Since only one person actually understood the issue, despite the in-depth explanation, I am closing this string. No, the issue is not resolved.
Last edited by criminalist; 06 Jan 2024 at 12:01.
Something similar happened to me once. Even a system image would not work. I ended up reinstalling - an onerous task but it did work.
One thin you might try if you haven't already is to rebuild the bootloader. that has solved the problem for me on other occasions. I can't tell you how to do it, but I found a tutorial which worked. This is not the same as as a simple Macrium fix, it was a bit more involved. If I locate that tutorial I will post it here.
I think I had to write a new boot sector, not just fix the boot loader. I don't remember if this was the tutorial I used, but it looks like it might be helpful:
Repairing A Broken Bootloader Or Master Boot Record In Windows 7, 8, And 10 – Techgage
Thank you.
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I followed all the steps. It was unsuccessful. When I get to the command prompt, it reads X?\Sources>. If I type bcdedit it responds with "The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system device cannot be found."
I just realized I am in the wrong thread. I do not have a blue screen of death; I just have a startup.exe error issue.
Hi catherine,
please confirm the following
Your dual booting, if so is W10 on the first partition??
(would be handy to see your Disk management set-up....)
your repair disk is likely only W7... not W7 SP1, which you will need to complete the repair
You could borrow my boot media and take a screenshot of disk management window."The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system device cannot be found."
17514x64v30.iso
I am not dual-booting. I have two PC's: one with Windows 7 and one with Windows 10. The Windows 7 PC has a second hard drive installed in case it can be used to repair the first hard drive. (I only have a Windows 10 PC because Cricut stopped all function on Windows 7.)
My repair disk was made a while ago. I did not know I would have to create new ones for each update.
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I have a bootable installation disc and thumb drive. How do I get to the disc management window?
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When I use the bootable thumb drive, the OS is not found and it requests that I insert the installation media for the device and click OK to select the driver. If I click OK on that dialogue box, it opens a box similar to "My Computer". It shows C:, D:, and X: drives, along with CD Drive (E): and GRMCHPXFRER (F:) drives. The F: drive is the thumb drive. I have the motherboard's installation disc in the E: drive.
Thank you, all, again for the assistance.
Disk management is not included in the normal installation media boot.wim.I have a bootable installation disc and thumb drive. How do I get to the disc management window?
That is why I let you borrow mine, which does have disk management and also has explorer interface so it is easier to see what you are doing.
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It is best to extract the 17514v30.iso to usb stick to create bootable usb you can use thisUsb7ice.zip
( if you are familiar with ventoy and the wimboot plugin, you could use that instead )
It boots to this desktop
Rt click Computer and select Disk Management from the context menu
takes a few seconds for the vds service to start up and enumerate the disks
there it is
click little camera icon to take screenshots and save them to usb stick
view with explorer
If you want to view hidden partitions with explorer ( e.g. esp partition) type pecmd show in the run box and press enter
Before I continue, I would like to point out that in a command prompt, the volumes list shows Windows 7 on D: drive. Is that a problem?
Not a problem,it is normal. winpe assigns its own letters independent of the letters assigned in your installed registry.
I set the UEFI thumb drive as primary and it reads, "An operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system. Press any key to restart. Yes, I followed your instructions. I forgot to copy the iso to the thumb drive.
It still is not booting into anything except startup repair.
Last edited by criminalist; 31 Dec 2023 at 12:17.
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