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Bootmgr is compressed

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rmg1
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edited 29 July 2010 at 6:31PM in Techie Stuff
Hi all

I've just been handed my niece's Advent Notebook, model 4489, which I think is running some form of Vista (I can't read the label on the bottom).
They've done something to try and get more space on the HDD and now there's a message saying

BOOTMGR is compressed
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

As it's a Notebook, there's no drive bays and they can't find any of the paperwork on it.

Anyone know a way round this?

Thanks in advance.
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  • rmg1
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    The notebook doesn't have a CD drive and I can't find a way to get to the command line.
    It won't even go to Safe Mode.
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  • 23n1th
    23n1th Posts: 1,523 Forumite
    Recovery partition maybe, believe you need to press F8 at boot on most laptop. I assume you have a netbook?
  • rmg1
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    Tried both F8 and F6.
    About the only thing I can get into is BIOS and I don't fancy changing any of the settings in there.
    It says Notebook on the bottom of the machine, but I would assume it's a Netbook as there's no CD-Drive.
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  • GeoffX
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    http://www.adventsupport.com/viewtopic.php?t=1037

    Perhaps F10?
  • 23n1th
    23n1th Posts: 1,523 Forumite
    Try F11 as well.
  • 23n1th
    23n1th Posts: 1,523 Forumite
    This is a common problem with people compressing their C drive which has the OS system files on it. As long as you can get into the recovery partition all you need to do is this:

    Click 'Repair my Computer'
    Select your OS installation, c
    Click the button that says 'Load Drivers' which should bring up an explorer-style drive browser
    Right-click on the C drive and deselect 'Compress this Drive', which should still be ticked on.
    Select "Apply", and "Apply to subfolders/files"
    Reboot.
  • rmg1
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    I can't get into anything as far as I can see.
    I've tried F10 and F11 with no luck.
    F10 does nothing while F11 gives me a boot menu, but all the options on there end up with the same error message or take me into BIOS.
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  • Browntoa
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    is there a bios option for boot from usb ??

    may be able to download Vista recovery to a pen drive and boot
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  • rmg1
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    I can set it to boot from CD/DVD Rom, Floppy, HDD, (all USB) or network, so that would appear to be a yes.
    Any ideas where I can get USB-based recovery media from?
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  • rmg1
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    Forgot to mention, my machine is running Windows XP if it makes any difference?
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