bootmgr is compressed

[clarence3]

Originally Posted by knarfishness

Heh, I found an easier way to fix this, and registered just to tell you, ><.

Boot from the Vista DVD.
Click 'Repair my Computer'
At the prompt to select your OS installation, click the button that says 'Load Drivers'. This should bring up a explorer-style drive browser.

Then just right-click on the drive you tried to compress, and deselect 'Compress this Drive', which should still be ticked on. Hit apply, and apply to subfolders/files.

Reboot.

Fixed it for me in a hurry, hope this helps someone else.

-knarfishness

Hi, I signed up to thank you. It worked perfectly.
Thank you.

[liqbear]

Originally Posted by seattleite

he he, hi first post,
this is how you fix it
get to the command prompt screen and type bootrec /fixboot

also bootrec /fixmbr
for the hell of it

this is for anybody who might still need this or who will need it in the future. I got that same error message after compressing my drive to "save space" and then getting tired of waiting and cancelling in the middle. he he yeah I know but it only took me a half hour to fix. thanks to all and lets keep spreading the knowledge

(youll need the installation dvd) [i think]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. This worked first time and took less than 5 minutes.

[Andray]

I was not paying attention when I did this, but I compressed my Vista Ult HD and now I am unable to boot normally. Was getting the BOOTMGR compressed message on boot up and tried several things found on this forum but I have been stuck on BOOTMGR missing for 3 days now and I have tried EVERYTHING imaginable. I just want to salvage my data. Can I add a secondary HD, to boot up and transfer all my files through explorer ? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated !

[Cigar smoker]

You said you tried many things, how about this-
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

[Andray]

Thanks but I have done every single one of them all through the installation recovery disc. It is just a never ending cycle. This is frustrating man...I have done

FIXMbr
Fixboot
rebuildbcd
system restore
uncheck drive compression

...and still "BOOTMGR missing"

...........THIS SUCKS !!!!

[DarkHalo]

I compressed my system drive last nite and on reboot this morning had the same message saying the 'bootmgr is compressed press ctrl alt del'. I ran across a post at another forum saying to run: "bootrec /fixmbr" from a command prompt and that had me back up and running in seconds...after spending most of the morning unsuccessfully trying to do a repair.

I also bought a new Seagate 250 G SATA hdd ($42) thinking the drive might be fux0red. I was so happy to have my system back I dont even feel bad about buying the drive. Actually thats not a bad price either. Oh, to get to the command prompt I booted off the Vista dvd, selected 'Repair' then selected command prompt. I have to wonder what sort of a bug in Vista this is.

[gurkan_junior]

Hello i have had vista ultimate 32 for a half year now but now suddenly when i shall start the computer it wont start.

Verifying DMI Pool data..........
K8 NPT Data change...
Update new data tom DMI!
Boot from CD/DVD:
BOOTMGR is compressed
Press ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

it says

i have tried to start with the vista Boot cd but the same text is coming up but with one more note. I have also checked in the bios so the CD plays before the harddrive.

Verifying DMI Pool data..........
K8 NPT Data change...
Update new data tom DMI!
Boot from CD/DVD:
Press any key to boot from CD or DVD.....
BOOTMGR is compressed
Press ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Please help me!! what should i do?

[gsears89]

Originally Posted by seattleite

he he, hi first post,
this is how you fix it
get to the command prompt screen and type bootrec /fixboot

also bootrec /fixmbr
for the hell of it

this is for anybody who might still need this or who will need it in the future. I got that same error message after compressing my drive to "save space" and then getting tired of waiting and cancelling in the middle. he he yeah I know but it only took me a half hour to fix. thanks to all and lets keep spreading the knowledge

(youll need the installation dvd) [i think]

This fixed it, and it was a lot faster, and simpler than decompressing my hard drive.

[sparkyuiop]

Top banana knarfishness!

[Poison47]

Originally Posted by seattleite

he he, hi first post,
this is how you fix it
get to the command prompt screen and type bootrec /fixboot

also bootrec /fixmbr
for the hell of it

this is for anybody who might still need this or who will need it in the future. I got that same error message after compressing my drive to "save space" and then getting tired of waiting and cancelling in the middle. he he yeah I know but it only took me a half hour to fix. thanks to all and lets keep spreading the knowledge

(youll need the installation dvd) [i think]

This is waht worked for me....it took me about 45 minutes of research, and this method barely took my 5 minutes to do. thanks a lot. anyone who needs this to be comfirmed, it has been

my vista is up running bettet than ever now.

Thanks

[jazz836062]

Originally Posted by gurkan_junior

it says

i have tried to start with the vista Boot cd but the same text is coming up but with one more note. I have also checked in the bios so the CD plays before the harddrive.

Verifying DMI Pool data..........
K8 NPT Data change...
Update new data tom DMI!
Boot from CD/DVD:
Press any key to boot from CD or DVD.....
BOOTMGR is compressed
Press ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Please help me!! what should i do?

Check to make sure that the CD/DVD drive is the first to boot from. When the first black screen comes up press the delete key.
Then change the boot order to boot from CD/DVD first then HD.

[alkarana]

Originally Posted by knarfishness

Heh, I found an easier way to fix this, and registered just to tell you, ><.

Boot from the Vista DVD.
Click 'Repair my Computer'
At the prompt to select your OS installation, click the button that says 'Load Drivers'. This should bring up a explorer-style drive browser.

Then just right-click on the drive you tried to compress, and deselect 'Compress this Drive', which should still be ticked on. Hit apply, and apply to subfolders/files.

Reboot.

Fixed it for me in a hurry, hope this helps someone else.







-knarfishness

thank you very mutch my friend you just saved me......

[latin pc newbe]

thax for the tip knarfishness although for some reason the box was not check
I had to check to compress then apply, restart and then unchecked the box apply
then restart again and it worked. thax... I WAS ABOUT TO reformat

[DD1234]

Originally Posted by knarfishness

Heh, I found an easier way to fix this, and registered just to tell you, ><.

Boot from the Vista DVD.
Click 'Repair my Computer'
At the prompt to select your OS installation, click the button that says 'Load Drivers'. This should bring up a explorer-style drive browser.

Then just right-click on the drive you tried to compress, and deselect 'Compress this Drive', which should still be ticked on. Hit apply, and apply to subfolders/files.

Reboot.

Fixed it for me in a hurry, hope this helps someone else.

-knarfishness

Thanks man.Works perfectly.Thanks again.

[jc_river442]

Originally Posted by seattleite

he he, hi first post,
this is how you fix it
get to the command prompt screen and type bootrec /fixboot

also bootrec /fixmbr
for the hell of it

this is for anybody who might still need this or who will need it in the future. I got that same error message after compressing my drive to "save space" and then getting tired of waiting and cancelling in the middle. he he yeah I know but it only took me a half hour to fix. thanks to all and lets keep spreading the knowledge

(youll need the installation dvd) [i think]

This worked for me,Really got me out of a jam.
Thank you so much awesome place for info.