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Cant get windows to boot without installation media
I had an issue with my dvd rewriter and
So i made a install media using another hard drive i had. The install completed and the pc boots fine giving options to boot into windows or to run setup.
If i remove the install media drive my computer says there is no boot device present. I formatted the partition i installed on the first attempt and had this issue. I now formatted it again and installed again and the issue persists.
Its almost like its writing the boot record on the install media drive and there is nothing on the actual windows partition.
If i run msconfig it shows 2 entries under boot. The first is c:\windows(current os) and the other is /windows setup. I ran bootrect /bcdrebuild as suggested on a forum. I also rand /fixmbr and /fixboot but fix boot shows access denied. None of the troubleshooters on windows were any help and i am not at my wits end.
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Another attempt was to rebuildbcd and it searched all drives for a windows installation which it finds 1. It adds an entry for windows 10 home and yes this one is on the installation media as well. I also tried running bootrect /nt60 c: like i did with he install media hoping it would work but no luck either
Last edited by clintonb; 15 Sep 2019 at 03:23. Reason: error