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Hello,
What am I missing? I have a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7462 with Windows Vista. It gives me a 'BOOTMGR is missing' on start up. I have no Toshiba disks. I can get into command prompt using a generic recovery disk found online. If I try the start up-repair option, it does not find the Vista operating system. It appears that the partitions (C:, Boot-X, E: Toshiba System Volume) seem to be intact and occupied. I have tried the 'hold zero and power up' and it gives the same 'bootmgr missing' message. I have tried to research it several places and none of the 'fixes' work. Is there something that can perhaps be done from the command prompt to recover the machine? I am not really concerned with saving the old data, just in getting back a working machine. ANY suggestions or direction will be appreciated. Sid

Well, I tried, anyway. The only thing I seem to find on this forum are reports of 'lack of customer support' by Toshiba, which will, at least, stand me in good stead when I choose my next computer (which may not be long at this rate<G?>). I have the hard drive mounted in another computer and all the directories/files, WinPE, TOSIMG, etc seem to be available, but what to do with them from here or the command prompt is another question. The final report in the repair log file is "Root cause found: --------------------------- Boot manager is missing or corrupt." Just where it is, was or should be is well beyond me. Can it be found or reconstructed anywhere with the hard drive or must I do a format and new install? Again, thanks and any ideas appreciated. Sid

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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.
When going through the restore process the 2 recovery discs were absolutely fine whether the app and driver DVD was ejected after 5 seconds saying the computer didn't need it and it would be recovered from the hardrive. When I press finish and it restarts itself the screen goes black and comes up with a message saying "BOOTMGR MISSING CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart".
The order of the boot menu is the internal CD/DVD ROM first then the hardrive which I worked out in the BIOS menu.
Not sure what to do next especially as it doesn't want to accept the app and driver dvd. And have tested the HDD and Memory both passed no problem. I have tried removing the HDD and rehousing it then retesting it but made no difference to result.
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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
Try changing the boot order to hard drive first
Restore the defaults from the bios screen. This will allow it to scan for the attached hard ware.
If the issue remains, I would try a full recovery one more time and if the issue remains contact HP support for further assistance.
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HP Pavilion dv9000 Factory Reset BOOTMGR Missing

This computer had a lot of files on it, and I needed something that would only have to run a word processor so I decided to do a factory reboot from the hp startup screen. It began just fine but when I checked back there had been an error. I tried to restart and try again but all I got was a screen say I g BOOTMGR Missing press ctrl+alt+del to restart. I have a Windows 8.1 disk that I have been trying to open so I can install it but nothing is working.

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Bootmgr missing

After i press power button, monitor still blank and there are some text "bootmgr missing" "press ctrl+alt+del to restart".
I am doing "press ctrl+alt+del" but this is not working. How to fix this problem? Help me please...

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Hi, I've purchased an HP Pivillion G6z notebook PC a month ago and my lil nefhew accidently knock down my laptop. it's shut down right away after that i try turing it back on again and again but the white letter keep showing up " BOOTMGR missing" I've tried to find many possibles ways to try and fix it but i chouldn't. I log into hp home site and try to fine the solutions and i have but the problem is that i do NOT think i have gotten a Recovery CD or anything. i've read many solution and all it's lead me to is the "recovery CD" so how do i get a recovery cd? how much does it cost? please help.

Hi,
I would suggest trying the following procedure first of all - this should tell you whether there is a physical ( ie Hardware ) problem with the notebook of if the operating system just needs to be reinstalled.
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If you don't have access to a retail disc, you can create an installation disc yourself on another PC - just download the correct Disc Image from the link below and use an application such as ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly to a blank DVD CD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here. These Images are clean and from a well-respected source, however there are only limited versions available.
Windows-7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit
Use the disc to perform the installation, enter the Windows activation key found on the underside of your notebook when requested and when the installation has completed, use the 'Phone Method' detailed in the link below to activate the OS - this method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who just want a clean installation of Windows 7 without the additional software load normally bundled with OEM installations.
http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-windows-7-by-phone.aspx
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Notebook shows BOOTMGR missing after running return system to factory condition

