Comments on: Solution to “BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” Error while Trying to Boot Windows 7

By: Nihar

Nihar — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:03:17 +0000

@Sheoran, Thanks for sharing this post. WIll check that out.

By: Sheoran

Sheoran — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:09:50 +0000

Thanks Nihar, your solution was good but it was missing some key points. Last night i had this problem and i tried everything by your article but it didn’t work because it was not showing the previous version of Win 7. The reason was C: drive which was the primary partition was not “Active”. To make it an active partition, I had to go to the command prompt and enter some commands. I’m pasting a link below which was really really helpful in recovering the Win-7 and restoring the Boot-Loader/BOOTMGR.

http://www.heiser.net/posts/3256

Please keep in mind the following: you would be required the same version of Win-7 Recovery or Full DVD in order to restore that. e.g. If you had Win-7 Enterprise Edition, then you would be required Win-7 Enterprise Edition DVD. If it was Win-7 Home edition, then home edition would do. Just follow the Christopher and it will resolve the issue. He has included the link for DOS Commands which will help you in case you find it difficult to enter commands.

in case you still find it difficult: e-mail me
“sheoran.one AT gmail dot com”

By: Nihar

Nihar — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:29:02 +0000

@kristian sollien, I didn’t understand it properly. Can you elaborate it.

By: Anand

Anand — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:16:07 +0000

Thanks it is very help full for me ………. i had this problem..

By: kristian sollien

kristian sollien — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:35:55 +0000

I need some help, i have the same problem. But i cant reeboot becouse i vant enter the bios ore do anything else. Please help.

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:59:16 +0000

Consider downloading the corresponding Windows installation software, then burn it to a disc… you should be able to find one via Microsoft’s website.

If not, there should not be any legal issue with you downloading one elsewhere if only to repair your already legal installation.

By: KIM AMBROSE

KIM AMBROSE — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:28:23 +0000

i have formated the hard drive and now i am getting that error “bootmgr is missing” press CTRL,ALT,DEL to restart what can i do if their is no os installed. HELP HELP HELP PLIZ

By: linda

linda — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:00:56 +0000

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.

By: Anwaraj

Anwaraj — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:10:24 +0000

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..

By: prabhjot

prabhjot — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:35:52 +0000

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

By: karthik

karthik — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:01:09 +0000

thanx i will chk next cmd

By: Perry

Perry — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:41:12 +0000

I am getting this while trying to install windows. Obviously I can’t boot from a CD, any thoughts?

By: Brenden

Brenden — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:42:45 +0000

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

By: Nihar

Nihar — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:30:34 +0000

@Dana, Glad that it resolved the issue.

By: Dana @ Online Knowledge

Dana @ Online Knowledge — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:09:03 +0000

Great tips, my problem solved.
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