i never had windows vista on my drive, just three diff partitions and had windows vista on one of them. now i formatted all partitions and when i want to install windows xp , it says "BOOTMGR is missing"..
Anyone know what is going on?
pls answer if you know what this is all about.
2007-01-22 13:03:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
guys as i said, i am NOT trying to setup vista. the reason i said that was bec i searched for this error online and mostly it was associated with VISTA.
thanks to the 2nd answerer, i will pass on the response.
2007-01-22 15:57:12 · update #1
The problem is that the "boot sector" of the HD was NOT formatted, AND It is looking for the OS on the HD instead of the CD.
Be sure your BIOS is set to "boot from CD", then it SHOULD run the CD, IF the CD is in the drive when you start the system.
If it still doesn't work, you will need a DOS disk to "start" your system from the A: drive, then run "fdisk /mbr". Since there is NO current OS on the HD, this will "clear" the HD boot sector, which SHOULD then "force" it to boot from the CD.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN A: DRIVE; and can NOT boot from the CD, you have a major problem; since one or the other is absolutely necessary.
NOTE: Depending on the size of the HD and the size of the partitions, I have as many as 18 partitions on a single HD!! (It also multi-boots to 5 different OS's!!)
2007-01-22 13:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by f100_supersabre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"i never had windows vista on my drive, just three diff partitions and had windows vista on one of them" ????????? Don't really know what you're trying to do here. Are you going to install Win XP only or if you want dual-boot with Vista ? Clear your Bios of any drive by unplug the power from all drives, connect only the primary drive, reformat and install Win XP. After the installation, connect power to other drive and go on from there. Same process if you want to install Vista. Having multiple partitions on a single drive is never a good idea for anything, you're better off with using an additional hard drive.
2007-01-22 13:49:36 · answer #2 · answered by Ted B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-26 20:04:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