My presario v3000 laptop - my name is bec

if you boot pressing F8 can you get to the repair option?

Boot manager. Try this

Google this: cyberst0rm blogspot how to fix bootmgr is missing

and that has 2 options to repair your problem. Very common.

you may have trouble sorting this with out the disc.Here are the steps to replace the BOOTMGR:

1. Boot from the Windows install disc.
2. Click on Repair your computer after selecting proper language, time and keyboard input.
3. Select the Windows installation drive, which is usually C:\ , and click Next.
4. Choose "Command Prompt" when the System Recovery Options box appears.

More items...

BOOTMGR is compressed: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

https://neosmart.net/wiki/bootmgr-is-compressed/.....or try this link.. boot manager is compressed press ctrl alt del to restart Google Search

Hello ajay1 8 83
You need run SFC /SCANNOW
Read this first for more understanding http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212/

Try booting to your Vista installation CD. Choose Repair. Select your operating system, should bethe only one. It will repair the BOOTMGR.

"Boot with the Vista DVD, when it enters Setup hit your SHIFT-F10 keys Setup will run "cmd", and drops you to a command prompt that is running with SYSTEM privileges.

Then at the command prompt type the following (hitting <enter>) after each line.:

attrib bootmgr -s -r -h
del bootmgr
ren temp bootmgr
attrib bootmgr -a +s +r +h"

hope this helps! :)

cite: http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151686

The NLTDR file is missing ot corrupted. Try your recovery disk to fix the problem. If this doesn't work as a last resort, re-install Windows.

Try booting to your Vista installation DVD. Choose Repair. Select the OS
(should be the only one that shows up). It should repair the BOOTMGR.

Have them load whatever OS you lost to them, if you have the OS cd, try installing it yourself.

Windows Vista includes a new Boot Manager (BootMgr) that replaces the old NT Loader (Ntldr).

If the boot partition no longer can be found, then Vista will display the following error: BOOTMGR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

The Windows Boot Configuration Data file is missing required information

More Info MS KB 919529
More Info MS KB 927391

This can usually be solved by checking the boot devices, and if no problems found then use Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and perform a "Startup Repair".

If by accident having compressed the entire boot partition, then Vista will display the following error: BOOTMGR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
This can usually be solved by using Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and perform a "Startup Repair". If that fails then use WinRE to enter the "Command Prompt" and execute these commands:

• compact /U C:\bootmgr
• compact /U C:\ntldr

first u go to bios settings and change first bootdevice cdrom and reboot system u put winxp cd in cd drive

u will see this message


press any key to boot from cd


u press any key


winxp setup start automatically



and repair winxp



som case hardisk partition probelm , that case u will format drive and re install winxp