http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Boot Manager is missing en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:33:33 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/boot-manager-is-missing#post-45891 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:18:30 +0000 Budohorseman 45891@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well there is <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/geek-repair-create-your-own-ultimate-recovery-cd/">one more utility you can try</a>. If you scroll to the bottom of the article, you will see one of the boot manager utilities. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/boot-manager-is-missing#post-45889 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:39:59 +0000 JoDoGo00 45889@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thank you both for your replies.</p> <p>First, the drive is a single boot drive (i.e., only Vista Home Basic).</p> <p>Second, I can't answer "Why did you need Boot Mgr" but when I turn on the computer then Vista doesn't start up and I get instead:</p> <p>BOOTMGR is missing<br /> Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart</p> <p>then I know I have a problem that needs to be addressed. I tried the solution I mentioned in my original post because that matched the problem I was having.</p> <p>Thirdly, I tried "bootrec /fixboot" but that didn't do the trick either. </p> <p>I tried a few other things as well (the laptop actually belongs to a friend and I have my own laptop side-by-side for comparison purposes).</p> <p>I would like to avoid resetting the OS to first day factory install (after, of course, I get my friend's data off) so I turn this community for any assistance. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/boot-manager-is-missing#post-45882 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:37:52 +0000 Budohorseman 45882@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Did you try the bootrec /fixboot from the command prompt? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/boot-manager-is-missing#post-45822 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:51:05 +0000 megladon41 45822@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>First and foremost.<br /> Why did you need Boot Mgr.<br /> And Second,were you trying to dual boot or something in that field?<br /> my setup is dual boot: two hdds, 320wd, and 160wd. 320:vista. 160:xp. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/boot-manager-is-missing#post-45812 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:41:17 +0000 JoDoGo00 45812@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I downloaded your .iso file to repair the BootMgr error.</p> <p>However, after following the instructions on your website, I ran the recovery option from the CD I created with your iso file.</p> <p>The following resulted:<br /> "Windows cannot repair this computer automatically"</p> <p>When I viewed the diagnostic results, a new dialog box appeared showing that everything passed except for the Boot Manager issue.</p> <p>Amongst the Test Performed and passed the following was listed:</p> <p>Root cause found:<br /> ---------------------------------<br /> Boot manager is missing or corrupt.</p> <p>Repair action: File repair<br /> Result: Failed. error code = 0xc1<br /> Time taken = 5694 ms</p> <p>My obvious question is what do I do next? </p> <p>I appreciate any help you can give.</p> <p>By the way, the machine is a Lenovo laptop N200 running Vista Basic (I used your 32 bit iso recovery file). </p>