Hi guys,
Before I'm redirected to another thread, let me say that I've read literally dozens of similar threads that don't completely answer my question. I've been at this since 5am my time.
So, I installed Linux on my desktop alongside Windows in its own partition. I have Windows 10 installed on my SSD, I use my HDD for most storage on Windows, and I allocated 150GB of my HDD to Linux Mint. Last night, I decided to try and remove Linux from my PC and extend my Windows HDD partition to take up the now-unallocated 150GB. I used MiniTool Partition Wizard, and I rebooted from there.
When I booted back up, I found myself at the GRUB rescue boot page. I clearly did not go about removing my partition responsibly. I created a Windows 10 USB boot drive and booted it from BIOS. This was the first good news! I was able to access the command prompt via recovery tools. I entered the following commands:
I rebooted without changing boot priority (i.e. it booted from my SSD), and it took me back to the GRUB rescue page. I rebooted again, this time booting from my USB, and I received the following error:
Your PC/Device needs to be repaired
The Boot Configuration Data for your PC is missing or contains errors.
File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD
Error code: 0xc000000f
You'll need to use recovery tools.
Press Esc for UEFI Firmware Settings
And here I am. My next plan was to try running "diskpart" and manually assign a drive letter, but I can't even use recovery tools at this point. I get the error above every time I try to boot from USB.
Anybody have an idea? I'm tired and defeated
Thanks so much,
Hubes
Before I'm redirected to another thread, let me say that I've read literally dozens of similar threads that don't completely answer my question. I've been at this since 5am my time.
So, I installed Linux on my desktop alongside Windows in its own partition. I have Windows 10 installed on my SSD, I use my HDD for most storage on Windows, and I allocated 150GB of my HDD to Linux Mint. Last night, I decided to try and remove Linux from my PC and extend my Windows HDD partition to take up the now-unallocated 150GB. I used MiniTool Partition Wizard, and I rebooted from there.
When I booted back up, I found myself at the GRUB rescue boot page. I clearly did not go about removing my partition responsibly. I created a Windows 10 USB boot drive and booted it from BIOS. This was the first good news! I was able to access the command prompt via recovery tools. I entered the following commands:
- bootrec /FixMbr
- bootrec /FixBoot (THIS RETURNED "Access is Denied."
- bootrec /ScanOs
- bootrec /RebuildBcd
I rebooted without changing boot priority (i.e. it booted from my SSD), and it took me back to the GRUB rescue page. I rebooted again, this time booting from my USB, and I received the following error:
Your PC/Device needs to be repaired
The Boot Configuration Data for your PC is missing or contains errors.
File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD
Error code: 0xc000000f
You'll need to use recovery tools.
Press Esc for UEFI Firmware Settings
And here I am. My next plan was to try running "diskpart" and manually assign a drive letter, but I can't even use recovery tools at this point. I get the error above every time I try to boot from USB.
Anybody have an idea? I'm tired and defeated
Thanks so much,
Hubes