bootmgr error: press alt, clt, del

[BillysMum73]

i think i fried my pc .. it took ages 2restart so i pushed the start button, nek minit got the bootmgr error ... grrr 2me .. i read what was posted about it .. i tried F5, F8 but nothing .. get the same message, i can only get to the BIOS screen & another screen by pushing F10 .. i dont know what to do ... i dont know if it has a pre installed recovery system nor do i have a CD .. does sum1 know what i should do .. thanks in advance

 

[Sir George]

i think i fried my pc .. it took ages 2restart so i pushed the start button, nek minit got the bootmgr error ... grrr 2me .. i read what was posted about it .. i tried F5, F8 but nothing .. get the same message, i can only get to the BIOS screen & another screen by pushing F10 .. i dont know what to do ... i dont know if it has a pre installed recovery system nor do i have a CD .. does sum1 know what i should do .. thanks in advance

Did you shut the system down or was there a system problem which caused the shutdown? Post back more details about the situation.

 

[BillysMum73]

i shut it down ... now i wish i hadn't .. i was only trying 2restart it, cos chrome kept becoming unresponsive .. when it came back on i got that dreaded message ..

 

[Kaktussoft]

Post exact error message please.

 

[Kaktussoft]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/104341-bootmgr-missing-fix.html Is that the message you see?

 

[BillysMum73]

bootmgr error .. press alt,clt,del .. i did that multiple times, but keeps going bk 2the original msg, sum other messages come up about entering a command line, but i didnt know what to put in .. then i went in2 the BIOS screen .. but nothing there helped me .. i tried F5 & F8 to get 2the preinstalled recovery screen but i dont think i have it installed .. i have no CD .. so im pretty much up s*** creek with no paddle in sight ...

 

[BillysMum73]

yes thats the dreaded message i keep getting

 

[Kaktussoft]

"sum other messages come up about entering a command line" ... don't know what you mean by that. Is it possible to make a camshot of it and post it?

If bootmgr is missing the "boot manager" is missing ... without a boot manager a boot menu is useless and th OS doesn't load of course. Sure it says "boot manager is missing"? Or "boot manager is compressed"????

Did you mark another partition ACTIVE prior to problems?
Did you delete files? c:\bootmgr is the problem.
Did you shutdown the machine by just powering it off?

Win7 install/repair dvd's (ISO) can be found here Windows 7 Direct Download Links, Official Disk Images from Digital River

 

[BillysMum73]

i just read a link to fix it, but i cant get there, F5 & F8 doesnt get me there .. even when i tap it multiple times .. the command line was GRUB: .. i dont know what that means .. i honestly dont know what to do .. im a gamer not a IT geek .. lol ... i dont have a flash drive, i dont have the CD .. like i said im pretty much up s*** creek! ratty as .. now i cant play my games the pc im on now only has 1RAM so its useless 4gaming .. which is why i want 2get my other 1 up & running .. so if any1 can help me... i'd be so appreciative

 

[Kaktussoft]

Grub,... do or did you have linux on that system?

 

[BillysMum73]

i shut it down, by powering it off .. silly thing 4me 2do .. so im guessing i fried it by doing that

 

[Kaktussoft]

i shut it down, by powering it off .. silly thing 4me 2do .. so im guessing i fried it by doing that

Maybe C partition is corrupt now. chkdsk (check disk) can hopefully fix that.

 

[BillysMum73]

i have no idea .. when i turned it on earlier, it goes straight to the error message ..

 

[BillysMum73]

how do i do that?

 

[Kaktussoft]

I asked you if linux is on that machine? Or ever was?
Or only just win7?

 

[Kaktussoft]

how do i do that?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/104341-bootmgr-missing-fix.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html OPTION TWO. So do it from "command prompt".
to enter command prompt (unbootable win7) : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/682-command-prompt-startup.html

I already told you where to download the win7 ISO

 

[BillysMum73]

i honestly dont know, i got it off my neighbour, it had windows 7 on it originally, she tried to upgrade it to vista .. when we got it, we had to put it in the shop cos it was too slow to go online ..

 

[BillysMum73]

ok imma try to do what u've suggested .. thanks 4ur help & time .. will get bk 2u when & IF i get it fixed

 

[Kaktussoft]

i honestly dont know, i got it off my neighbour, it had windows 7 on it originally, she tried to upgrade it to vista ... when we got it, we had to put it in the shop cos it was too slow to go online ..

You mean the other way around I assume. VISTA was originally on machine. Later upgraded to WIN7. Who did the upgrade? He or she should have the win7 install dvd.

If you have GRUB as bootmanager on the machine .... most likely you have a pirated version of WIN7!!
We don't help people with illegal WIN7.

 

[BillysMum73]

like i sed i have no idea .. dont shoot the messenger mate .. only here to ask 4help .. not 2be told off .. thks anyway