Win7 fails to boot

also in command prompt
is volume C active?

Code:

diskpart
select  vol   c
detail  part
exit

check some files

Code:

dir/a  c:\bootmgr
dir/a  c:\boot\bcd

Both files are found? What sizes are the files?

Bsmooth said:

What is the purpose of diskpart and chkdsk ? Not familiar with these.

diskpart is to show and edit partition characteristics
chkdsk stands for check disk. It checks the disk for logical errors. And /f fixes it.

Bsmooth said:

OK these are the results from last night:
As far as Windows install per answer #4 and users I got file not found on C and D and my user account on E.
As far as Bootrec.exe, results were:
/fixmbr - operation completed successfully

/Fixboot - Element not found

/scanos - Total identified windows installations : 1
[1] E:\Windows, operation completed successfully

When I try and boot my PC I get eithet of these two messages:
Reboot and select proper boot device, insert boot media and press key
Or
A disk error occured

Element not found=>There's something wrong with the boot menu.
/scanos found E:\Windows. It's quite normal it isn't called C in this recovery environment. But normally this entry is already in boot menu and it won't list it as a new found win version! It's new because it's not in the boot menu.

You don't have a dual boot system do you?
This command fails as well? Normally it lists the bootmenu and all it's cryptic settings

Code:

bcdedit/enum all

Most likely the problem is with file C:\boot\bcd . That's the boot menu. It's simple to delete that file and regenerate the bootmenu. But maybe whole C partition is faulty(?) Or even the whole physical disk.

Depending on your results, I can conclude what component is in an incorrect state and how to rebuild it.

Do again

Code:

chkdsk/f e:

No more errors?

Code:

diskpart
select  vol  c
detail part
select  vol  d
detail part
select  vol  e
detail part
exit

Is C, D or E marked: Active: Yes?

Code:

dir/a  c:\boot
dir/a  d:\boot
dir/a  e:\boot

where is the folder called boot?