URGENT please help - BCD is corrupt and i keep getting errors

In this video, i will guide you on how to Rebuild the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) to fix some Windows startup issues.

SIW2 said:

explorer++ doesnt give the information we need.

You need to show the disks and partitions.

Preferably with a third party partition manager or if you can't manage that open a cmd prompt and type:

diskpart
(then press enter)
lis dis
(then press enter)

select each disk in turn and list the partitions take screenshots of each like this:

sel dis 0
(then press enter)

lis par
( then press enter and take a screenshot of the partition list)

sel dis 1
(then press enter)

lis par
( then press enter and take a screenshot of the partition list)

for all the disks

thanks, but where do i go from there? something seems off tho, but probably all those failed repair attempts. i hope text is fine, because i cant exactly take screenshot, its pain to take photo with camera and then get the files here, its easier to write:

i only have 1 disk + recovery usb (i wont list this)

first it's:
disk 0 --- online --- gpt (nothing under it)
disk 1 --- online --- gpt (has * under it) - this is the bootable usb drive im using to try the repairs from

after i select disk 0 and type lis par:
partition 0 ---- Extended----- 118gb ----- 8032kb
partition 3 ---- Logical----- 118gb ----- 8064kb
partition 2 ---- Recovery----- 544mb ----- 118gb
partition 1 ---- Primary----- 500mb ----- 118gb

i have no idea how it can even show 2 partition with 118gb, because this drive is only 120gb SSD.
i have OSforensics and EaseUS partition tools that i can make bootable if that's any use, but as i said .. i tried fixing MBR using AOMEI, but that didn't do shit, i think this is where all those weird records came from, because it wasn't like this before.

can you explain why the explorer doesn't give correct information? doesn't cmd work in same way? i mean in cmd i also enter letter F: to enter drive F, why does it say path not found?

also i checked one old encrypted hdd (same version as my new one, but older windows) and bcd on main encrypted partition bcd (where /windows/ is) says F in bcd, while the recovery drive is C.

sorry if i'm being confusing, trying to work 2 issues.
issue 1: winload.exe cannot be found on encrypted drive, which started AFTER i mounted the drive and forced it online
issue 2: i messed up the pc i was attempting the repairs from by using wrong bcdedit command that overwrote my current bcd (with blank one i think). it straight out says boot/bcd is corrupt or missing or along those lines.

the info i provided is from issue 2, as i'm trying to fix this one first.

however i dont care for issue 2 much, i can re-install it as this is just test version with no personal data on it, still would hate to lose it as i have put quite few days into it.
so if you could tell me how i can fix the partition letter issue on encrypted drive, that would be much more useful.

i mean how do i know which letters should be in bcd file? there's two of them:
one is on the partition where windows is on (encrypted with truecrypt, but i can mount it via truecrypt - has partition record F in it)
second is on recovery partition in boot/bcd (has partition record C in it)

so why would it have different letters and which one is correct? i assume when i forced the disk online, it couldn't have possibly changed the bcd on encrypted partition, so it must be the one in recovery?
or what am i missing here?

anyway sorry for the rant, i'm very tired at this point and i need to get it fixed ASAP. if you can tell me next steps from provided info, i cna try and fix the recovery pc first. then i can move on to the encrypted one.
i provided this info, because i believe its a simple partition letter issue in bcd, but i have no idea how/where to change it.

thanks again and i hope you can help me fix it.


EDIT: can't i just copy bcd and/or boot records from another drive? as i said i have old fully working hdd that has exact same bcd, this is where the signature conflict came from. it boots up fine aswell, but it's older version of windows, so would that work? if yes, how would i go about cloning the bcd from working encrypted hdd to non working one (one that says winload.exe is not found)?

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SIW2 said:

when you brought the second disk online windows changes the disk signature to avoid collisison. That is why it is automatically kept offline unless you specifically choose to bring it online.

yes i figured this much, but is that why it won't boot? is the disk signature what prevents it from booting?

please note that my primary partition (where os is) is fully encrypted, so it couldn't have possibly changed that bcd, correct?
so only logical explanation, is that disk signature was changed on the recovery partition only.
would it be possible to copy the bcd from encrypted partition over onto the recovery partition?

or what exactly do you suggest? can i clone the "disk signature" from the old bootable encrypted hdd (one it conflicted with)?
because that old hdd still works and i assume it has what i need?

It is an mbr disk.

i have no idea how it can even show 2 partition with 118gb

There is an extended partition inside which is a logical drive using up the entire extended partition.

You need to mark one of the primaries active and populate it with the boot critical files.

type:

diskpart

sel dis 0

sel par1

act

ass letter=S

then list the volumes to get the letter winpe has assigned to your windows partition (e.g. F )

lis vol

exi

now you can use bcdboot to populate the active partition

bcdboot F:\windows /s S: /f all

That is how it is done with normal disks. I dont know if encryption makes difference, I avoid it like the plague.

SIW2 said:

It is an mbr disk.


There is an extended partition inside which is a logical drive using up the entire extended partition.

You need to mark one of the primaries active and populate it with the boot critical files.

type:

diskpart

sel dis 0

sel par1

act

ass letter=S

then list the volumes to get the letter winpe has assigned to your windows partition (e.g. F )

lis vol

exi

now you can use bcdboot to populate the active partition

bcdboot F:\windows /s S: /f all

That is how it is done with normal disks. I dont know if encryption makes difference, I avoid it like the plague.

omfg thank you so much! i wish everyone would give so simple and detailed replies.

however this only fixed my non important pc, i assume same works for encrypted drive after i decrypt it?

isn't there a way to just clone bcd? i have literally searched for hours and can't find a single option to just clone/copy a bcd file using another computer.
i have a working encrypted drive, it's clone of my non working one, just earlier version which still works! i'd like to just copy the bloody bcd, i can access the encrypted partition by mounting it in truecrypt. i tried overwriting the bcd file in windows, but that didn't work (any idea why it wouldn't work?)

i tried tools like visual BCD and easyBCD, but they don't seem to have option to overwrite the one you working on. in fact i might have screwed up another pc during this, i used import, but i think it imported on top of my default (running pc) bcd. in either way if it did screw up, i can always follow your guide as its not encrypted.

but so is there a way to just clone the bloody bcd from a working drive?
thanks again!