How to fix Windows Server 2008 BOOTMGR is missing Error

If you encounter an error message ‘BOOTMGR is missing’ after rebooting your Windows Server 2008, don't worry. There are 2 simple ways for you to solve this problem quickly and easily.

BOOTMGR, short for NT Boot Manager, is a file that is loaded from the hard drive boot sector displaying the menu of startup of Microsoft Windows Sever 2008. It is able to help Microsoft Windows 2008 load. If BOOTMGR is missing, Windows 2008 will not boot, the computer but only receive the error message: "BOOTMGRis missing. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart."

Solution 1: Windows Server 2008 installation disk

1. Insert your Windows Server 2008 installation DVD into your computer.
2. Boot the computer from the DVD.
3. Press a key when you are prompted “Press any key to boot CD or DVD”.
4. Click <Repair your computer> NOT <Install now>.
5. On the system recovery options, click <Command Prompt>.
6. Type in “x:\sources\recovery\StartRep.exe” then press <Enter> on the command console.
7. Wait the Windows’s build-in tool to find and fix the error.
8. Restart your computer to check the results.

If the first solution does not solve your problem, or you do not have a Windows Server 2008 installation DVD, please use the second solution.

Solution 2: Lazesoft Recovery Suite

1. Setup our software to build a bootable recovery CD or USB disk.
2. Boot your Windows Server 2008 computer from the new created disk.
3. Enter ‘Windows Recovery’ module and choose your Windows installation.
4. Click the <Missing Windows File Repair> button on the ‘Boot Crash’->’Missing Windows File Repair’ module.
5. Click <Repair MBR> button on the ‘Boot Crash’->’Repair MBR’ module.
6. Click <Fix Boot Sector> button on the ‘Boot Crash’->’Fix Boot Sector’ module.
7. Reboot your computer, the problem should be solved.

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