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EasyBCD 2.1.2 "broke" Bootloader and can't acess Win 7 (black screen)
Hi guys,
I've a ASUS N56VZ with Intel Core i7 - 3610QM, with Win 7 Home Premium x64 pre-installed. This computer come with EFI instead of the traditional BIOS.
When I bought it, I had 3 visible partitions. C (OS) - with windows and programs; D (Data) - in blank, I store some movies and other unimportant stuff; E (Recovery) - software from ASUS to recovery computer
So, as I'm at a Master's Degree in Computer Science, I needed to install Ubuntu. I made a partition from Win 7, reserving around 15 GB for Ubuntu 12.04.1.
It went fine, and the install was sucessful. I rebooted and I could get into Ubuntu. When I tried to enter Windows 7, I got this message:
"error: Invalid EFI file path.
Press any key to continue..."
So I get in Ubuntu again, and use repair-tool, which insert new entries on GRUB. Then, I got a new entry called "Windows UEFI loader". The old entry "Windows 7 (loader)" continued to not work. This new one, got me into Windows. And I should have stooped here.
But I though that this wasn't perfect, and installed EasyBCD 2.1.2 (actual version) on Windows. My idea was to replace GRUB by bootloader of Windows, and have the two entries there, for each OS.
The problem is that EasyBCD change my boot, and now I can't get into Windows anymore. I try to add those entries, but they do not have been sucessfull added.
Booting from windows, I have the Windows Boot Manager, with the two entries, but neither of them work. The Ubuntu retrieve a failure
"File: \NST\AutoNeoGrub0.mbr
Status: 0xc0000098"
The Windows 7 entry, get me into a black screen, and don't get into the windows loading bar...
If I boot from Ubuntu, I have the GNU GRUB, which still allow me to get into Ubuntu. The problem is that the entry "Windows UEFI loader" that used to work, now get me into the Windows Boot Manager, that I've just described.
So, I even try to use the Windows 7 DVD, to select "repair the computer" and then repair the boot, but I got always this message:
"his version of System Recovery Options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of Windows."
I tried the Wondershare LiveBoot 2012 software but that didn't solved too.
I've logged in Ubuntu and created this log with boot-repair, which I think can be of some help: Ubuntu Pastebin
Now I just want to be able to access Windows 7. I would prefer not to format and install Win 7 again, because I've a lot of programs installed and repeat that it's very time consuming, but if that's the only solution, that be. But I honestly think that I've used "every card" I knew to try to solve this..
ASUS N56VZ-S4036V
Specs:
Intel i7 3610QM
6GB (2GB+4GB) DDR3 1600
750GB 7200rpm SATA
Drive DVDRW Supermulti
15.6" FHD LED non glare
NVidia GeForce 650M 2G
Windows7 Premium 64 bits
Last edited by DavidNog; 26 Sep 2012 at 13:08.