Questions tagged [bcd]
BCD means Boot Configuration Data on Windows Vista and higher. Its data stores boot configuration values and controls how Windows is started.
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Installing Windows 7 onto Laptop in UEFI
I want to install Windows 7 64-Bit onto my laptop's SSD, in UEFI. I have written a Windows 7 ISO onto a USB memory stick, using Rufus. This seems to have worked without errors. But when I try to boot ...
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Windows 7 changes my uefi default boot when it starts
I installed Windows 7 in a HP Compaq 6300. First I disabled secure boot and enabled legacy mode. Then I installed Ubuntu in other partition. Ubuntu detected some uefi partitions and let me create / ...
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Restoring Windows boot entry on GRUB
I made a lot of mistakes lately with my systems, and now I have an issue.
After installing fedora 20, I tried to resize my windows 7 partition, and generated an error with the actual size of the ...
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Windows 8 boot error: Boot Configuration Data is missing
When I try to boot to Windows 8 it gives me this message.
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
To fix the problem:
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Is a BCD generic?
I have 2 computers both running Windows 8.1 (updated from the Store), and one of them won't boot. Upon booting, I get this error message:
Your PC needs to be repaired
The Boot Configuration ...
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Installing Ubuntu 14.04 before Windows8.1 Error 0xc000000e the BCD of your PC is missing or contains error
I install Windows usually before Ubuntu, but because there wasn't Windows after experiencing some hard drive problem I installed Ubuntu-Gnome-14.04 before Windows, but I am unable to install either ...
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Windows 7 boot manager ignores F8 key
I added a new entry to the bootloader using bcdedit for my Linux system (located on another partition), I also set the timeout to 10 seconds. It works perfectly and I can boot both Linux and Windows.
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Windows 8 cannot shut down, hibernate or sleep. It can only restart
Hoping to get lucky as i've tried to fix this problem for months.
I was using my PC to fix the BCD of another. I accidentally altered my own boot records which got me in a bit of strife. After many ...
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Avoid Windows 8 BCD File becoming missing and/or corrupt
I realise there are plenty of questions about BCD errors here however I feel mine is slightly different.
I had a missing BCD file so I couldn't boot. I have now solved this using a question I found ...
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Move Windows 7 BCD to another disk
I have installed a Windows 7 on a SSD disk on a system containing two disks: The SSD and HDD. I have found however after installation that despite my boot disk is the SSD (that is, where my Windows 7 ...
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How to Install Kali Linux on Windows 8 With BCD instead of Grub
I have Windows 8.1 64-bit installed on my PC. I have been trying to install Kali Linux using its ISO and Universal USB Installer (1.9.5.2) using a USB drive since the CD drive won't work.
The ...
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Windows 8.1 Pro won't boot, Status: 0xc000000e
My computer has been working fine until yesterday. I turned it on and immediately after the motherboard logo, I got an error screen (light blue) saying, Your PC Needs to be Repaired with an error code ...
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Windows 8 Boot process in EFI
I was trying to add Debian 7 boot entry to Windows boot menu using easyBCD. I accidentally deleted the Window 8 entry from the list now I get a BCD error when trying to boot. Error code 0x000098
How ...
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Issue with a Windows 7 Boot issue - involving the BCD perhaps
First of all, thank you to whoever reads this. I'm getting pretty upset and worried about the fact that my desktop is now definitely not booting into Windows 7, which it was very nicely before I was ...
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Windows 8: BFSVC Error: Could not open the BCD template store. Status = [c000000f]
I have installed a new hard disk drive on my Acer Aspire 771. I made a USB recovery stick as well as recovery cd of the Windows 8 64 bit running on the former HD (which got corrupted, so no cloning ...
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How to fix Boot Configuration Data (BCD) for Windows 8 EFI system
I have Lenovo H530 Desktop which comes with Windows 8. I tried to install Ubuntu on the system and ended up messing something on my way. Current status is my system won't boot into either one of them ...
