I've been dealing with an issue with Vista Home Premo "bootmgr missing please hit ctl+alt+del". I haven't moved/changed partitians, done anything out of the ordinary. One day I turned on the machine and there it was. What a vicious cycle. I see system restore when I select F11. There are no other options such as 'do you want to save files first' (like other support sites say there is). Well I tried recovery and as soon as the screen said formatting, I hit the power button. The HDD is not damaged by the way. I put it in a good puter and I can see the drive as a slave and did a disk scan, it's good. It won't boot. I google the issue for days, visit forums and I learn that I am not alone. Then I find what I'm lead to believe is the answer!!!! A downloadable boot disk for Windows Vista from a place called NeoSmart Technologies. Hot Damn, I'm on the road to recovery. I navigate to the download and now they want a payment.......ok fine. I happily insert my newly burned boot disk (from a known good machine) press F10, change boot sequence, press enter and?....this is going to be great... Nothing. Bootmgr missing please press ctl+alt+del. Seriously!?! Ok, a few days later I'm no nearer a fix - yes I was all over the HP site. I return to NeoSmart Techno's web page again just in case I made a mistake or the download was incomplete, I begrudgingly pay again and carefully select the proper download for Windows Vista. Same thing. Nothing. The drives are good, the HDD is good, the machine is good. Final decision was to run format and windows recovery. That means you lose everything and you end up with factory settings. Sure runs great now.
Thanks NeoSmart Techno's. I asked for one, not both, of my purchases to be refunded through my PayPal account and was instantly denied. While my problem was not the fault of NST, the fact remains that the product doesn't work.
Pistoff and wiser...![Angry :angry: :angry:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Thanks NeoSmart Techno's. I asked for one, not both, of my purchases to be refunded through my PayPal account and was instantly denied. While my problem was not the fault of NST, the fact remains that the product doesn't work.
Pistoff and wiser...