Missing \Boot
August 18th, 2013
bootsect /nt60 all /mbr doesn’t seem to help, nor does bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot and bootrec /rebuildbcd comes up with no copies of Windows…
Have you tried repairing it with a Windows installation disc?
Let's say by some unfortunate event,
man made or act of good ?
if act of god, your drive may have bad sectors
can you read the drive from a boot CD/DVD like Hiren’s BootCD
if man made and no BCD left in the “BOOT” folder try coping the BCD from the install DVD then run the bootrec commands
you could try a windows recovery disk as well
there are some around here on the forums.
pretty straight-forward stuff
if u have w7 disc you can use cmd prompt on that to fix it. i did this the other day when one of my ram sticks died.
prozac4312 replied: Have you tried repairing it with a Windows installation disc?
Yea, the windows auto-fix stuff works for very simple problems like moving partitions (seriously windows cant handle that itself?), but for some reason simply not having any boot files isnt such a problem…seriously wtf m$?
edwoodweb replied:
man made or act of good ?
Man-made the partitions all mount, no file damage, etc.
edwoodweb replied:
if man made and no BCD left in the "BOOT" folder try coping the BCD from the install DVD then run the bootrec commands
No good, grub complains about a “Disk Read Error” when attempting to chainload the windows bootloader.
Ste#. replied: if u have w7 disc you can use cmd prompt on that to fix it. i did this the other day when one of my ram sticks died.
The usual suggestions are bootsect /nt60 all /mbr, or bootrec /fixmbr followed by bootrec /fixboot and sometimes bootrec /rebuildbcd
Ive also tried most of the other options for bootsect and bootrec, if you have any other suggestions, please share.
Fix it with the Windows Recovery Console if you are using XP, up until now you haven’t posted what flavour of Windows you are using (I don’t think)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058
the Meerkat replied: Fix it with the Windows Recovery Console if you are using XP, up until now you haven't posted what flavour of Windows you are using (I don't think)
Excuse me Win7, primary OS is Ubuntu, but the secondary Windows partition is what is not booting.
Thaks for clarifying Blue Matt
Run a start up repair on the Win 7 install, using the install disc, it’s located on the System Recovery Options menu.
That should fix it.
the Meerkat replied: Thaks for clarifying Blue Matt
Run a start up repair on the Win 7 install, using the install disc, it's located on the System Recovery Options menu.
That should fix it.
Please read the thread, that did not work.
OK, rather than wasting time, just delete the partition, create another and do a fresh install.
*Edit
Blue Matt replied: Please read the thread, that did not work.
I only see it suggested, but no reponses from you.
Grub is crap for starters (causes more problems than anything), use something like DualBootPRO.
I have a multi boot system, XP/Win7 and Fedora (on different hard drives as my main OS drive (XP) is in RAID 0) and I never have issues.
the Meerkat replied: OK, rather than wasting time, just delete the partition, create another and do a fresh install.
Because, frankly its such a simple and obvious problem I am downright stunned there isnt a simple fix. I just thought I’d ask where maybe someone smarter than me can comment. Also, I so rarely bother to boot windows, it not booting isnt a big deal to me and I’d rather fix it than bother reinstalling…
the Meerkat replied:
Grub is crap for starters (causes more problems than anything), use something like DualBootPRO.
Meh, its not ideal, but it works. In any case this isn’t a GRUB problem, it is clearly a Windows problem (even installing the windows bootloader over grub doesnt work…)
like I mentioned before,
something that you haven’t seem to have tried yet
and you haven’t mentioned on this thread that it hasn’t worked,
so I’ll assume you missed it..
you could try a windows recovery disk as well
a windows recovery disk, NOT the install disc
this has worked for me. and it’s the one thing you haven’t tried
Voryzen replied: a windows recovery disk, NOT the install disc
this has worked for me. and it's the one thing you haven't tried
I’m sure Im being thick, but I can’t seem to find any useful recovery disks. I tried the Symantec one (nothing useful) and the rest are either WinXP/Vista (or would the Vista one work, aren’t the 7/Vista bootloaders the same?) or specific to disk recovery.
a windows recovery disk, NOT the install disc
they do the same thing, so would be no help
Active Boot Disk 5 plus is based on windows 7
try booting that and copying over the BOOT folder
then try the bootrec commands from your 7 disk
Had to do this the other day after screwing up my boot while working with some Linux software[WiFi Slax Wireless Hacking Live CD] on 7:
a) Insert the Windows 7 System Repair DVD or Installation DVD and reboot.
b) Select the correct keyboard input method and click ‘Next’.
Note: If you are using the Windows7 Install DVD then at the 'Install Now' prompt (Do not pick the Install Now option) instead choose the 'Repair your computer' option located in the lower left of the dispay.
c) The System Repair tool will search for a valid operating system and will report that “Windows found problems with your computer’s startup options. Do you want to apply repairs and restart your computer?”
d) Click ‘Repair and restart’ and reboot again to the Windows 7 System Repair environment.
e) Click ‘Next’ at the keyboard selection prompt and when the ‘System Recovery Options’ screen appears verify that the “Use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting Windows” is selected.
f) Now from the menu list select the ‘Command Prompt’ option.
g) At the DOS prompt type the following three commands:
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootrec.exe /fixboot (may return an 'Eliment not found' message)
bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd
h) Close the command prompt window and click the ‘Startup Repair’ option.
i) The repair process may take some time, so wait until the process completes at which point you will see two messages “Windows cannot repair this computer automatically” and “Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically”.
. Ignore the Send/Don’t send options.
J) Close this message window by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the Send/Don’t send window. Next click on the ‘View advanced options for system recovery and support’ option and from the main menu once again click ‘Startup Repair’. This time the repair process may only that a few seconds and when prompted “Startup Repair could not detect a problem”, click ‘Finish’ and run the ‘Startup Repair’ option one more time, click ‘Finish’, and then remove the System Repair DVD and click ‘Restart’. Reboot the computer
dwrigh62 replied: Had to do this the other day after screwing up my boot while working with some Linux software[WiFi Slax Wireless Hacking Live CD] on 7:
Nope, sadly still not booting, same old “A Disk read error occurred” from grub. I was able to fix one of the two Windows partitions that were in the same state, however, with a bcdboot c:\windows /s c: (which is odd considering I know for a fact I had previously done that already…).