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Laptop boot problem
I have tried restoring my laptop back to factory settings now when I try and turn it on it just says BOOTMGR is missing press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart what can I do to fix it as it Kees coming up
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RE: Laptop boot problem
make / model of machine? version of windows?
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RE: Laptop boot problem
Packardbell and windows xp
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RE: Laptop boot problem
Boot files and probably boot sector weren't written by the recovery process.
If you have a floppy drive you may be able to fix it by downloading the WinXp emergency boot disk set (six disks), starting the machine from them to a command prompt, and then running the file winnt.exe from within the I386 folder. That should run a repair installation of windows and correct the problem Depending on how the machine is set up the file could be in c:\windows\I386\winnt.exe or c:\I386\winnt.exe
DON'T try the similarly named winnt32.exe as that only works from within windows
You can download the boot floppy set from either https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12934 or https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1000
depending on the version of Windows XP If you'd told us which version of XP - including service pack level - I could have been more specific c:\windows\system32\
if you don't have a floppy drive then we'll have to find a way of booting it from a CD. Do you have a windows CD handy?
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