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So, you've reached the end of your road. You've tried everything to fix your Windows, but it won't boot. You know your data is still there but the boot sector has been corrupted and Automatic Repair, even command prompt fixes like using bootrec don't work. You spent hours installing all that software and it looks like you'll have to copy your data and start over.
There may be a solution! It'll require a little time, but nothing compared to starting from scratch. Here's how you go about it.
You will need a spare storage device (HD/USB) and a bootable copy of a partition manager (I use Easeus or Aomei, anything like that is fine).
First, you will need to copy your existing partion that has your windows on it to another device. I won't get into details but I'm sure you can find help depending on the partition manager you use. You can shrink the volume to the space used on the disk (so 100GB HDD but only using 35GB - shrink to 36, etc.). Once you have a copy of your partition on another device you can proceed.
Second, format the drive and install a fresh copy of windows. Just Install your copy of windows up to the language part. You don't have to go through all the settings again. Now boot back into your partition manager. Delete the windows partition (the one you just installed), leave the system reserved partition and copy your partition back (resize to fit).
Last, you will need to run Automatic repair again. It should rebuild the boot partition and the OS and connect the two. If it doesn't, go into Advanced Options - Command prompt. Type bootrec /ScanOS - type A when prompted, then bootrec /rebuildBCD and restart.
You will be back to your working copy of Windows. Keep in mind that depending on your windows installation size, this can take some time, so it's up to you to judge whether to do this or re-install everything.
It's saved me a lot of time in the past, and I keep a copy of Easeus PE on a USB for just this problem, as I tend to mess up things a lot.
If this helps anyone, I'm glad to be of help. If you have any other questions feel free to PM me.
Cheers.
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There may be a solution! It'll require a little time, but nothing compared to starting from scratch. Here's how you go about it.
You will need a spare storage device (HD/USB) and a bootable copy of a partition manager (I use Easeus or Aomei, anything like that is fine).
First, you will need to copy your existing partion that has your windows on it to another device. I won't get into details but I'm sure you can find help depending on the partition manager you use. You can shrink the volume to the space used on the disk (so 100GB HDD but only using 35GB - shrink to 36, etc.). Once you have a copy of your partition on another device you can proceed.
Second, format the drive and install a fresh copy of windows. Just Install your copy of windows up to the language part. You don't have to go through all the settings again. Now boot back into your partition manager. Delete the windows partition (the one you just installed), leave the system reserved partition and copy your partition back (resize to fit).
Last, you will need to run Automatic repair again. It should rebuild the boot partition and the OS and connect the two. If it doesn't, go into Advanced Options - Command prompt. Type bootrec /ScanOS - type A when prompted, then bootrec /rebuildBCD and restart.
You will be back to your working copy of Windows. Keep in mind that depending on your windows installation size, this can take some time, so it's up to you to judge whether to do this or re-install everything.
It's saved me a lot of time in the past, and I keep a copy of Easeus PE on a USB for just this problem, as I tend to mess up things a lot.
If this helps anyone, I'm glad to be of help. If you have any other questions feel free to PM me.
Cheers.