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Backing up all files and programs from a dead windows system?
Is there any way to completely backup all files and programs on a windows 8 machine, and then reinstall it, copy all the data over after reinstallation
I ask because I have an irrecoverable bcd, I've ...
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How do you boot to a separate drive that is cloned , for the purpose of a backup system partition?
I use Acronis to Image clone the system partition (OS) to a separate drive (not disk clone).
oops just the partition
The purpose of the separate drive with system partition cloned, is to be able to ...
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Windows 8 won't boot, BCD error
My Windows 8 laptop has a boot problem. When Windows tries to boot, I get this error message:
Boot configuration data is missing
File: \BCD
Error code: 0xc0000034
So as suggested I booted to ...
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Recover Windows 8.1 MBR without a working Windows system available
I just screwed over my MBR and Windows won't boot. I don't have a working Windows system available to create a recovery USB disk. My laptop doesn't have a CDROM drive.
How do I create a recovery disk ...
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View Windows 7 BCD Settings
I recently ran the command bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures to ignore Windows Startup Repair.
I would now like to verify that this option was set in BCD. How can I go about ...
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Looking for a comprehensive/"expert" guide to BCD parameters [closed]
I'm having issues with BCD on Windows 8. I can't find any guides at typical "enthusiast" level covering what each option or argument in a BCD /ENUM dump might mean, and the principles governing how ...
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Moving a system partition to new Hardware with Win8/UEFI, without screwing up BCD
My existing Win 8 install is historically installed on a MBR dynamic disk (that's so I can soft mirror the data partition which is on the same disk). I just bought a new motherboard/new HDD, and I ...
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\Boot\ BCD Status: 0xc000000f error
I am getting the following message whenever I start my laptop:
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
To fix the problem:
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An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data
My laptop is not getting started, it's unable to boot Windows 7. It shows the following error:
File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000014c
info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot ...
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Does rebuilding the BCD affect the MBR?
I'm dual booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, and windows 7 is having a "device inaccessible" error preventing it from booting. I'm using grub for my MBR.
From what I understand, the BCD is what ...
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How to remove BCD from C drive and U drive?
I'm trying to remove BCD from my C and U drive and reinstall BCD from scratch on the U drive. Then, I will remove the U drive letter. I can't seem to find a command to delete the BCD from googling. ...
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Unable to access UEFI BIOS setup or boot into Windows after setting MBR with EasyBCD then resetting it
I can't exactly remember what the menu items were called (because I can't boot into my computer), but I'll try my best.
Earlier I tried using EasyBCD with Windows 8 on a UEFI Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 ...
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Unable to boot Windows 7 "error while reading boot configuration data" and inability to restore
I have tried to install Windows 8 Pro over Windows 7 Ultimate, but the installation failed to install the new OS and even to restore the old one.
I get the following error:
File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\...
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Boot error: 0xc000000e. "An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data." on Windows 7 [duplicate]
So a few days ago, a friend called me up asking for help with his computer because it was giving him this error and not allowing him to boot:
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent ...
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Rewriting the MBR to start using the Windows 7 Partitions I have imaged on my external "My Book" USB HD
I'm trying to use bootsect to create a bootable USB HD. I keep getting the error Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: Access Denied.
To give you some background on ...
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Unable to boot into Vista recovery partition on Compaq notebook
I have a Compaq Presario C735ET laptop which is designed only for Windows Vista. There is not any driver for Windows XP or Windows 7 so I am stuck with Vista.
Because I was not very happy with Vista, ...
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Boot Fedora 18 from Windows 7's bootloader
In Ubuntu or previous releases of Fedora you could install grub to the linux partition and then add an entry to BCD (using EasyBCD or dd-ing partition's first 512 bytes to a file) to boot it. Now that ...
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Computer detects Windows 7 operations system twice
After using the following commands in windows repair iso:
bootrec.exe /FixMbr
bootrec.exe/FixBoot
bootrec.exe/RebuildBCD
bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
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cd boot attrib bcd -s -h -r
bootrec /...
