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ran the windows repair on win10 and can't boot or anything
garnita:
Ok, thanks for your help, will keep trying with your advice. gnite
garnita:
Tried everything suggested but no luck. Windows OS is listed, but when I say "yes" to add it to the boot list - it says can't be found. Crap
So Windows is not showing as a boot option at all.
Boggin:
I've never had much confidence in the Startup Repair in the advanced boot options, but give that a try.
What was the reason why you originally ran the Windows Repair program and did you use the latest version of 4.5.1 ?
Boggin:
Let's see if the machine will boot into Safe Mode.
From Win 8 onwards, booting into Safe Mode has resolved some normal boot problems.
I'd forgotten about this cmd - boot up with the Win 10 install media and navigate to the Command Prompt and enter these cmds -
bcdedit
Look for the Windows Boot Loader - it will either be {current} or {default} then enter this cmd - I'm using {default} in my example.
bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
exit
then shut down.
This gives you the old F8 options.
Tap F8 as you switch on and then select Safe Mode from the advanced boot options and press enter.
See if it will then boot normally after the restart, if it does boot into Safe Mode.
To revert the boot menu policy, redo the bcdedit cmd changing legacy to standard
bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy standard
I came across this Boot Repair Disk but given the author's name, it may be similar to your Ubunto one.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/
I selected Save on the download and used ImgBurn to create a bootable disk, but you may already have your own burner tool.
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/imgburn.html
garnita:
When i enter bcdedit, it says The boot configuration data store cannot be opened. The requested system device cannot be found.
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