I think I broke something big time. I can't get into my computer with that and I don't want to format since I have basically everything on that computer. When I boot up I get a message saying:BOOTMGR is compressed Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart. I have an 80 gig that I am not using.
View 9 RepliesMy problem is when I boot up my computer all I get is this "NTLDR is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart". I can still get into bios, but that's it. I've desided to order the recovery discs for my computer to do a full system recovery, hoping that will fix it. My question is though, will the discs fix this "NTLDR is missing" thing, or will I have to fix it some other way?
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As I mentioned above, I formatted my disc, thus lost all data, hoping to be able to install a clean version of VISTA. I reinstall my hard drive in the laptop, and just to make a quick test, I started the computer without the VISTA DVD in and I got the error ?NTLDR is missing Press CTRL+Alt+Del to restart?, and wondering what that was about, I looked it up on the internet, and most people seemed to say that error message was a typical windows XP type of error. But I never had XP on.......
Try this:
Boot the Vista dvd to sytem recovery options command prompt.
Type:
notepad , then press enter.
Notepad will pop up. Click File> Save.
In the drop down flap , navigate to Computer and double click it.
Rt click the compressed drive>Properties>Untick Compress this drive to save space>Apply>OK.
Might take a while to uncompress...
It says Bootmgr is compressed...
What do I do?
i bought my comp with vista. so i dont have vista dvd so how am i suppose to fix without it?
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