Solved Dual Boot: Win7: Boot Manager Status: 0xc000000f boot selection failed

[Kaktussoft]

A DELLUITLY partition..irrelevant now
a linux swap partiton...irrelevant now - but is the ACTIVE partition
a linux ext4 partition...irrelevant
A NTFS partition labeled OS for win7.

Linux boot menu (GRUB2) correctly chainloads to win7 bootmanager. I want to see what's in bootmenu! So get a win7 install or system repair CD!!

 

[gregrocker]

If all else fails, what always works is to Mark Partition Active the Win7 or it's 100 mb System Reserved partition Active then run http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup-repair-run-3-separate-times.html.

You can then install EasyBCD to add Linus to a Windows Dual Boot menu as suggested in http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/83923-where-install-ubuntu-my-system.html#post733626

How do you do that in Ubuntu? Your link illustrates how to Mark Partition Active in Windows 7 only...

The links also show how these operations are done from the Win7 disk http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/668-system-recovery-options.html Command line which applies in this case.

I would not delete the Dell Utility partition as long as Diagnostics boot via F12 as these are valuable and often will still boot to run after reinstall.

 

[Bikaln1]

If all else fails, what always works is to Mark Partition Active the Win7 or it's 100 mb System Reserved partition Active then run http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup-repair-run-3-separate-times.html.

You can then install EasyBCD to add Linus to a Windows Dual Boot menu as suggested in http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/83923-where-install-ubuntu-my-system.html#post733626

How do you do that in Ubuntu? Your link illustrates how to Mark Partition Active in Windows 7 only...

The links also show how these operations are done from the Win7 disk http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/668-system-recovery-options.html Command line which applies in this case.

I would not delete the Dell Utility partition as long as Diagnostics boot via F12 as these are valuable and often will still boot to run after reinstall.

Ok, i got the Windows 7 installation disc and marked the 101 MB disk partition as active like you suggested from this link http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html . I restarted the computer and it shows the GRUB rescue mode now...it says

 Error: Unknown filesystem
Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>

upon typing ls I got
(hd0) (hd0,msdos4) (hd0, mdos3) (hd0, msdos2) (hd0, msdos1)

I can no longer even log in to Ubuntu anymore. I'm starting to worry...PLEASE HELP!!

 

[Bikaln1]

Edit: I found another post with grub rescue issue and there it said to run these commands in command prompt from Windows 7 disc:

bootrec.exe/fixboot
bootrec.exe/fixmbr

The first command showed error and second command was ok then when i restarted it says "MISSING OPERATING SYSTEM"...Please help guys...

 

[Kaktussoft]

Did someone tell you it was a MBR problem??????!!!!
Boot again to recovery environment ->command prompt

diskpart
select disk 0
list part
list volume

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[Kaktussoft]

In recovery environment ->command prompt
Which of the 3 displays the USERS folder and your account name in it?

dir c:\users
dir d:\users
dir e:\users

Where is the bootmenu (hopefully not on 2 partitions)?

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

 

[Kaktussoft]

Did you read #21 ? Best thing you can do:

• Mark the 581GB NTFS partition ACTIVE
• Reboot from install DVD and do recovery environment->startup repair (3x) http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

Tip
Sometimes it may take running a startup repair (3) separate times with restarting the computer after each time before it fully fixes the startup issue.

Windows 7 should boot succesfully afterwards. Post results. Afterwards I give you instructions how to add linux to win7 bootmenu

 

[Kaktussoft]

To add linux to the win7 boot menu, download install and run easybcd ( EasyBCD Download Registration - NeoSmart Technologies just click DOWNLOAD):

Take note of the confirmation message that appears briefly at the bottom of the panel.

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[Bikaln1]

Did someone tell you it was a MBR problem??????!!!!
Boot again to recovery environment ->command prompt

diskpart
select disk 0
list part
list volume

Post camshot

Perhaps I should have waited for your reply instead of reading that post...I regret it now!!
Sorry, the camshot's quality are not good so i'm just gonna type...
diskpart:

Microsoft Diskpart version 6.1.7600
Copyright...
On computer: MININT-AFRVID8

select disk 0: shows 38 different commands from ACTIVE to UNIQUEID with desciption of each...i guess all of these are not required...

list part: There is no disk selected to list partitions. Select a disk and try again.

list volume:

Volume### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info

Volume 0 D CD_ROM CDFS DVD-ROM 3562 MB Healthy
Volume 1 C OS NTFS Partition 581 GB Healthy Hidden
Volume 2 - DELLUTILITY FAT Partition 100 MB Healthy

 

[Bikaln1]

In recovery environment ->command prompt
Which of the 3 displays the USERS folder and your account name in it?

dir c:\users
dir d:\users
dir e:\users

Where is the bootmenu (hopefully not on 2 partitions)?

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

-All of these six commands show same thing as "select disk 0" command i.e. 38 command names from ACTIVE to UNIQUEID with their decription.

-Yes, I read #21 but I was hoping for some other way to recover Windows without deleting my UBUNTU contents...but I'm willing to sacrifice UBUNTU at the moment...I installed UBUNTU in somewhat similar manner previously too...

-So, I guess I should run Startup Repair three times now??

