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Recently when starting my apple in boot camp i got the message "BOOTMGR is compressed, Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart". The key combination does nothing..........i am using the option key as Alt on my mac keyboard but have tried other combinations......what to do?
The power buttons usually works good for these things.
The power buttons usually works good for these things.
"Delete" on the mac keyboards aren't the same as "Delete" on windows. Remember, our "Delete" is Window's "Backpace". What type of mac are you using? If a desktop, what time of keyboard?
turned computer off then on again with power button but same message........i have a mac book pro, the one with the metal case, two years old
i've added function key to ctrl alt and del so hopefully the function+delete would emulate windows type delete key but that did not work either (i.e., i hit fn+ctrl+alt (option) together then hit delete.......nothing happened
i've connected an apple extended keyboard with the del key (that acts like a PC delete key) and the del key (that acts as a back space key) and still system does not reboot...........my mac still opens and runs fine in mac OS when i switch over to the mac side from boot camp........the problem is only with boot camp
If you see a message like "BOOTMGR is missing," that either means:
Scenario 1 seems the most likely. Running on that basis, you should be able to do a Startup Repair from your Windows disc.
Start Windows Setup as if you were going to install Windows again, but this time, click the option "Repair your computer". One of the options here should be "Startup Repair". Follow the ensuing wizard Windows will check for inconsistencies that prevent it from booting correctly, though it does take a fair bit of time doing so. If that fixed anything, exit Setup and try again to boot Windows. If your attempt failed, then boot the Windows DVD again, choose "Repair your computer", and then go to a command prompt.
Once here, you can run the following commands in order, pressing [Return] after each. I'll tell you what they do in square brackets ([])
c: [Change the current focus to the C drive]
cd\ [Change to the root directory level. If we're there, this command won't do much, but it doesn't hurt anything anyway]
attrib -c bootmgr [Remove the compression flag from the indicated file BOOTMGR, decompressing it]
exit [Close the prompt window and go back to the options dialog]
If that fails, you can load a fresh copy of Windows instead, which you'll do anyway if Seenario 2 or 3 is in play.
Nate
Ctrl Alt Del to restart not working in bootcamp
