..restore it and still nothing!! So a while back, a friend of mine used my laptop and had the smart idea of compressing all my files to save space on the hard drive and I started it up and the bootmanager went up in smoke.. Since then I've tried countless things to remedy it using a windows 7 installation disc... - Unchecked compress hard drive box in c:drive properties - Typed numerous commands into command prompt like: bootrec /FixMbr bootrec /fixboot bootrec /rebuildbcd - theres no system restore points - startup repair cannot repair automatically None of these options have been able to take the frigging "boot manager is missing" message off when I restart. Has anyone got a flawless way of restoring the bootmanager no matter how it has been removed?