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Which one should have the boot files?
I am not sure. The computer came with these partitions set up. I have the old disk that I cloned. Could I find something out from that?
This is what the old (original clone) disk has:
C - 500mb OEM Partition
D - 905 GB Primary partition
F - 1000MB Recovery partition
no letter - 260MB EFI system partition
G - 24GB Recovery partition
I have read that the device boots to the EFI system partition.
Do you have access to another pc?
You might be able to fix boot problems with a WinPE (Windows Pre Environment)
Fix Boot Problems
Please try running SeaTools DOS to test your hard drive
Run SeaTools to check the integrity of your HDD. SeaTools for DOS and Windows - How to Use - Windows 7 Help Forums
Not sure how to do this. If I create rescue media on another pc, won't it contain drivers for the other pc and not the one I am trying to fix?
Only if you choose to take the drivers too, I believe you can choose if you want to have them too, I can when I create a WinPE
I ran the Macrium Reflect to fix boot problems. It ran and repaired the BCD (the 3 other repair options weren't available). After running I rebooted and I get through the Windows sign-in page but then it sits on the welcome page for a couple minutes and displays a message that windows ran into a problem and has to restart. After restarting, it repeats the same process in a loop.
No error code or anything. Only to close any open programs and it would restart in one minute. It keeps looping and now I notice it isn't giving any message before restarting.