I have a HP Pavilion Entertainment notebook Model #dv7 3163cl. First I need to say I am a beginner user. My problem started with a low battery issue. Then using recovery mgr. I first ran back up disks and then attempted system restore. During which it shut off. When I tried to restart it it originally said something about starting like new from factory. Then said unable to load windows program. I contacted hp and tech had me purchase a 1 year phone support plan. Then had me go th the recovery manager and select restore to factory image. During which it gave this message. Recovery Manager could not restore computer using the fzctory image. Please contact HP support. Error code 0xe0ef0003. He said that meant I need a new hard drive. Now when I turn it on it says BOOTMGR Missing. Use ctrl apt Del to start but that does not work. It does nothing. Could the tech be right? Is there a way I can check my disk first? Or another way to tell? It wasn't the original problem so I'm not confident in his determination. Should I be?
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Immediately after powering on tap the Esc key. This should bring up a menu of which F2 is what you want to choose. Use Diagnostics to test your hard drive.
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Bootmgr missing no access to recovery disc

I was doing a recovery on a compaq and after it completed formatting I selected re-boot and got the error message bootmgr missing. I'm at a complete loss at what to do . I don't have any recover or repair disc and have no way to create one because i dont have another device with widows 7. Any suggestions on what to do would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Please order Recovery kit for your model using which you can restore the system to original factory settings. Refer the following link for ordering procedure:
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6110 - 1 or more alarms missed due to time change

Wheneevr Is et a calendar alarm it does not go off, but instead, when I check the calensdar, I get the "1 or more alarms missed due to time change" message.
Now - the time has not changed (other than to increment by the second as one would expect); the time is not being updated by my network provider (this option is disabled by default), so what is the problem?
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[Latest 3.58 firmware, phone was reformatted with the new firmware too]Message Edited by 6110nav on 29-Aug-200701:06 PM

I can create this error on demand on my 6120 Classic. Very easy:
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Bootmgr missing dv7t-4100

Have a dv7t-4100 whose disk drive would crash after 10 min of play when I first got it. Calling inti support didn't help and I didn't worry about it because I don't really use it.
So a year later my computer crashes and recovery wouldn't go past classpnp. So hp warranty sent me a new hard drive.
Now it'll go through the 2 recovery discs and ejects them. Then the final phase it freezes @a 12%. If I restart it, the bootmgr is missing. I've tried changing where it reads the cd drive first. I can get to system restore/repair before the bootmgr missing screen pops up. How do I repair this?

Try the following process.
Download and create the bootable CD as described on the link below.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-80183-1&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
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If the above fails to correct the issue, post back with the full version of the operating system you are trying to install ( ie Windows 7 64bit ).
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Formatted volumes. now bootmgr missing. no install cd no backup cd

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compacq presario cq60 notebook running windows 7 pro. wont start up. black screen says windows but no logo. friend formatted volumes then after restarting, bootmgr missing message on screen. no install or recovery disks. what can i do? pressing f8 doesnt work. please help
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Formatting volumes (partitions) removes the operating system and recovery partition. I don't see that as an viable recovery or repair strategy.
Contact HP to order a recovery disk set. The cost is usually @ $25.00 USD
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More disk permissions problems after updating to 10.5.1

After updating to 10.5.1, my hard disk shows more disk permissions problems. But for 10.5.0, there is only one permission problem which cannot be repaired.
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
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Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources /DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
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Satellite M300: bootmgr missing after Recovery has failed

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Even after inserting 2 disk it still asks for insert next disk... I had no choice and i cancelled it...
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Hi
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It looks like your second DVD is not readable for no apparent reason.
Maybe you could try to recover the notebook using the HDD recovery option.
Maybe the partition was not damage during the recovery procedure from DVD.
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