BOOT/BCD problem

Hi,

Toshiba laptop, L300D.
Cant get it to boot up.
A black screen with white writing gives a message about unable to boot,
cannot find BOOT/BCD
And an error: 0cx000000f
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I am not familiar with using the repair facilities,
and i would appreciate any help with this.

Cheers, John :)

Hi severedsolo,

Well i hope your girlfriends machine doesn't give the problems that this one has.
i will try to post a pic of the display i get after pressing F8,
or after not pressing F8,
as it ignores the pressing of F8.

I can get to the bios,
not that this is much help.
Or any help really.

John :)

Hi badkarma11,

No i'm afraid i don't have the installation disk.
If only i had that installation disk.

I do however have a 'Windows 7 32-bit Repair Disc.iso'
with which i am able to bring up several options,
including CMD.

Unfortunately, i know nothing about Win7.
So i thought i would ask here, on this forum.
I will try to post a pic of one of the displays from that CD.

John :)

Hello John,

Read this tutorial: Startup Repair

If problem persists, run these commands in Command Prompt (in System Recovery Options)...
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /fixmbr

If THAT does not fix either, run this final command in Command Prompt...
bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd

Hi DeanP,

Thank you for your reply.
I read through that post/tutorial - Startup Repair
an interesting read.

Also, i am quite surprised at how busy this forum is.
And a lot of it seems to be startup problems.

Somewhere in that Tutorial i found out something very interesting,
that there are two CMD arrangements.
There is an Advanced Command Mode,
as well as an ordinary Command Mode.

I did not know that.

Apparently you know when you are in Advanced Command Mode
because it starts from System32.

Well i am pleased to say that the command mode that i was able to access
did indeed start in system32.

I went back over that tutorial to read up more about this, but i didn't
find it again. I think it may have been via one of the links in there.
From what i recall some of the functions can only be done in the
Advanced Command Mode, so i spose i should be glad i've got to that one.

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Anyway, the problem does indeed persist.

After many "Startup Repair" routines, there does not seem to be any change.
I began to wonder if this machine has Win7-64, instead of Win7-32
so i downloaded a 64bit rescue disk, and got the same results.

Thing is, although i am pretty sure its 32bit, i dont really know.
And i dont know how to tell.

The build is Ver 6.1.7600
For all i know, the 64bit has the same build number.
So, i am going to go with it being a 32bit machine.
(unless theres a way to tell for sure)

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I am going to get back to the advanced CMD,
and do as you say,
bootrec /fixboot then bootrec /fixmbr

Now, will it be Ok to run these commands from the starting point of CMD,
which in this case is
Administrator.X:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
which takes me to

X:\windows\system32>_

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Or should i navigate to the C drive ?

Maybe the X drive holds the instructions to work on the C drive,
Or maybe i should go to the C drive to do this.

Unfortunately my knowledge of Win7 architecture is no more than a mustard seed,
and my knowledge of repairing it, is even less.
I dont even know what or where drive X is.
(maybe its a repair partition ?)

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I am gratefull for your help,
and i will patiently await your reply.

Regards, John :)

Hi SeveredSolo,
Just noticed your last reply, thanks.
reading through it now.
John :)

found that bit i was looking for.
Its called "Elevated Command Prompt"
not advanced as i had thought.