[SOLVED] Windows keeps going missing (BSOD)

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I have been having this issue where when i put my foot down with any force my computer will crash. I believe it is due to memory as my board only has the tabs for the memory on one end.
This may be unrelated to the problem I wanted to ask about though which is twice this week I have gotten the BSOD.
The first time it would say that the BCD is missing or corrupt.
The second time it just said that a necessary device could not be detected.
The first time I tried everything including running CMD and running the fixboot commands and startup repair which neither worked.
When I would try the fixrec /boot it would say access denied.
I checked for Windows on my drives both times that this occurred and no OS was detected on any of the drives.
The second time I made a restore point and when I tried to restore it did not work.
Why is it that Windows seems to be disappearing from my drive?
 
Solution
Are you installing Windows with the hard drives plugged in? Sometimes Windows will put the boot partition on another drive if one is available. Never figured out why it does that. This comment isn't related to your bump problem per se, but if you unplug the hard drives during your Windows installation, it shouldn't lose your install whenever a bump causes the system to crash.
I have been having this issue where when i put my foot down with any force my computer will crash. I believe it is due to memory as my board only has the tabs for the memory on one end.

seems to me you need to move PC somewhere away from feet then

what are specs of pc?

the 2 could be related in that windows crashing and restarting without being properly prepared for the restart can cause corruption, i have seen unexpected restarts mess with the boot files.
BCD = boot config data
 
I have an i5 6500, 1070ti, 16gb of ramm and a few hdd. The OS is on a 250gb Samsung ssd. I delete all partitions on the ssd and reinstall it and then it’s just gone. I have not really noticed a pattern. The drive is probably anywhere from 3-5 years old
 
seems to me you need to move PC somewhere away from feet then

what are specs of pc?

the 2 could be related in that windows crashing and restarting without being properly prepared for the restart can cause corruption, i have seen unexpected restarts mess with the boot files.
BCD = boot config data
I have an i5 6500, 1070ti, 16gb of ramm and a few hdd. The OS is on a 250gb Samsung ssd. I delete all partitions on the ssd and reinstall it and then it’s just gone. I have not really noticed a pattern. The drive is probably anywhere from 3-5 years old
 
Are you doing anything to edit Windows' default configuration, such as changing swap file settings?

What type of drive is Windows on, and how old is it?
I have an i5 6500, 1070ti, 16gb of ramm and a few hdd. The OS is on a 250gb Samsung ssd. I delete all partitions on the ssd and reinstall it and then it’s just gone. I have not really noticed a pattern. The drive is probably anywhere from 3-5 years old
 
Are you installing Windows with the hard drives plugged in? Sometimes Windows will put the boot partition on another drive if one is available. Never figured out why it does that. This comment isn't related to your bump problem per se, but if you unplug the hard drives during your Windows installation, it shouldn't lose your install whenever a bump causes the system to crash.
 
Solution
Are you installing Windows with the hard drives plugged in? Sometimes Windows will put the boot partition on another drive if one is available. Never figured out why it does that. This comment isn't related to your bump problem per se, but if you unplug the hard drives during your Windows installation, it shouldn't lose your install whenever a bump causes the system to crash.
Now that you mention it I wonder if it is on my USB boot where Windows is being installed from. I will test this theory
 
. . . I believe it is due to memory as my board only has the tabs for the memory on one end.
This may be unrelated to the problem I wanted to ask about though which is twice this week I have gotten the BSOD.
I don't think that missing arm is unrelatet at all. I think that is a very important piece of information, and I'll think it is likely to be the cause of the problems.