 

[Kaktussoft]

Did someone tell you it was a MBR problem??????!!!!
Boot again to recovery environment ->command prompt

diskpart
select disk 0
list part
list volume

Post camshot

Perhaps I should have waited for your reply instead of reading that post...I regret it now!!
Sorry, the camshot's quality are not good so i'm just gonna type...
diskpart:

Microsoft Diskpart version 6.1.7600
Copyright...
On computer: MININT-AFRVID8

select disk 0: shows 38 different commands from ACTIVE to UNIQUEID with desciption of each...i guess all of these are not required...

list part: There is no disk selected to list partitions. Select a disk and try again.

list volume:

Volume### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info

Volume 0 D CD_ROM CDFS DVD-ROM 3562 MB Healthy
Volume 1 C OS NTFS Partition 581 GB Healthy Hidden
Volume 2 - DELLUTILITY FAT Partition 100 MB Healthy

why is it hidden?

diskpart
select vol c
active
detail partition  (type=07???, hidden=yes?? )
detail volume
attributes volume clear hidden

 

[Kaktussoft]

In recovery environment ->command prompt
Which of the 3 displays the USERS folder and your account name in it?

dir c:\users
dir d:\users
dir e:\users

Where is the bootmenu (hopefully not on 2 partitions)?

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

-All of these six commands show same thing as "select disk 0" command i.e. 38 command names from ACTIVE to UNIQUEID with their decription.

-Yes, I read #21 but I was hoping for some other way to recover Windows without deleting my UBUNTU contents...but I'm willing to sacrifice UBUNTU at the moment...I installed UBUNTU in somewhat similar manner previously too...

-So, I guess I should run Startup Repair three times now??

You must NOT type the commands in DISKPART but in a fresh command prompt. For now.... make the volume active and clear the hidden flag. Answer the other threads. these 6 commands are not relevant anymore

 

[Bikaln1]

Did someone tell you it was a MBR problem??????!!!!
Boot again to recovery environment ->command prompt

diskpart
select disk 0
list part
list volume

Post camshot

Perhaps I should have waited for your reply instead of reading that post...I regret it now!!
Sorry, the camshot's quality are not good so i'm just gonna type...
diskpart:

Microsoft Diskpart version 6.1.7600
Copyright...
On computer: MININT-AFRVID8

select disk 0: shows 38 different commands from ACTIVE to UNIQUEID with desciption of each...i guess all of these are not required...

list part: There is no disk selected to list partitions. Select a disk and try again.

list volume:

Volume### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info

Volume 0 D CD_ROM CDFS DVD-ROM 3562 MB Healthy
Volume 1 C OS NTFS Partition 581 GB Healthy Hidden
Volume 2 - DELLUTILITY FAT Partition 100 MB Healthy

why is it hidden?

diskpart
select vol c
active
detail partition  (type=07???, hidden=yes?? )
detail volume
attributes volume clear hidden

Yes, I did all that...it is type 7 and no longer hidden. I ran "list volume" again under DISKPART and now it says Volume 2 i.e. DELLUTILITY is hidden, and VOlume 1 is no longer hidden; everything else is same...Is it ok to run Startup Repair now??

 

[Kaktussoft]

Look at your previous posts.... DELLUTILY wasn't hidden at all!! But i think that was a typing error. I think is was DELLUTILY that was hidden all the time(?)

Anyway....all is fine now. C is ACTIVE? IF so.... perform a startup repair 3 times with reboots in between and post results.
system boots fine from internal disk afterwards?

 

[Bikaln1]

Look at your previous posts.... DELLUTILY wasn't hidden at all!! But i think that was a typing error. I think is was DELLUTILY that was hidden all the time(?)

Anyway....all is fine now. C is ACTIVE? IF so.... perform a startup repair 3 times with reboots in between and post results.
system boots fine from internal disk afterwards?

oh man! now in the system recovery options I can see Windows 7 listed under Operating system which wasn't there previously and when I select it and click next, it says "This version of System Recovery Options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of Windows." What is this new issue now?

 

[Kaktussoft]

In recovery->command prompt

dir  c:\

You see program files?
You see program files (x86)?

bcdboot  C:\Windows

What happens?

bootrec  /scanos

Does it detect win7 on C? Add it to bootmenu if asked.

Please post results

 

[Bikaln1]

In recovery->command prompt

dir  c:\

You see program files? YES
You see program files (x86)? YES

bcdboot  C:\Windows

What happens? It says "Boot files successfully created."

bootrec  /scanos

Does it detect win7 on C? Add it to bootmenu if asked. OUTPUT: "Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identifid windows installations: 0. The operation completed successfully." How do you know if it detected and how do you add?

Please post results

What should I do next?

 

[Kaktussoft]

Looks like it did it's job. Can you boot succesfully from harddisk now?
Back tommorrow in 12 hours

 

[Bikaln1]

Alright, so I restarted the system and now I can see Safe Mode and all...I selected "Last Known Good Configuration" and now CHKDSK is verifying files...2527 large files, 0 bad, 2 EA records processed, 44 reparse records and now it's verifying indexes...will let you know what happens!!

 

[gregrocker]

This could indicate possible hard drive problems. I would run the HD maker's HD Diagnostic extended CD scan.