Deleted Bcd and Now Can’t Boot Windows
My Computer Has Been Having Problems Restarting Ever Since I Added Hypervisor to My Bcd So I Tried to Delete It but Ended up Deleting the Entire Bcd. I Have...
My computer has been having problems restarting ever since I added hypervisor to my bcd so I tried to delete it but ended up deleting the entire bcd. I have tried rebuilding the bcd with bootrec /rebuildbcd, which returns Total identified windows installations.
[1] D:/Windows
Add installation to boot list? Yes(Y)/No(N)/All(A):
I type “y” and click enter but it responds with The system cannot find the path specified. I have tried using the automatic fix tool but it does not work. I have tried using the repair from drive feature but that didn’t work either
CPU: i7-5820k
Memory: 16GB 2400mhz
1 Answer
When I run into such issues (damaged or deleted BCD), I use a USB flash drive to boot into Windows PE or sometimes Windows To Go with my portable hard drive. In that environment, I mount both the system partition and boot partition, open Command Prompt and run:
bcdboot D:\Windows -s E:
Where D and E are system and boot (active partition on MBR, or ESP on GPT), respectively.
Usually that's all I do, and when I reboot the system installed on D: boot normally.
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