BOOTMGR Problem

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I owned as my Primary computer a HP a6119h, Today I went and bought a MSi NF750-G55. A AMD Phenom II 955 Black 3.20Ghz and 3Gb Patriot DDR3 12800 Memory 3x1Gb.


When I boot up I get a "BOTTMGR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"

Since it was from a HP PC I don't have a Windows Install CD, wheat do I have to do to boot to windows?

[patchnoid]

I owned as my Primary computer a HP a6119h, Today I went and bought a MSi NF750-G55. A AMD Phenom II 955 Black 3.20Ghz and 3Gb Patriot DDR3 12800 Memory 3x1Gb.


When I boot up I get a "BOTTMGR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"

Since it was from a HP PC I don't have a Windows Install CD, wheat do I have to do to boot to windows?

--> Could not check to see if this was valid hope the file is still there.

You need a program called bootsect which is on the Vista installation DVD which you don't have. That specifically puts BOOTMGR back onto your Hard Drive without touching anything else. However to run that you need to boot into some kind of Microsoft operating system.


Here's the bootsect tool from Windows 7 RC1, it's the same as the vista one http://rapidshare.com/files/269611722/bo… to use it type "bootsect /nt60 SYS /force" into a administrative command prompt.

[patchnoid]

--> Could not check to see if this was valid hope the file is still there.

You need a program called bootsect which is on the Vista installation DVD which you don't have. That specifically puts BOOTMGR back onto your Hard Drive without touching anything else. However to run that you need to boot into some kind of Microsoft operating system.


Here's the bootsect tool from Windows 7 RC1, it's the same as the vista one http://rapidshare.com/files/269611722/bo… to use it type "bootsect /nt60 SYS /force" into a administrative command prompt.

Here is the link sorry the last link was wrong
http://rapidshare.com/files/269611722/bootsect.exe

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Thanks for the help but I just purchased Windows 7, installed that and am having no real problems, but maybe there is something you can help me with. All of my new hardware is 64 bit, I couldn't go straight into installing the 64bit version of windows from my old 32bit OEM Vista so is it possible for me to install the 64bit version with the "Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade" I purchased?

[ua549]

Moving from a 32 bit Windows to a 64 bit Windows requires a clean install.
That can be done even if you have the upgrade license.

[gurutoo]

Moving from a 32 bit Windows to a 64 bit Windows requires a clean install.
That can be done even if you have the upgrade license.

Yep, you are correct on that, I just found out today trying to upgrade from Vista Ultimate 32bit to Windows 7 64 bit. No way that was gonna happen.