
Boot up your PC from the Easy Recovery Essentials CD or USB you created.Follow these instructions on how to burn the bootable ISO image very carefully, as making a bootable CD can be tricky! Alternatively, these instructions explain how to create a bootable EasyRE recovery USB stick/drive. This guide can help you identify what version of Windows you have installed. Make sure to note your Windows version (XP, Vista, 7 or 8) before you download EasyRE. EasyRE is currently available for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 and can be downloaded and created on any PC. Guaranteed Fix: Use Easy Recovery EssentialsĮasy Recovery Essentials is guaranteed to fix the “BOOTMGR is Missing” error automatically using its built-in Automated Repair option. The BOOTMGR error can be caused by many things, including boot sector viruses, failed Windows installs or updates or crashed hard disks.Ī very common reason for your PC to fail loading and displaying this error is when it tries to boot from a hard or flash drive that is non-bootable. The boot error “BOOTMGR is Missing” in Windows The POST is a set of routines that are run immediately when starting the PC, such as checking if your RAM, peripheral devices and other hardware components your PC has are working correctly.Īfter these routines are completed by BIOS, the Windows boot loader begins, where this error is going to appear. The error appears right after the POST process is completed and Windows starts to load.

When you turn on the computer, the POST (stands for Power On Self Test) processes begin to run by BIOS before booting your Windows copy. Press Ctrl Alt Del to restart”, but your PC may also display “Couldn’t find BOOTMGR”.īoth refer to the same error that is causing your PC to fail to start.

The most likely shown error message would be “BOOTMGR is missing. Explained below are the most common solutions you can do to repair this error, but we also recorded a video about this stubborn error and what to do about it without a Windows setup DVD (or if this Windows install CD fails) using our recovery disc Easy Recovery Essentials by NeoSmart Technologies.
