Hey everyone, I've got a problem that has too many solutions which none have worked so far Please forgive the exceedingly long length :wtf: and the really bad OS (VistaD? really?)
So basically I've started my computer and I get:
"File: /boot/bcd
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data."
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And of course I did my research and I found the convenient guide:
Recovering the Vista Bootloader from the DVD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki
And I tried the first steps (1 + 2) and did not get it to work; when I tried using magicISO to add the bootsect.exe to the vista boot-up disc [which worked with no apparent problems] my computer was told me "NO BOOT MANAGER FOUND" when I tried booting from CD. This makes no sense since the ISO worked fine [and clearly had bootmgr] and I simply added one file.
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Regardless I tried the following site:
Technical Blog for Jim Beveridge: Corrupt \Boot\BCD in Windows Vista
Which solved their problem using a previous hd image backup/restore
The problem is:
a) I have never made an image-level backup
b) I really do not know how to do it - and besides that, I am currently using Vista Hide 'n Seek, so I'm not sure if it will even work
b2) And I'm not 100% sure how to "uninstall" Hide 'n seek ~ which prob. won't solve anything.
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So to no avail, I tried to use the perfect advice of Microsoft:
Error message when you start Windows Vista
Method 1: Obviously the first thing I did - no success
Method 2: It did not even find bootbcd when it says Y/N
Method 3:
First I tried to delete the BCD through cmd prompt with BCDedit.exe
But it would not even work until I used bcdedit.exe/createstore - even so, after creating bootmgr, I had no clue what the GUID was and regardless it told me
"boot config data could not be opened"
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Lastly I tried some other random comments including
1) Chkdsk \f \r \b = nada
2) going to disk partitions and setting the Vista part. active = nothing.
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So the only thing I can possibly think of is the previous thread with the same problem that seems eerily similar to mine (except they got bootsect.exe to work):
BCD Error Single OS Vista Ultimate - The NeoSmart Forums
And essentially the solution was: "Transfer and wipe that HD"
Anyone have any clue that would let me actually do something without wiping? Thank you SOO much.
So basically I've started my computer and I get:
"File: /boot/bcd
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data."
I}
And of course I did my research and I found the convenient guide:
Recovering the Vista Bootloader from the DVD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki
And I tried the first steps (1 + 2) and did not get it to work; when I tried using magicISO to add the bootsect.exe to the vista boot-up disc [which worked with no apparent problems] my computer was told me "NO BOOT MANAGER FOUND" when I tried booting from CD. This makes no sense since the ISO worked fine [and clearly had bootmgr] and I simply added one file.
II}
Regardless I tried the following site:
Technical Blog for Jim Beveridge: Corrupt \Boot\BCD in Windows Vista
Which solved their problem using a previous hd image backup/restore
The problem is:
a) I have never made an image-level backup
b) I really do not know how to do it - and besides that, I am currently using Vista Hide 'n Seek, so I'm not sure if it will even work
b2) And I'm not 100% sure how to "uninstall" Hide 'n seek ~ which prob. won't solve anything.
III}
So to no avail, I tried to use the perfect advice of Microsoft:
Error message when you start Windows Vista
Method 1: Obviously the first thing I did - no success
Method 2: It did not even find bootbcd when it says Y/N
Method 3:
First I tried to delete the BCD through cmd prompt with BCDedit.exe
But it would not even work until I used bcdedit.exe/createstore - even so, after creating bootmgr, I had no clue what the GUID was and regardless it told me
"boot config data could not be opened"
IV}
Lastly I tried some other random comments including
1) Chkdsk \f \r \b = nada
2) going to disk partitions and setting the Vista part. active = nothing.
V}
So the only thing I can possibly think of is the previous thread with the same problem that seems eerily similar to mine (except they got bootsect.exe to work):
BCD Error Single OS Vista Ultimate - The NeoSmart Forums
And essentially the solution was: "Transfer and wipe that HD"
Anyone have any clue that would let me actually do something without wiping? Thank you SOO much.
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