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0x0000007b - limited tools!
I rebooted my laptop earlier to enable the onboard LAN; after enabling it in the BIOS, I can't get past the Windows loading screen without BSOD. I have tried disabling the LAN again and that doesn't help. I can't fathom what I managed to do to break Windows...
All I have to work with is a USB stick with Kali. I have no Internet access at home. I can drive to somewhere with WiFi if necessary, but it'd be ideal if I can fix whatever is wrong with what I have!
The 7b error apparently is storage related. I tried setting the msahci "start" key to 0 with chntpw, but I still can't get past the loading animation, regardless of the BIOS sata mode.
I wonder if I need to fix the MBR? I don't think I can do this with the tools available in Kali? Is there a way to definitively tell the MBR is corrupt?
I did the original install via pxe and I no longer have a router on hand (loong story), so can't really use the proper recovery tools! ... are modern NICs capable of treating a regular ethernet cable as a cross over cable? I could potentially overwrite the USB stick if I was smart enough to keep the win7 iso from digitalriver on my desktop. Probably wasn't.
What else could be wrong? I can access the drive fine via Kali.