Help Bootmgr is Compressed...Tried everything

[acts238]

Hello,

Compressed C: and my battery on my laptop died while this was compressing. Turned laptop back on Got the error:

Bootmgr is compressed...

The problem I'm having is that there is no option to boot from CD Drive. My CD drive is listed in my BIO's but when I go to boot options only my HDD is listed. \

Please advise

 

[Prof Kerfuffle]

Hi, welcome to Seven Forums

Do you have a copy of Windows 7?
Do you have a spare USB stick? (If the dvd drive doesn't work)

 

[Infinite]

BootMGR Compressed Message at Boot Fix - Vista Forums

 

[acts238]

yes i have both and usb isn't recognized either.

Is there anyway to access CMD prompts or anything?

 

[Infinite]

Use your Windows Disk

 

[acts238]

there's no option under boot manager to boot to disc. Under my bios it recognizes the Disk drive.. but it won't allow me to boot from disc. Only option when I hit F9(boot options) is to boot from HDD.

 

[acts238]

ran a primary hard disk self test and it said

"...#10008- Replace Hard disk"

Is there anyway to test to see if my HDD is bad

 

[Prof Kerfuffle]

ran a primary hard disk self test and it said

"...#10008- Replace Hard disk"

Is there anyway to test to see if my HDD is bad

Yes, plug it into another pc and use crystal disk to see its health and find something like a bad sector. It is no guarantee but it may help.

Are you sure usb doesn't work? Have u tried looking for your usb under hdd as that is how some computers read it.

Crystal Disk Info

 

[mjf]

I gather your PC is unbootable.
Then I suggest you download Partition Wizard (free) bootable CD and run
file system check
Surface scan
Partition Wizard Bootable CD allows user to boot computer directly to manage partition.
The tool will enable you to reformat your HDD if needed.
It looks like you will need to reimage if you have an image, do a factory recovery or a clean install.
Plug your laptop in to the power when doing any significant Disk operation.

 

[acts238]

100% sure about usb. I can go into bios and change order of boot.

But it only boots from HDD. I can here the disc spinning. But when I hit f9 to boot manager only the HDD is listed. Not the USB or CD rom. Weird.

 

[Prof Kerfuffle]

100% sure about usb. I can go into bios and change order of boot.

But it only boots from HDD. I can here the disc spinning. But when I hit f9 to boot manager only the HDD is listed. Not the USB or CD rom. Weird.

External usb dvd drive? Maybe that will work.

If you can find a way too boot off a external device, you could try grub4dos and boot with an external bootmgr and re-compress the drive to fix the internal bootmgr.

 

[gregrocker]

First run the fix posted earlier for your error using Win7 DVD Repair console or System Repair Disk: BootMGR Compressed Message at Boot Fix - Vista Forums

If it won't start then run Startup Repair repeatedly, report back results.

If further problems with HD are in evidence, run the maker's HD Diagnostic extended CD scan, followed by a full Disk Check from the DVD or Repair CD Command Line if necessary.

 

[mjf]

As I said earlier Partition Wizard is one of a number of good apps to download and run a disk check if you are not comfortable running a command line chkdsk and provides an easy to understand GUI.

I assume that people are stating that you can recover from a disk compression if your battery dies mid process. It would be useful if this could be confirmed.
The link referred appears to focus specifically on a compressed boot manager issue.

 

[gregrocker]

If battery died during C compression then it might be salvageable, but "Bootmgr is compressed" error means the boot files have already been compressed so will need to be extracted to have any chance to start again. This is why it needs to be done first then let Startup Repair see if it can work.

Yes, PW's Check File System is a good alternative and will sometimes work when Disk Check balks from CMD. Disk check via one of these methods is an excellent idea.

It may also see drives which Disk Mgmt and even WinRe won't and repair them enough to be seen by Windows.

I don't know about the surface scan as it doesn't appear to do much more than report bad sectors, which is nice to know but the HD's maker's CD repair scan can actually fix surface errors - often allowing Disk Check to finish its job.

 

[mjf]

I don't know about the surface scan as it doesn't appear to do much more than report bad sectors, which is nice to know but the HD's maker's CD repair scan can actually fix surface errors - often allowing Disk Check to finish its job.

Yes you're right that does appear to be quite a weakness. It's probably unlikely that another screen would pop up after finding bad blocks.