Question BOOTMGR is missing

[Ra1nyBF4]

I have a old system that the hard drive failed and when I put a new clean drive back in, the system won’t boot and I can’t download windows or do anything. Even my spare drive isn’t working I just get a “BOOTMGR is missing” error

 

[CountMike]

You need to install operating system on it, new HDDs don't come with one.

 

[Ra1nyBF4]

Tha

You need to install operating system on it, new HDDs don't come with one.

thats my problem. No matter what I set the bios to boot from to download windows it doesn’t work I just get the error

 

[CountMike]

Which OS ?
How did you get/make BOOT USB/disk ?

 

[Ra1nyBF4]

Which OS ?
How did you get/make BOOT USB/disk ?

Windows 10 home I have tried an actual disk and a usb with windows 10 on it as well from the Microsoft website

 

[CountMike]

Are you just placing a windows .ISO on them ? It needs to be bootable. Best way is to follow these instructions: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-10-create-installation-media

 

[Ra1nyBF4]

Are you just placing a windows .ISO on them ? It needs to be bootable. Best way is to follow these instructions: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-10-create-installation-media

I’m properly doing everything I’ve done this a few times for other systems that’s why I’m at such a loss

 

[CountMike]

If you are sure everything up and up with BOOT usb, your BIOS is not recognizing it as such.
In some older systems, you had to choose USB_HDD for it too boot from.

 

[Ra1nyBF4]

If you are sure everything up and up with BOOT usb, your BIOS is not recognizing it as such.
In some older systems, you had to choose USB_HDD for it too boot from.

It’s in fact a older system it’s an am3 board from a few years ago. I’ve been trying to boot off of USB_HDD from the start of this debacle but nothing seems to change

 

[Devileyes]

play a little bit with the uefi settings in the bios and you will get it eventually. old motherboards are weird that way.. but i have come across that multiple times before..