Completely locked out of system. Can't access system restore

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  1. Posts : 16,131
    7 X64
       #21

    You are using EFI firmware.

    You may already have an EFI System partition (ESP) - likely the first partition on the disk - check with Aomei partition Assistant. It will be FAT32.

    [If you don't have an EFI System partition, create one. You can put it at the end of the drive, if necessary.]

    1.Tick the box that says "tick for Uefi/bios"

    2. In Active partition dropdown, you select the EFI System partition letter.

    3. In the Windows partition dropdown, select your windows partition letter.
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  2. Posts : 23
    Windows Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #22

    SIW2 said:
    You are using EFI firmware.

    You may already have an EFI System partition (ESP) - likely the first partition on the disk - check with Aomei partition Assistant. It will be FAT32.

    [If you don't have an EFI System partition, create one. You can put it at the end of the drive, if necessary.]

    1.Tick the box that says "tick for Uefi/bios"

    2. In Active partition dropdown, you select the EFI System partition letter.

    3. In the Windows partition dropdown, select your windows partition letter.
    Sorry for the late reply, but I did the above and now have this:
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  3. Posts : 16,131
    7 X64
       #23

    Try running the bcdboot command manually.

    bcdboot e:\windows /s [EFI partition letter]:
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  4. Posts : 23
    Windows Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #24

    SIW2 said:
    Try running the bcdboot command manually.

    bcdboot e:\windows /s [EFI partition letter]:
    My drives rn: (Ignore H, that's an external HDD)


    After running bcdboot:
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  5. Posts : 16,131
    7 X64
       #25

    Check the FAT32 partition ID.

    Bootice will do it

    Completely locked out of system. Can't access system restore-bootice-1.jpg

    It should say EF. If not, change it to EF.
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  6. Posts : 23
    Windows Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #26

    SIW2 said:
    Check the FAT32 partition ID.

    Bootice will do it

    Completely locked out of system. Can't access system restore-bootice-1.jpg

    It should say EF. If not, change it to EF.
    done. Next?
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  7. Posts : 16,131
    7 X64
       #27

    Was it EF already, or did you need to change it?
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  8. Posts : 23
    Windows Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #28

    SIW2 said:
    Was it EF already, or did you need to change it?
    changed it
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  9. Posts : 16,131
    7 X64
       #29

    What happens if you run startup repair?

    it is under the start menu\MS\MsRecEnvX64
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  10. Posts : 23
    Windows Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #30

    SIW2 said:
    What happens if you run startup repair?

    it is under the start menu\MS\MsRecEnvX64




    Strange, since the SSD is formatted properly (I think...) and has W7 installed
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