[angijt]

hi my d in law has an advent 4213 netbook that is coming up with the bootmgr is missing press ctrl=alt=del to restart which acieves nothing.
it has xp system, intel atom processor N270, 1024 MB DDR2, 160GB.

i have looked thru previous descussions which all seem to suggest a new install from cd problem is this is a netbook there is no cd or cd drive, there is no partition and no backup on a flash drive tho there may have been she has moved 3 times this yr and it may have been lost.

please help

Angi

[johnebadbak]

info
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/4213.htm
you will need a external usb cdrom drive to enter data or data from a usb chip

[angijt]

thanks for the link i have looked through it armed with my 2gb pen drive but can find nothing to download from that link tech guys stuff just keeps assuming you can get into the system and do a back up, and i couldn't find anything on the other links

of course its out of warranty so can't even email tech guys for help.

[johnebadbak]

link from the site above look in drivers paragraph link is"the tech guys web site" then click "downloads" there is a few drivers there
http://support.thetechguys.com/layout.aspx?ID={02e3e90d-6fb6-48b8-957c-0d0791d9fa4f}&CatID={cc4036ae-4b34-4379-813d-f50faf4d5885}

[johnebadbak]

http://recoverymedia.thetechguys.com...spx?catId=3010

you can purchase a recovery disk from this site

[spitfire7001]

Here is what you need given you have a windows XP disc. This article explains how to install windows XP from a USB drive.

http://www.pctipsbox.com/installing-...b-flash-drive/

[angijt]

Sorry spitfire there is no windows disk with this netbook as it has no cd drive.
i have 2 other pc with xp but of course they have individual recovery disks for each system. i do not have a usb cdrom only a 2 gb and a 4gb usb pen drive.

i am assuming from what i have read if i could just find a way to boot from a usb i could then get it to repair itself?