BootMGR is missing

[Guest]

Here's the story...
We received a new free computer through a promo deal with our internet
company. It came preloaded with Windows Vista, but did not come with any
disks or recovery software. I tried it out and decided I really didn't like
it, and wanted to format the hard drive and install my Windows XP software.
I suppose I should have done more research first, but I have done it this way
with other comptuers before and never had a problem. This is my first
attempt with Vista though. Anyhow, now that the drive is formatted, I can't
boot at all, and my Windows XP won't load.

Help!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You must delete all partitions, create a new partition,
then format the new partition. Here are the instructions:

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Here's the story...
We received a new free computer through a promo deal with our internet
company. It came preloaded with Windows Vista, but did not come with any
disks or recovery software. I tried it out and decided I really didn't like
it, and wanted to format the hard drive and install my Windows XP software.
I suppose I should have done more research first, but I have done it this way
with other comptuers before and never had a problem. This is my first
attempt with Vista though. Anyhow, now that the drive is formatted, I can't
boot at all, and my Windows XP won't load.

Help!