Can't boot: "Compressed BOOTMGR".

Utter_iMADNESS

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Hello.
I just compressed my Vista partition using the "Compress drives/folders" option under the hard drive's properties. As it was compressing it gave me a warning saying that some of the boot files couldn't be compresses because they were in use, so I chose the option to skip them.

I should say now that I have both Linux Ubuntu and Vista on my hard drive. So I use Linux's GRUB as my main bootloader. But I also had EasyBCD installed on Vista so whenever I chose to boot into Vista, it would go the the second bootloader menu.

After rebooting my computer I was able to get past the first bootloader and choose Vista, but before I reached the second bootloader (EasyBCD) I would get an error that BOOTMGR can't be read because it is compressed.

Is it possible to uncompress that single file/folder through another source? Or is there a way to read it without uncompressing?

Any help is really appreciated :D!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv6642ca
    CPU
    Intel Core-2Duo @ 1.5GHz
    Memory
    4GB 667MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 8400 M GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    Internal: WD 250GB 2.5" 5400rpm SATA
    External: Seagate 320GB 7200rpm USB
    Other Info
    It's a laptop :D
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