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Can't boot into Windows 7 64b, BSOD 0x7B, System disk invalid
Hi,
I've broken my system with what I suspect is malware (misclick on an advert on a sports streaming site).
Symptoms:
1. BSOD with 0x0000007B
2. Windows repair fails with 0xC0000225
3. bootrec from the recovery disk fails because it can't find the harddisk
4. diskpart from the recovery disk reports the disk as marked invalid, can't be brought online or recovered
5. However, all the data on the disk is present and accessible from a bootable linux drive (also backed everything up)
6. A linux mint install (with WUBI) works perfectly from the same disk
I'm thinking of trying:
How to fix “Invalid Disk” error in Windows 7 | Mike Norman's Blog
or
Error message occurs after you change the SATA mode of the boot drive
I got the second link from:repair invalid dynamic disk
Problems: Link 1 needs me to use a windows based hex editor to edit the disk. I don't have access to another PC to hook up this drive to (it's a laptop drive, I can pull it out, but I don't have the cables to connect to another system).
Link 2 needs me to use the registry editor, also something I can't do. Also, I'm not sure if that will actually fix it.
The last post entry on technet lists an elaborate thing using linux to do the hex edit listed in the first link. I haven't really understood it. Anyone have any ideas about how I should try to fix this?
Thanks!