BOOTMGR Unexpectedly deleted

[dulljony12345]

i turned my laptop off i went too sleep when i woke up to to get in the laptop it said the BOOTMGR was missing press CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart i don't know what happened but i did know my brother was on it before i turned it off, he downloaded a hack menu for one of his games, my AVG said it was a virus but he told me it was not so started installing it i got a bad feeling so i clicked cancel but it installed it anyway along with lot of adware. i uninstalled the adware, shut it down, and went to sleep is there anyway i can get it working

Oh i dont know if it matters but i downloaded a windows 7 ultimate iso to use when i installed the OS i few months ago

oh and does it delete the boot manager if windows is not genuine it was a vista PC with a vista sticker on the bottom but i cant read the numbers on the sticker i bought the computer from a thift store

Should i just go back to linux?

 

[Golden]

It sounds like the Ultimate .ISO may well have been riddled with malware.

Your best bet is to perform a clean install with a genuine Windows product, after cleaning the disk using DISKPART CLEAN ALL during installation.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html

 

[dulljony12345]

Money?

It sounds like the Ultimate .ISO may well have been riddled with malware.

Your best bet is to perform a clean install with a genuine Windows product, after cleaning the disk using DISKPART CLEAN ALL during installation.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html

does that mean i have to BUY windows 7 if so i will look for an iso that does not delete bootmgr

 

[Golden]

:sarc:

 

[Kari]

It sounds like the Ultimate .ISO may well have been riddled with malware.

Your best bet is to perform a clean install with a genuine Windows product, after cleaning the disk using DISKPART CLEAN ALL during installation.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html

does that mean i have to BUY windows 7 if so i will look for an iso that does not delete bootmgr

What an appropriate username you have!

I do not know the traditions, habits and laws of where you come from, in the civilized world the answer is YES. People usually BUY instead of stealing.

Kari

 

[gregrocker]

Did your laptop come with Win7? If so then you can reinstall it as many times as you want using the Product Key on the COA sticker on bottom or under battery. The whole process is detailed here to Clean Reinstall Windows 7

If this is the Lenovo T400 that came with Vista you can reinstall Vista using Vista ISO - Download and Create Installation DVD or USB.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164

 

[dulljony12345]

Did your laptop come with Win7? If so then you can reinstall it as many times as you want using the Product Key on the COA sticker on bottom or under battery. The whole process is detailed here to Clean Reinstall Windows 7

If this is the Lenovo T400 that came with Vista you can reinstall Vista using Vista ISO - Download and Create Installation DVD or USB.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164

it did come with the sticker buy the sticker got wet and the numbers came off but i might try that. when i bought it, it did not have a hard drive so i got one from an old computer of mine that had vista and it is still on there to this day so i have two operating systems i have a boot menu that asks me which do i want to boot to

 

[Kari]

Greg, you noticed this in original post:

oh and does it delete the boot manager if windows is not genuine it was a vista PC with a vista sticker on the bottom but i cant read the numbers on the sticker i bought the computer from a thift store

 

[gregrocker]

I think if I was in your position I'd download and Clean Install Windows 10 Technical Preview which is the future for Windows and remarkably stable even though still pre-beta. I have been using it for four months without going back to Windows 7. Delete all partitions during the booted install. You can get help as needed and help others at Windows 10 Forums

Otherwise order Vista Recovery disks for that PC from Lenovo, buy a copy of Windows 7 to install, reinstall Linux.