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‎03-23-2020 11:41 PM

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Product: Hp pavilion entertainment pc

I have a  hp pavilion entertainment pc and on start up I get bootmgr is compressed  what is that and how do I go about to fix the issue 

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‎03-24-2020 05:33 AM

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Hello @Ctw79 

 

Welcome !

 

This is caused by Windows Boot Manager which is corrupt.

In details -> When a computer is turned on, the BIOS picks an eligible, bootable hard drive and then calls code stored in the start of that hard drive. This code in turn loads the bootsector from the active partition. On newer systems, this bootsector code is tasked with loading the BOOTMGR file, which is used to load the operating system kernel and start up Windows. This file is usually located in the root directory of the active partition on the first boot drive. However, if the bootsector detects that the BOOTMGR file is compressed using built-in Windows file compression, then the boot process halts and the “BOOTMGR is compressed” error screen appears.

 

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‎03-24-2020 05:33 AM

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Hello @Ctw79 

 

Welcome !

 

This is caused by Windows Boot Manager which is corrupt.

In details -> When a computer is turned on, the BIOS picks an eligible, bootable hard drive and then calls code stored in the start of that hard drive. This code in turn loads the bootsector from the active partition. On newer systems, this bootsector code is tasked with loading the BOOTMGR file, which is used to load the operating system kernel and start up Windows. This file is usually located in the root directory of the active partition on the first boot drive. However, if the bootsector detects that the BOOTMGR file is compressed using built-in Windows file compression, then the boot process halts and the “BOOTMGR is compressed” error screen appears.

 

  • What is your Windows version ?  7, 8, 10 ?
  • Do you have any important data which you may want to keep on this PC ?
Your FEEDBACK is important. Use the interactive buttons below and let me know if the post helps ;
*** HP employee *** I express personal opinion only *** Joined the Community in 2013
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