So I thought I was fixing the boot record of a desktop that I am presently upgrading. I can deal with that later but the problem is that I screwed up the settings of my main computer - a Dell laptop. I thought I had used the "Select BCD Store" but did not.
So I have taken a third computer, loaded EasyBCD and I am now accessing it correctly. Here is what it reads...
There is one entry in the Windows bootloader.
Path: E:\Boot\BCD
Default: Microsoft Windows 7
Timeout: 10 seconds
EasyBCD Boot Device: E:\
Entry #1
Name: Microsoft Windows 7
BCD ID: {default}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
The E:\ is because I had to add a drive letter through computer management, to access the recovery partition and boot device.
I'm all out of ideas and feel desperately stupid - please help!!
I have a very old backup of the entire hard-drive - could I copy that Recovery partition to the new one?
ETA: Trying System Recovery Options shows a partition size of 0MB and an unknown location for windows...
So I have taken a third computer, loaded EasyBCD and I am now accessing it correctly. Here is what it reads...
There is one entry in the Windows bootloader.
Path: E:\Boot\BCD
Default: Microsoft Windows 7
Timeout: 10 seconds
EasyBCD Boot Device: E:\
Entry #1
Name: Microsoft Windows 7
BCD ID: {default}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
The E:\ is because I had to add a drive letter through computer management, to access the recovery partition and boot device.
I'm all out of ideas and feel desperately stupid - please help!!
I have a very old backup of the entire hard-drive - could I copy that Recovery partition to the new one?
ETA: Trying System Recovery Options shows a partition size of 0MB and an unknown location for windows...
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