(0x0000098, 0x0000034) BCD corruption error. Cant find efi directory

Jun 3, 2018
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Im trying to fix my computer booting. When I type:
Cd /f m:\EFI\Microsoft\boot\bootrec /fixboot
I get:
The system cannot find the path specified

Drive m is the only FAT volume so I assumed EFI is there but when I list the directory i get 2 files: command.com and oobedone.flg plus a directory temp with files: srttrail.log,srttrail.txt,disklayout.txt,bcdinfo.txt,bootfailure.txt.

Is EFI supposed to go here? Should I create partition EFI on this volume- or will this delete my files here- or does it not belong here?

If no then how do I create a boot volume partition in diskpart?
 
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Is this a Dell? oobedone.flg appears to be a Dell file
There are only four files in that partition: COMMAND.COM, DELLBIO.BIN, DELLRMK.BIN and oobedone.flg
https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General/For-what-do-I-need-the-DellUtility-partition/td-p/4436268 - that sounds like a Dell Utility Partition

srttrail.log,srttrail.txt,disklayout.txt,bcdinfo.txt,bootfailure.txt.are windows log files created when PC can't boot

where did you get the command from? this is the closest I found - https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/windows-10-bootrec-fixboot-access-is-denied/747c4180-7ff3-4bc2-b6cc-81e572d546df?auth=1

fix number 5 here is close to your command -...
Is this a Dell? oobedone.flg appears to be a Dell file
There are only four files in that partition: COMMAND.COM, DELLBIO.BIN, DELLRMK.BIN and oobedone.flg
https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General/For-what-do-I-need-the-DellUtility-partition/td-p/4436268 - that sounds like a Dell Utility Partition

srttrail.log,srttrail.txt,disklayout.txt,bcdinfo.txt,bootfailure.txt.are windows log files created when PC can't boot

where did you get the command from? this is the closest I found - https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/windows-10-bootrec-fixboot-access-is-denied/747c4180-7ff3-4bc2-b6cc-81e572d546df?auth=1

fix number 5 here is close to your command - https://www.hellomails.com/blog/windows-installed-locked-bcd-error-code-0x0000034/ (Don't download anything)

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-rebuild-the-bcd-in-windows-2624508

if you do a list vol on C drive in diskpart it may tell you the system drive, that is the location of your boot files

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problem there is it doesn't show any partitions without drive letters. Do a list disk to find all drives, type select disk x - where x is number of drive you boot off and then type list partition and it may tell you the system partition (I cannot tell as my drive not formatted normally. (see above)

You may not have a efi partition, are you sure drive is formatted as GPT?
 
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