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Windows not able to boot, cannot identify Windows
Hi. I am new to this forum and pretty new to CLI.
So I was helping my sister to upgrade old hard disk to another because of hard drive failure, bad sectors.
So I upgraded the hard disk to the western digital blue 1TB drive.
I used clonezilla to clone everything from the old hard drive to the new one.
Old hard drive is able to boot but becusse of the bad sectors, the computer shutdown after few minutes of use. So I can be sure that the Windows folder is fine and can be booted.
So, when I switched to the new hard drive and it failed to boot.
It happens either
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.
Or
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Status: 0xc0000098
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.
After digging a while, I assume that is is due to the hard drive is not active or something (I searched https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3103656)
Entered those command, it did identify a Windows 7 installation. But after a restart, error code 0xc0000098 reappears.
I tried to redo the same commands, and in the second, third attempt, 0 windows 7 installation was identified and it was not able to repair bcd anything like that.
I tried to manually rebuild bcd, no luck. Same error message.
I don't think the bcd is either missing or corrupt. I was able to boot successfully using the old hard drive, with exactly the same bcd.
I suspect that Windows is not booting from the correct location. As there is no single partition have labeled as system. And I think that's the issue.
Side note: I only have one drive, C:. And there is D: for recovery