Question BCD corrupted, cannot repair in Advanced Recovery Mode ?

[Kyroix 74]

Hi, i recently did a Windows quality update and i got several pop ups after a reboot saying ‘We couldn’t complete the updates, undoing changes’. This kept coming up. But one time i booted up my pc and it did not start up, instead giving me the screen to the advanced repair mode. I did all the options in the troubleshoot section, nothing worked. I did the command prompt, and ran a couple commands including BCD. It appears my BCD is corrupted. So i did the BCD repair commands, but they didn’t work. So i was stuck.

I clicked "Continue to Windows", but didn’t go back to the same screen, instead the horrible ‘Your device/pc needs to be repaired’. And the 4 options to boot on the advanced recovery, BIOS, and 2 others i forgot. I tried pressing F1 which was the allocated button for booting into the Advanced recovery again, but it didn’t work instead yakking me back to the same screen.

So currently i am stuck on the repair screen, not able to do anything on it except use the button to go into BIOS, but i don’t think i can do anything in that to get into Windows. So i think, 99% my BCD being corrupted is what caused my Windows to not boot up. I need some help because Resetting the PC is my last resort. I hope this massive oarsgraph makes sense to you.

 

[USAFRet]

Contents are still in.
Bios is set to UEFI.
I don’t even have an option for secure boot in my bios. This has worked before btw.

This is where we get into "Too many cooks in the kitchen"

 

[Kyroix 74]

This is where we get into "Too many cooks in the kitchen"

Yep. I’m losing my brain cells right now. Why does everything just not want to work when it should

 

[USAFRet]

Yep. I’m losing my brain cells right now. Why does everything just not want to work when it should

Follow SkyNetRising, and that install tutorial I posted earlier.

 

[Kyroix 74]

Follow SkyNetRising, and that install tutorial I posted earlier.

Can’t follow that yet, my PC ONLY JUST booted to the usb

 

[Kyroix 74]

Finally booted to it holy, but it only booted when i changed my boot option to Legacy and UEFI. When i did just UEFI it didn’t boot to it. Why is that?

 

[Jacob 51]

Finally booted to it holy, but it only booted when i changed my boot option to Legacy and UEFI. When i did just UEFI it didn’t boot to it. Why is that?

The reason might be that you made the bootable drive for MBR instead of GPT. Clearly this is the reason.

 

[Kyroix 74]

The reason might be that you made the bootable drive for MBR instead of GPT. Clearly this is the reason.

Well i am now installing windows. So i’m relieved. I’ve in the process of installing it onto the Drive. I’ll tell you if it’s successful and thank all the others and you for all your help for this massive thread. Unfortunately it’s came to my last resort of reinstalling.

 

[Kyroix 74]

Ok i need help hang on

The reason might be that you made the bootable drive for MBR instead of GPT. Clearly this is the reason.

Hang on, i need help. I’ve just downloaded the windows onto the drive and when it finished it booted back to my usb, because that’s first in the boot priority, isn’t it supposed to boot my newly created window i just made? How do i get to it

 

[SkyNetRising]

I’ve just downloaded the windows onto the drive and when it finished it booted back to my usb, because that’s first in the boot priority, isn’t it supposed to boot my newly created window i just made? How do i get to it

You remove USB flash drive. Then it can't boot into USB.

 

[Kyroix 74]

You remove USB flash drive. Then it can't boot into USB.

Yep, sorry i need to think of doing that before i rant about it to you guys, i’m doing the installation now

 

[Kyroix 74]

Just says Getting ready

 

[Kyroix 74]

You remove USB flash drive. Then it can't boot into USB.

Also just wondering but when i selected my drive it still said it had stuff on it, 830gb but 500 was left, does this mean the windows is still on it? Because was i supposed to like delete it or something before i reinstalled it or like

 

[USAFRet]

Also just wondering but when i selected my drive it still said it had stuff on it, 830gb but 500 was left, does this mean the windows is still on it? Because was i supposed to like delete it or something before i reinstalled it or like

Yes, you were supposed to delete ALL existing partitions on that drive.

As indicated in replies above, and the posted tutorial.

 

[Kyroix 74]

Yes, you were supposed to delete ALL existing partitions on that drive.

As indicated in replies above, and the posted tutorial.

I did delete all the partitions on the drive.

 

[USAFRet]

I did delete all the partitions on the drive.

Then there should be no problem.

 

[Kyroix 74]

Then there should be no problem.

I’m on the screen ‘Just a moment’

 

[Jacob 51]

I’m on the screen ‘Just a moment’

I hope it works. This has been a massive thread

 

[Kyroix 74]

I hope it works. This has been a massive thread

Successful.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Can you show screenshot from Disk Management?

 

[Kyroix 74]

Thanks all of you for helping out, especially SkyNetRising, thanks for sticking to this thread for ages, over 200 posts. Crazy. I’m just now installing everything Back. Big thanks to all of you, unfortunately had to reset the pc which was my last resort. But thanks for ur contributions to try a fix my pc. Appreciate you all

 

[Kyroix 74]

Can you show screenshot from Disk Management?

Of what?

 

[Kyroix 74]

Also a question, all the files from the windows.old folder, can i just paste into my new windows? What do i do with all the files in there. It includes my program files and everything.

 

[USAFRet]

Also a question, all the files from the windows.old folder, can i just paste into my new windows? What do i do with all the files in there. It includes my program files and everything.

If this were a full clean install, and you DELETED all existing partitions in the process....there would not be a "windows.old"

As requested by SNR....a screencap of your current Disk Management window.

can i just paste into my new windows?

We need to see what the actual outcome of this install was.
But No.

 

[SkyNetRising]

all the files from the windows.old folder, can i just paste into my new windows? What do i do with all the files in there. It includes my program files and everything.

Those are old windows files.
If you forgot to backup some of your user files, you can still find them there.
If you don't need them, then just delete windows.old folder. But be absolutely sure, that you don't need them before deleting.
And no - you can not copy program files from there. That will not work.
You have to reinstall all your apps.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Of what?

This thing:

4 Ways to Open Disk Management in Windows 10 and 11

Disk Management is the tool you need to manage your storage drives on Windows. Learn how to access it.

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