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    6860 fx booting problem PLEASE HELP!!

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by intheknow17, May 13, 2008.

  1. intheknow17

    intheknow17 Notebook Guru

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    When I boot up my computer it says that the boot manager is missing and to press control alt delete to restart. How do I boot into safe mode or can I when the manager is missing? I really need to get this working soon because I have no computer right now :confused:
    Again I have a Gateway P-6860 FX and used the easybcd to dual boot as i recently installed xp but now i have no manager at all. PLEASE HELP!!
     
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    cyclist14 Notebook Consultant

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    USe your Vista DVD to repair the Vista bootloader and then use easyBCD to add your XP install back to the bootloader
     
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    intheknow17 Notebook Guru

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    Ok so i got vista to work but how exactly would i add xp in easybcd? I made a partition that has the letter F assigned to it and i supposedly made that appear in easybcd but yet there is no xp to boot into. Thanks for the quick responses
     
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