BOOTMGR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart - What to do?

[Donat Rumschuessel]

Hello,

as I tried to start Vista Ultimate today,
I got this message:

"BOOTMGR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"

What does that mean? How can I fix it?

Whats the reason for that?

Thanks a lot and best regards,
Donat

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Donat.

I haven't seen or heard of that message before. So what happened when you
pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del?

At what stage in the boot-up process did this message appear? I would
expect it to be very early, before Vista even begins to load, because
bootmgr (a hidden, system, read-only file with no extension in its filename,
located in the Root of the System Partition: typically C:\bootmgr) is the
boot loader which starts the process of choosing which OS to load: Vista or
(in a dual-boot system) WinXP or some other OS. In other words, this
message does not come from Vista, because Vista has not even started to load
at that point.

You should be able to boot from the Vista DVD-ROM and use the Repair option.

RC
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(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, again, Donat.

I should have added that Google produced over 1,200 hits for "bootmgr is
compressed". The few that I looked at offered two options: Either boot
from the DVD and repair, as I suggested, or somehow get to the Command Line
and Expand the bootmgr file and replace the compressed copy.

Here is the second option, pasted from a post by uhaligani in the Tech
Support Guy Forums on April 1, 2007:
<paste>
Get to the command line. You could do this by booting up on the Vista DVD.
Now type, at the Command line:
expand bootmgr temp
attrib bootmgr -s -r -h
del bootmgr
ren temp bootmgr
attrib bootmgr -a +s +r +h
</paste>

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/557019-bootmgr-compressed.html

It seems to me that either fix should work.

RC
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[fredo]

tried all that en got the same error
tried bootrec /fixboot on c:

says no recognised filessystem

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Fredo.

Rather than piggyback onto this old thread, please start a New thread to
tell us your problem. Be sure to include the basic details about your
computer, such as make and model, description of your hard disk(s), and
which specific version of Vista you are running. Also tell us if this is a
problem with installing a new Vista, or if your Vista has been running for a
long time - and what changed from the time it was running and the time it
quit running. Here are some tips that I shamelessly copied from a recent
post from Bob (Thanks, Bob!):

<paste>
What you are asking?
Read one or more of the below links then post back.

How to ask a question

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Good Post

http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm

Ask for help in a smart way

http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#smart

tried bootrec /fixboot on c:

My Vista says , "'bootrec' is not recognized as an operable program or batch
file."

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

 

[Michael]

hi, i have been having the same problem too but all i get is a message
saying syntax error after typing in CD\Program Files\Mozilla FireFox any
help would be great?


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Did you read the complete 2 year old thread, especially the post by R.C.
telling the other fool to start a new thread with pertinent information
relating to *his* computer and not piggy-backing an old thread? Did you try
any of the fixes R.C. posted? What does "BOOTMGR is compressed. Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" have to do with Firefox and why are you typing in
"CD\Program Files\Mozilla FireFox"? Do you realize you're posting to a
Usenet newsgroup? Nah... I doubt all of the above.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

hi, i have been having the same problem too but all i get is a message
saying syntax error after typing in CD\Program Files\Mozilla FireFox any
help would be great?

Put a space between cd and the first \ and put quotes around the pathname.

 

[Natéag]

Well, I ran a small program called Hdhacker, which allows you to view
your Mbr and see weather its infected or corrupted and got this
message
RNTFS
............?...?.......?.?...P.............\...............}'..t........3.Z...|.h....hf..^...f>..NTFSu..A..U..r..U.u.....u.....f..h...HS...<......f...X.r.;...u..........Z3...
+.f........Z......K.+.w......f#.u-f.TCPAu$...r..h...hp..h..fSfSfU...h..fa....3..(........_.f`..f...f.....fh....fP.Sh..h...BS.....<...fY[ZfYfY..,..f........Z.....u...fa..................<..<.t.............A
disk read error occurred...BOOTMGR is missing...BOOTMGR is
compressed...Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart...O.....U.
well?

Have you tried booting from the sysem install DVD and running Repair.
(lower part of screen). It should fix the MGR.