Cant to fix missing bootmgr vista with cd

[kanbdun]

Hello,

Can't seem to fix the missing BOOTMGR on a Vista laptop. I tried all bootre.rec options, but claims there are "0" windows installations. Recovery CD doesn't do the job.

I can see in DISKPART that C:is defined, just can't gain access.

When I boot to Ubuntu, all I see is the recovery partition, which is odd. I thought this was in RAM not a physical drive.

Any other tricks to recover BOOTMGR in Vista? Just want to get bak pictures.

Thanks.

 

[ksiemb]

If all you want is the pix, and don't want to go thru the hassle of reinstall, yank the hd, put it in an external enclosure and hook it up to a working system to extract them.

 

[kanbdun]

Thought of that, but it's a laptop 2.5" HDD with no std. IDE connector.