Vista - Bootmgr is missing

I got the dreaded "bootmgr is missing" and because I downloaded Vista
directly from the Microsoft website I don't have an instillation disk. I
swear my Vista is real. What should I do?

In article <C6D7203F-8D4B-4A66-BF4A-52FDEA49E97D@xxxxxx>,
daisy <daisy@xxxxxx> wrote:
So how did you install Vista without a DVD/CD?

Mike

Hi,

Then how did you install it? The only downloads from Microsoft are of .iso's
for DVD and CD. Even the Anytime Upgrade requires that you have a Vista disk
to work from. If you ran the .iso from a virtual disk, then you have a
problem as you need a Vista disk to repair a missing boot manager. Should've
burned one as per the instructions. Your choices now are somewhat limited to
finding someone who has a disk you can borrow, buying one to replace the one
you never made, or going back to the download site for MSDN/Technet (which,
by the way, is the only legit download site) on another machine and download
the .iso again.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"daisy" <daisy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Rick,

If one purchases Vista from Windowsmarketplace to upgrade XP, it is not an
..iso file. It is 3 separate files, one being a setup.exe type file, plus 2
..wim files. The 3 files themselves can be burned to DVD for safekeeping,
but they do not make a bootable .iso/DVD. There is an option to request the
bootable media as well at the time of purchase.

http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/co...Id=395&tabid=1

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Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Chad,

See my reply to Rick.

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Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
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Ugh, what a terrible idea. I was unaware of that offering, thanks Jane.
Makes recovery all the more miserable, as without a disk, one would have to
reinstall XP and then Vista from the saved files (I suspect perhaps the
purchase is recorded in Digital Locker, so purchasing again should not be
necessary).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Jane C" <janecolman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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