Boot Configuration is Corrupt

ChrisyB · 21 Oct 2009

Hi Guys,

Setup a test PC at work the other for Windows 7 32 Bit and Windows 7 64 Bit (dual boot). Set the dual boot up with EasyBCD. It was working fine until about 20 minutes ago.

I have tried the automatic startup repair but it does not fix the problem. I have also gone through Bootsect.exe and Bootrec.exe commands and they have succesfully written new MBR's and Bootsectors yet the PC still restarts. I have had to /force the previous commands to run.

I have also tried Chkdsk /r but for some reason it just runs through very quickly and finds no errors.

Any ideas as the PC's also have the virtual XP setup.

Thanks

Chris

Iomegaman · 21 Oct 2009

If you can get to a command prompt, try running:

Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All

I'm not 100% sure that this is the correct commmand for Windows 7 but it used to work for Vista with the same problem. If somebody could please confirm that this command is still good?

Tom

Iomegaman · 21 Oct 2009

I will correct myself, after a little bit of reading it appears that the command contains NT61 and not NT60 - which I suppose makes sense

Tom

ChrisyB · 21 Oct 2009

Says Bootcode was successfully updated on all boot sectors, so i reboot and it just does the same thing of restarting. And the command options only give me NT50 or NT60 and says NT60 is for Vista +

Iomegaman · 21 Oct 2009

Hmm, how far through the Boot process do you get before it reboots itself?

ChrisyB · 21 Oct 2009

It basically gets to the stage where it is about to load windows and then reboots. If i stick the drive in a external machine it only shows the "system reserverd" partition.

Iomegaman · 21 Oct 2009

Starting to sound a little like a corrupted harddrive. I know you have run Check disk on it, but I have never found these tools very accurate at the best of times.