Hope that helps

 

SOLUTION 1

 

- Get your Vista installation DVD and pop it into your drive.

- Then restart your computer.

- Set your computer to boot from DVD or CD in your BIOS.

 

Vista will ask you for language and keyboard layout information, after which you will be asked if you want to re-install Vista or repair your existing installation.

Select Repair. After which Vista's System Recovery Tool will start.

 

 

 

Select Startup Repair and let Vista do its thing! That really is all there is to it!

 

 

If that doesn't work try this:

 

 

SOLUTION 2

 

If the previous method does not resolve the problem, you can rebuild the BCD store by using the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment. To do this, follow these steps:

 

- Get your Vista installation DVD and pop it into your drive.

- Then restart your computer.

- Press a key when you are prompted.

- Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then click Next

- Click Repair your computer

- Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next

- In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt

- Type bootrec /rebuildbcd and then press ENTER

 

• If Bootrec runs successfully, it will present you with the installation path of a Windows directory. To add the entry to the BCD store, type Yes . A confirmation message appears that indicates the entry was added successfully.

 

• If Bootrec cannot locate any missing Windows installations, you must remove the BCD store, and then you must re-create it. To do this, type the following commands in the order shown below: (Remember to press ENTER after each command)

 

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup

 

ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old

 

bootrec /rebuildbcd

 

- Restart the computer.

 

There wont be a Vista disc just recovery dvd's so unless the op gets a vista dvd that will be pointless

[glyn999 10]

Here are two solutions to the problem - the easy one (the first one) and the one where you need to be a bit more careful.

 

Hope that helps

 

SOLUTION 1

 

- Get your Vista installation DVD and pop it into your drive.

- Then restart your computer.

- Set your computer to boot from DVD or CD in your BIOS.

 

Vista will ask you for language and keyboard layout information, after which you will be asked if you want to re-install Vista or repair your existing installation.

Select Repair. After which Vista's System Recovery Tool will start.

 

 

 

Select Startup Repair and let Vista do its thing! That really is all there is to it!

 

 

If that doesn't work try this:

 

 

SOLUTION 2

 

If the previous method does not resolve the problem, you can rebuild the BCD store by using the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment. To do this, follow these steps:

 

- Get your Vista installation DVD and pop it into your drive.

- Then restart your computer.

- Press a key when you are prompted.

- Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then click Next

- Click Repair your computer

- Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next

- In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt

- Type bootrec /rebuildbcd and then press ENTER

 

• If Bootrec runs successfully, it will present you with the installation path of a Windows directory. To add the entry to the BCD store, type Yes . A confirmation message appears that indicates the entry was added successfully.

 

• If Bootrec cannot locate any missing Windows installations, you must remove the BCD store, and then you must re-create it. To do this, type the following commands in the order shown below: (Remember to press ENTER after each command)

 

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup

 

ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old

 

bootrec /rebuildbcd

 

- Restart the computer.

 

 

Yes tried this but does not boot up.

 

The original problem was it was not starting up properly, it would only boot in safe mode, so I did a full recovery. Now I just get the ctrl alt del message. the back up discs tell me they are loading but on completion it still gives me the missing bootmgr message.

[kimba 10]

Get a new hard drive.