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Fixing Boot
Hi everyone.
Thank you for having me.
I have recently started using a new laptop (HP Pavilion 15 cs, Windows 10 home 1909) and had many work tools installed on it.
Yesterday I tried to install a new RAM which matches the older one, increasing from 8 to 16gb.
After putting everything back together, I received an error message saying boot device isn't found. At first I was sure I damaged the MoBo or touched the NVME the OS is installed on, but it does appear in the BIOS and the memory was installed properly.
It was suggested by a friend who is a computer technician that an update stopped at the middle caused the damage.
Since yesterday I was attempting to fix the boot via various methods:
I tried to make a repair from the windows menu, but after diagnostics there was no positive results. I've tried a DOK with Windows installation on it, but wasn't able to repair it.
I also found an old post regarding the subject, trying to bootrec /FixBoot and after many times of getting "access in denied", I managed to solve it (bootsect/nt60 sys), but still no results.
What I wasn't able to do via diskpart is set the volume to Active, since I receive an error:
The selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk.
The ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed MBR disks.
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I will be glad not being needed to reinstall everything again. Therefor will happily accept help and support.
Either via Windows tools or external tools (someone suggested HBCD).
Please help with anything you think is relevant.
Thank you