"BOOTMGR NOT FOUND"

zant · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 7:49 am

Yesterday morning when I boot up my computer, I got a black screen that read "BOOTMGR NOT FOUND, PRESS CTRL+ALT+DEL TO RESTART" This happened out of nowhere and I cannot think of a reason for this to happen. I have heard that this can be fixed by using a windows 7 recovery disc or the disc you can buy to install windows 7. However, my laptop does not have a CD/DVD drive. It it possible to boot from a USB stick? Need some help here, I really need to use my laptop, as the computer I am forced to use now is my school laptop, and it flat out sucks.

Adbot · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 7:49 am

Southrend · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 8:10 am

If you have the discs for Windows 7 you could use an external dvd-drive. However I doubt you've gotten the discs with the laptop. If you don't have them then you can try to revert back to the factory default. What laptop do you have?

zant · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 8:15 am

I have an HP Pavillion dm3 1030us

Southrend · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 8:36 am

This should do the trick, I think... I hope.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu ... estoreWithoutWindows

Manual wrote:

Restore the PC to its original condition using the f11 key if Windows 7 is not accessible
If the PC cannot launch into Windows, it may still be possible to use the HP Recovery Manager on the hard drive to restore the computer to its original operating condition. The Recovery Manager can be launched during the startup process by following the steps below.

1.
Press the Power button to start the PC, and then press the f11 key when the standard BIOS prompts are displayed on the black screen.
NOTE: Pressing the f11 key during startup on a computer with an HP factory image will start the system recovery process even if the prompt is not displayed.
* If the HP Recovery Manager can access the recovery partition on the hard drive, a prompt to backup the user files before beginning the recovery is displayed. Follow any on-screen instructions.
* If the HP Recovery Manager cannot access the hard drive to fix any system errors, you will need to use the personalized recovery disc that you created to recover the hard drive to its original condition.
* If you have not created the personalized recovery disc, or the discs are corrupted, you can order a replacement recovery disc from HP.
2.
When the Recovery Manager starts, follow the step-by-step system recovery instructions shown above.

Resolving a common recovery issue.
If the Recovery Manager cannot be launched from either the desktop, or by pressing the f11 key on startup, you can use the recovery disc to restore the computer to the original operating condition in Windows 7.

And for future reference:
Create a Recovery Disk on a USB Flash Disk

Let me know if it worked.

zant · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 8:51 am

Thank you! I will give this a try when I get home today, and let you know if it works.

zant · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 12:45 pm

i pressed the f11 key on startup and it went to the "BOOTMGR NOT FOUND" thing again. Would it be possible to make a recovery disc with another computer that has the same version of windows 7?

Adbot · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 12:45 pm

Killjoy · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 4:38 pm

HP's normaly have an recovery feature that bring it back to factory settings? I'm guessing the soundrend already investigated and your's does not?

zant · **Posted:** March 15th, 2011, 5:49 am

I've decided that I am just going to order the recovery disc from HP as it is pretty cheap. The shipping costs more than the disc