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Windows update messed up system, cannot boot. How to fix bootloader?
Hi all,
Doing this for a friend. I did the initial install a month or so ago and it's been great. A day or so ago, he reports that Windows did an update overnight and ever since, it's stuck in the system repair boot loop.
As well as this boot issue, system restore did show restore points and even let me check affected programs, but when I chose to proceed, it said to turn on system protection?
After running sfc/chkdsk (no issues found), I thought to double-check things w/diskpart. Following Chris Titus' video, I set the proper drive letters to the Windows system drive and to System reserved. I then ran the following:
bootsect.exe /nt60 all /force (boot code successfully updated). Next was:
bcdboot c:\Windows /s G: /f ALL (G is system reserved).
However, instead of seeing, "boot files successfully created", I get:
"failure when attempting to copy boot files" (when copying to the 50mb system reserved).
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Having a few more minutes seeking info online, I came upon directions stating the location "C:\Boot" when using bcdedit to export BCD, which was successful. Then, attrib c:\boot\bcd -h -r -s failed as this system shows the folder "Boot" within C:\Windows....
I need a guru! Anyone here who knows how to help me fix this & lead me back to the desktop? I'm hopeful it's only a bootloader issue as chkdsk/sfc came back okay.
I believe this was Win 10/2004? Possibly 20H1, but more likely 2004.