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    bootmgr

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    Am trying to install Vista onto a drive that originally had Vista on it and was then formatted. After press any key to boot from CD or DVD I get BOOTMGR missing. This only happens on this one disk, if I put another new disk in it starts to load Vista ok. The iffy disk has had a full format under Visa in NTFS and shows nothing wrong if checked.
    Somewhat bemused as Vista loaded onto it ok a few days ago.
    Have now got Vista installed on this disk, well reported no errors but when trying to boot from it sates no boot record and then hangs.

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    Run the hard drive manufacturer's drive diagnostics software on it?
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    Re: bootmgr

    Check the bios settings to ensure thatthe machine boots off the CD/DVD before it looks at the hard drive.
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