How To Fix “BOOTMGR is missing” Error in Vista and Windows 7. Fixing the . If you need assistance, please post here in our forum. The day before yesterday I was testing out a program with several system utilities built in. One of its components left my computer in a bit of a mess – no icons anywhere and other assorted woes. I had set a system restore point before I ran the program, so I thought I’d do a system restore. System restore gave me a message that it couldn’t restore my files. I decided to restore a disc image I had made a short while back.
When you run the System File Checker (Sfc.exe) using the /scannow parameter to restore missing or corrupt system files, the following error may occur. Utilities freeware by Dimio, DShutdown, DSynchronize, HDHacker, DTaskManager and DSpeech. Strangely my users seem to be reporting more of the errors with Vista and Windows 7 than with XP. This may have to do with how Vista/Win7 deal with clipboard viewer. Insert the Windows 7/Vista Setup DVD and restart the computer. Alternately, you may use the Windows 7/Vista System Repair Disc if you have one. When prompted, press a. TheINQUIRER publishes daily news, reviews on the latest gadgets and devices, and INQdepth articles for tech buffs and hobbyists.
When I booted up the computer I got a message: BOOTMGR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. I stared at it the white letters on the black background for a few minutes, while the cursor blinked back at me. After some searching (on another computer) I had some solutions. Barring any hardware errors, here’s how to fix that error.
Insert your Windows Vista or Windows 7 disk into your DVD player and restart your computer. Click the first option, Startup Repair. If there is more than one problem it may reboot again to continue repairing. All my data was backed up (somewhere other than the hard drive Windows is on) so that was one thing I didn't need to worry about. Windows Vista and Windows 7 are the only Windows operating systems where this message appears; XP users don't have to worry about this one.
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Describes how to make sure that your clipboard (data which you have cut or copied) is empty so you do not leave any private information in the clipboard.