BOOTMGR Missing - Looping restart

I refromatted my hard drive and am trying to reinstall from the restore disks I ordered from HP. I keep getting "BOOTMGR Missing Press ctrl-alt-delete to restart". I have tried everything from using the HP Disks to a Dell restore disk but within a few seconds the power goes out and it restarts the process over again. This loop continues even when I look at the bios or any other function. Within 5 seconds, the power will shut off and it will come back on. I can hear the CD running and when I eject it, the disk is spinning so I am assuming the drive is okay. Any ideas?

I guess maybe your boot order is not correct in terms of booting from cd rom drive first.
Look in bios or use the quick access key (google for details) to bring up a boot selection option menu if supported on your model.
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So I have recently had to factory reset my laptop which wiped everything clean including losing a restore point. I purchased the 3 recovery discs from HP 2 x Win 7 recovery media DVD's (Part 1 and 2) and the application and driver recovery DVD.
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I grasp that when you tried to do a recovery from the disks supplied by HP after the first two it informed you that the remaining two were not required and would be recovered from the hard drive. The boot order is set to optical drive first and hard drive second. When you tried to boot to the hard drive you received the error ""BOOTMGR MISSING CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart. You have tested the hard drive and memory and no issues were found
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When requesting assistance, please provide the complete model name and/or product number of the HP computer in question. HP/Compaq makes thousands of models of computers. Without this information it may be difficult or impossible to assist you in resolving your issue.
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