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Bootmgr is compressed

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/bootmgr-is-compressed.104977/

Roadripper
Roadripper Original post #1
Dec 22, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Hi fellas i upgraded my pc to recently so i instlalled vista ultimate and when i was installing GTA 4 i needed to upgrade my vista to sp1 so i did it bt when i restarted and checked my activation was not done.So i installed activation and restarted i got error at the post as "Bootmgr is compressed"Press CTRL Alt Delete to restart".I restart and same thing happens.My board is gigabyte Ep-31 Ds3l and i cant go into safe mode by hitting F8 .I feel my boot manager is corrupted and i need to back up my files in my C drive how 2 fix my boot mgr any help guys ???
Roadripper
Dec 24, 2008 at 11:04 AM
I fixed it ... no worries..
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paroh #4
Dec 26, 2008 at 10:21 AM
explain the method how u fix it so other user can make use of it
Roadripper
Dec 28, 2008 at 1:43 AM
Code:
expand bootmgr temp
attrib bootmgr -s -r -h
del bootmgr
ren temp bootmgr
attrib bootmgr -a +s +r +h

gave this and worked out ...jsut expandin teh boot manager this works 100% no probs..