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    Apr 15, 2010, 09:33 AM
    My laptop will not boot up I have no disk and it coming up with bootmar compressed
    Bootmar compress I don't know how to fix I have no disk
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    Apr 15, 2010, 09:55 AM
    You can try these fixes: bootmgr is compressed - Cyber Tech Help Support Forums

    How come you don't have an OS CD/DVD? Is it a second hand computer?
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    Apr 15, 2010, 10:30 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    You can try these fixes: bootmgr is compressed - Cyber Tech Help Support Forums

    How come you don't have an OS CD/DVD? Is it a second hand computer?
    Yes
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    Apr 15, 2010, 10:38 AM
    Many fixes that are OS-related require the original Windows CD/DVD; you should get it from the person you bought the laptop from. Or you could not use Windows and use a free Linux distribution such as Ubuntu or Mint.
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    Apr 15, 2010, 10:39 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Cyprus View Post
    Yes
    But I have backed my stuff on to USB hard drive
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    Apr 16, 2010, 06:11 PM
    If you can get your hands on a OS disk, not just the recovery disk, but say borrow an installation disk from someone, you can do a repair. Fixboot, fixmbr, or a repair through the OS disk will usually do the trick.
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    Dec 6, 2011, 10:08 PM
    Thank you for the link, shall try it out what they have said and see if it works, at the moment I have had to get a new hard drive and reload it but if the other can be saved then good.
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