Computer is a LenovoT420 with Win 7, 64bit
I made a huge mistake. In the future I think I'll avoid scanning for rootkits till I learn how to do this properly, but here's how my troubles started.
So I was in safemode removing malware from the computer with MalwareBytes and I included rootkit scanning. Well it found one and I removed it. I go to restart computer and now I get the message from Windows Boot Manager
For my next steps, here's what I've tried to resolve the issue.
I can still access the BIOs so I move booting from the CD drive to the top. I inserted a Win 7 recovery cd to do Startup Repair; however, it doesn't show me an OS to repair in the list. I still select the first option although it is now it says at the top
Then, running startup repair shows me the following
I tried some other solutions around this topic using bootrec /fixmbr, /fixboot, /scanos, /rebuildbcd. They all say "The operation completed successfully", but the "Total identified Windows installations: 0". Willing to try these options again though to make sure I did everything right.
Also when I'm in the command prompt the current directory is "X:" and I thought I should be working in C:? I've heard the letters can get rearranged but I wanted to be sure I was in the right place.
Help would be greatly appreciated as I'm completely lost now @_@
I made a huge mistake. In the future I think I'll avoid scanning for rootkits till I learn how to do this properly, but here's how my troubles started.
So I was in safemode removing malware from the computer with MalwareBytes and I included rootkit scanning. Well it found one and I removed it. I go to restart computer and now I get the message from Windows Boot Manager
File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
For my next steps, here's what I've tried to resolve the issue.
I can still access the BIOs so I move booting from the CD drive to the top. I inserted a Win 7 recovery cd to do Startup Repair; however, it doesn't show me an OS to repair in the list. I still select the first option although it is now it says at the top
Operating system: Unknown on (unknown) Local Disk
Then, running startup repair shows me the following
Root cause found:
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Boot sector for system disk partition is corrupt.
Repair action: Boot sector repair
Result: Failed. Error code = 0x490
Time taken = 185423 ms
I tried some other solutions around this topic using bootrec /fixmbr, /fixboot, /scanos, /rebuildbcd. They all say "The operation completed successfully", but the "Total identified Windows installations: 0". Willing to try these options again though to make sure I did everything right.
Also when I'm in the command prompt the current directory is "X:" and I thought I should be working in C:? I've heard the letters can get rearranged but I wanted to be sure I was in the right place.
Help would be greatly appreciated as I'm completely lost now @_@