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C:\boot missing
HP Pavilion running Windows 10 Home
I started a HP update which never finished, that is an issue for HP. Anyway after I finally powered down my laptop. Upon turning it back on it will not boot. I get the spinning dots and they never go away.
I happen to be on a trip so I never had a chance to diagnosis the problem until now. I really do not want to have to reinstall windows as then I will need to reinstall all my programs and data. I started thinking maybe my MBR got screwed up by the HP update so I found some instructions on rebuilding it. In doing the second command Bootrec /fixBoot I get "Access is denied". I am using the Administrator account so I do not understand why I do not have access to this command.
How do I rebuild my c:\boot directory as it is missing and get my PC to reboot.
Any and all help is appreciated.
I am going to keep looking for a solution and if I find one I will post it here for others.
Thank you in advance.