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Windows 8 changes boot order
I installed Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 on a 3TB GPT disk in UEFI mode.
Both can boot up OK.
Both operating systems created their ntries in the UEFI boot menu, there's an "ubuntu" and a "Windows 8" ...
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Windows 8 \boot\bcd corrupt file error
I want to install Windows 8.
I already had Ubuntu and I deleted its partition. Now I can't install Windows 8 and get an error regarding file \boot\bcd being corrupt. I have no partitions now, so no ...
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How to use BCDEdit to dual boot Windows installations?
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What are the bcdedit commands necessary to setup dual boot between different installations of Windows?5
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I recently installed Windows 8 onto a separate hard drive1. Now that ...
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Moving my bcd from HDD to SSD - Windows 7
I have windows 7 installed on my SSD, but the /boot/ and bootmgr are on my hard-drive. I want to move them to my SSD for faster booting times.
So i figured that I can fix the problem using the ...
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Triple boot WIndows 7, Windows 8, and Mountain Lion on Macbook Pro
Ok, So I have a bit of a unique situation here I could use some help on.
I've modded my summer 2011 MBPro to have 2 harddrives by replacing the optical drive. OSX Mountain Lion is installed on a ...
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Hibernation fails; The system cannot find the file specified
Recently I installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS on my Lenovo Y480. Hibernation was working properly after the Ubuntu install, but I was making sure all of the operating systems on my system worked, including ...
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Installing Windows 8 from a Hard Drive forces it to be a dependend drive to load Windows
I wanted to do a clean install of Windows 8 using a hard drive as an installation medium to a clean separate hard drive.
Here is an initial hard drive config:
A Windows 7 (I boot from it by default) 1....
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Windows doesn't boot, Ubuntu does
I needed more space on my Ubuntu partition so I shrunk my Windows 7 partition by 25GB and then went into GParted on a live USB so I could extend my Ubuntu partition. At the same time I deleted the ...
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Option to set a drive letter missing
So.. I need to edit the BCD for a partition on my local hard disk using a program called EasyBCD. This program needs the partition to be mounted (have a drive letter) so it can access \Boot\BCD, but ...
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Booting Windows7 kernel from an initrd/wim image file
I'm wondering if it's possibile to have Win7 kernel and relative drivers (especially storage drivers) to boot from an initrd-like image file (maybe .wim?) and later then mount the windows root ...
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Can grub and BCD work simultaneously?
Here's my setup. After I installed a new SSD, I have:
Original Windows 7 on sdc1 (to be retired)
Copy of Windows 7 on sdb2
A Windows system partition on sdb1
Ubuntu 12.04 on sda, /boot and ergo grub ...
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Windows 8 RP doesn't start: 0xc0000428
My DVD Drive is broken, so I needed another option to install Windows 8.
What i've tried is to create a VMWare machine assigned to a phisical drive and installed Windows 8 RP. Within VMWare this ...
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HP Recovery partition not accessable after repartitioning
I have HP Laptop that came with preinstalled Win 7. It actually had 4 primary partitions:
200 MB System partition that is not visible in Windows
C: partition
HP_Recovery partition of about 15 GB
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Need handholding with BCDEDIT modifications
Just upgraded my Win7-32 computer by adding a new hard drive, new memory and a new installation of Win7-64. The Win7-32 installation still exists and was on the C:\ drive but now from the Win7-64 ...
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Windows boot config data and partitions
Since Vista, Windows stores the boot menu in a Boot Configuration Data store (BCD). I took a look at mine today, and here's the entry for the one and only Win7 instance:
Windows Boot Loader
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Why does the "System" process have my BCD open?
I discovered this when I tried to use EasyBCD to well, edit by bcd, but it said "The current file is in use and cannot be opened by EasyBCD..."
So I tried to use handle.exe to stop it but it said
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