Boot Drive is dead what do I do?

[cstmarie]

My SSD which is what my PC booted from died on me and I no longer can find my windows CD to boot from the disc. I have a backup HD that contains everything else on my PC but I can't boot from this drive because it doesnt have windows on it. Am I going to have to wipe my backup drive and buy a new windows disc and reformat it that way or is there an easier course of action that I can work on.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[bailojustin]

Buy a USB and go to a public library, install windows on USB. USE THIS TO REPAIR YOUR WINDOWS BOOT
Repair your BCD if you know how to or can follow a guide, Be warned though, not for the inexperienced.
If you have a friend who maybe has a copy of BCDEASY its free, you can download it on a phone.


get a usb, Install windows onto it as a boot drive, use it to boot access your drives, and repair any files. Download easybcd and repair your BCD from the boot drive. You can also do the same with linux to a usb to repair your windows.

 

[cstmarie]

I have never repaired my BCD and don't know if I could do it with the knowledge I have. My 2TB backup HD is basically just filled with all of my games that are downloaded from my steam library and some miscellaneous things that aren't too important. Would it be easier to just wipe the drive and put a new OS on there? Or just bite the bullet and go the route that you are suggesting despite the lack of knowledge I have.
Thank you for your speedy response btw

 

[bailojustin]

Ok, you can boot from a windows CD, click install, ON THE NEXT SCREEN, bottom left will be repair, click it, navigate to command prompt, Open, Type the following exactly

Diskpart
List disk
select disk X *X is the disk number of your specific 2tb hdd*
create partition primary size=50000
List part
select part X *X BEING THE PARTITION YOU JUST MADE THAT 50000mb, 50gb!*
assign letter y
format fs=ntfs label=winboot quick
Assign
Active
exit

NOW reboot, CHOOSE your windows install, install windows on newly created 50g partition, it will be under the drives available. load into it, and access your previous drives, no data lost, Now you can begin repairing your BCD, or just grabbing what you want, then reinstalling where your old OS was. just grab everything you want from it, or if you want to use it again, Research how to fix it, and you will have dual boot, once the other drive is accessible just delete the 50g partition we made today.

 

[cstmarie]

Thank you very much for your help sounds easy enough I'll get working on it and get it all fixed. Thank you for your speedy support and help.