This command scans all disks for installations that are compatible with Windows Vista. If you want to completely rebuild Windows Vista Boot Configuration Data, then you should issue the following command: In the System Recovery Options dialog box click Command Prompt and type the following: Then you will need to select the operating system that you want to repair. Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation CD/DVDīoot from Windows Vista installation disc, select language and keyboard or input method, click Next and choose to Repair your computer. Then change the boot.ini from Windows:.This can be done with the Recovery Console command bootcfg /rebuild (!) If the system partition was not restored to its original position, then the boot.ini file needs to be updated. Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Installation CDīoot the computer from the installation CD, start Recovery Console and run fixmbr and fixboot commands. One of the symptoms when you need to do this, is when you have the BOOTMGR is missing error on an attempt to start Windows.

Should you need to restore Windows Boot Loader, proceed as described in this article. You can restore Windows Boot Loader manually using Windows utilities Introduction

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