Solution to “BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” Error while Trying to Boot Windows 7
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Yesterday, i installed Windows 7 Operating System on my Desktop Computer using Windows 7 DVD. I created Windows 7 DVD using Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. The installation was quick and everything went fine.

After installation completed, I installed Windows 7 Drivers. As always, after installing any drivers we need to restart the PC.
I was surprised to see an error while my Desktop computer was booting up.
BOOTMGR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
The above error came up after installing Windows 7. I was surprised to see this. My initial reaction was “Whether my Hard Drive is showing signs of wear and tear”.
I tried pressing “Ctrl+Alt+Del” and rebooted the PC, but no success end up with the same error message.
I then used my Lappy to find out the solution to BOOTMGR is missing Error in Windows 7 in Google.
I was happy to find the solution and solve the issue. I am now sharing the same with you all.
Solution to BOOTMGR is missing, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart Error in Windows 7
First of all, Let me tell you the cause of this. If you have two hard Drives connected to your PC and you tried to Install Windows 7 on Secondary IDE or Secondary SATA. It will write the BOOTMGR on primary Harddrive.
I was doing the same thing. I installed Windows 7 on Hard Drive that was connected on Secondary IDE.
Do the following to resolve BOOTMGR is missing in Windows 7
- Take Windows 7 DVD or Windows 7 USB and boot your computer with it. Press a key when you are prompted to boot PC with Windows 7 DVD or USB
- When Windows 7 completes loading Setup Files. It will ask you to select the language, time and currency. Select it and Click Next
- On the next screen, you will see Install Now. But, below you will see “Repair your computer”. Select that.
- Now Windows 7 will try to check for the problems in Windows 7, before that it will search for Windows 7 Installation Drive
- After few seconds or minutes, it will show the problems and you should see the Problem related to Boot
- It will repair the Boot Record by placing the BOOTMGR properly.
Follow the above steps, i am sure you will be able to resolve the BOOTMGR is missing issue.
I was able to resolve it. If you find any other solution to this. Please leave a comment or the link. I will appreciate it and add it to the post so that others readers can also try multiple solutions.
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Great tips, my problem solved.
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@Dana, Glad that it resolved the issue.
I’ve tried this trick already and still have the same problem, I really don’t want to have to format my drive. Is there anything else I can try? I have another drive which I now am running windows on, but I still can’t access the old boot drive, even if I make it a slave I get the original BOOTMGR is missing error. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Brenden
I am getting this while trying to install windows. Obviously I can’t boot from a CD, any thoughts?
thanx i will chk next cmd
i had tried to boot my lappi with the WINDOW 7 DVD but it is giving the same error
please give me some help
t hankxx in advance
I formatted the C:\ using dos prompt and now i am unable to install windows 7. The system is not reading from the cd-rom.Mine is a lappy and I don’t know how to set the primary drives…
Plz helpp me..
BOOTMGR is missing is a strange problem,I have met with it for more than 2 times.However,after i reboot the pc,the problem disappeared.