Thread: Windows 7 Causing Problems

Originally Posted by garrycol

Earlier this week I ungraded from WIN XP to Win 7. I really do not see what the fuss is about - doesn't seem to do much better and have now lost Outlook Express so looking for new email software and some drivers are not compatible - but that is another story.

As part of the upgrade I ticked the compress hard drive box and now the computer will not boot. A message comes up that "Bootmgr Compressed" hit Ctrl Alt Del to restart but nothing happens. I guess the bios cannot read boot files on the disk.

I have tried a Win 7 repair but it comes up that there are no issues with OS. Likewise I have tried to go back to a restore point but being a new installation I have not created one and Win7 has not done any automatic ones.

At the moment I am putting a basic instal of Windows XP on my second data drive in the hope that I can gain access to the main drive through that, and "uncompress" the main drive.

Any other thoughts on how to get my computer to start?

Garry

Is there anything in the BIOS you need to change to enable boot-up from a compressed drive? Just a thought.

Cheers,

Lionel

I assume you have looked around the internet?? Here is a start bootmgr compressed message boot fix. Should work for win7, but that is just a guess. Or here bootmgr is compressed in windows 7

Garry
Doing an upgrade install and or compressing hard drives extremely bad practice. Even Microsoft in their professional training tell us NOT to do upgrade installs.

Do a clean install and don't compress your hard drive they are dirt cheap and things will be much more reliable.

This doesnt solve your immediate problem but if you follow the relevant instructions in the previous post you may be able to get it to boot.

Originally Posted by Ferret

I assume you have looked around the internet?? Here is a start bootmgr compressed message boot fix. Should work for win7, but that is just a guess. Or here bootmgr is compressed in windows 7

Great stuff - the second one in particular seems the way to go. However as I indicated in my first post, I did a quick install of XP on my D drive - and the uncompressed the C drive which took a few hours but it worked.

I understand concerns about compressed drives but have never had an issue since the days of Windows 3.1 but it does seem that Win 7 does not like it at all.

Thanks for all the comments.

Cheers

Garry

I have to agree with what has already been said. If there is nothing irreplaceable on the drive then kill (format) it and start fresh. Everything valuable should have already been backed up prior to xp>win7 upgrade anyway...

ALWAYS better to clean install, even better to quick format drive when installing to completely wipe it.

Never used compression, and don't recommend it. Most things that take up space can't be compressed much anyway - video and pics are already compressed. All it does is slow down computer, albeit not much but still. 1TB drives under $90, why bother with compression.

Been using Win 7 since its free release candidate, and has been great on my PC. Very stable, fast, and pretty. I use sleep mode all the time, only reset computer every few weeks. Wakes up from sleep in under 4 seconds. Uses less than 5w power whilst in sleep mode, so costs nothing.

I find it difficult to believe that you can't find drivers for some hardware. Even vista and some xp drivers work in win7.

I use hotmail and gmail, so can't comment on lack of outlook express. There are free email clients tho if you don't like webmail.

Use Win7 for a while and I am sure you will end up liking it. As long as your computer has more than 1gb ram it should run fine for basics.

In lieu of Outlook Express we are using Mozilla Thunderbird (freeware).

It does everything OE did plus more:

It is very easy to set up all of your accounts on one platform and to import mail and contacts from both OE and Outlook. Big thumbs up from me.

Take it back to the store, get a refund and ask for a mac. Plug it in and in one click import all of your files, settings and software, itunes, photos and web/email info across to the new machine, enjoy.

hey mick
you got desktop or macbook?