okay.. (i really ask you guys too many questions) i installed windows 7.. got all that done let it compress and unindex everything (as i do every computer i have) and i restart it and it pops up saying BOOTMGR is compressed Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart ..any idea how to fix this seeing as i dont have a CD or DVD drive? i do have a 1GB flast drive if i can do anything with it.. any help is appreciated!!!