Solved Boot configuation problem, but my CD drive is broken

[capetonian]

This is the error message:

Windows Boot Manager 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 Status: 0xc000000f Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.

My CD drive is broken so I cannot use a recovery disc.
Please advise what I can do.

Many thanks

 

[Arc]

Do you have access to any other computer right now? If so, make a bootable flash drive.

https://rufus.akeo.ie/

 

[capetonian]

sorry, I am a bit confused. Yes I have access to another computer.

 

[Arc]

sorry, I am a bit confused. Yes I have access to another computer.

Status: 0xc000000f Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.

Status 0xc000000f means {File Not Found} The file %hs does not exist. STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE

And, the missing file is some of the boot files, so the computer is not booting up.

To make it bootable again, you need to use either the installation media or the recovery media. And as the CD drive is broken, the alternative way to use the media is a USB flash stick. Rufus (linked in my earlier post) will guide you to make a bootable USB flash drive.

The process you need to follow is.....

1. Make it sure that the 100 MB System Reserved partition is marked as active. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html
2. Run Startup Repair for three separate times, with restarts after every single run. Startup Repair: Run three separate times.

Make the bootable flash drive in the other computer and use it in the computer under discussion.

OK now?

 

[capetonian]

will try this and get back to you

 

[capetonian]

i used my external hard drive to save the rufus program. I marked the partition as active.
I don't understand the next step. Please explain.

 

[capetonian]

i have made the bootable usb disk but when I insert it into the broken computer there is no change

 

[capetonian]

i tried again and it selected the usb disc and said loading windows files but then the screen went black with a white cursor and nothing now happening

 

[Arc]

i tried again and it selected the usb disc and said loading windows files but then the screen went black with a white cursor and nothing now happening

So it is not coming upto this page?

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Do two further things.

1. Test the HDD using Seatools for DOS. Take both the short test and the long test. Let us know the result.

2. Download Partition wizard Bootable CD (the last one in the link). Burn it in a blank CD or in a USB flash stick.

Boot into Partition Wizards GUI following this instructions. When you are on the last screen, take a camera snap of the screen and upload the snap here.
Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums

We need to see the partitions and parameters.

 

[capetonian]

Before I saw your reply, by pressing shift key when I started it up and then F8 I managed to get it to safe mode and then system recovery options. Startup repair checked for 30 mins with the USB drive inserted and then said "failed to save startup options".
I took out the USB and then selected startup repair again. Now startup repair has been checking for problems for the last hour. Do I just leave it to continue, or should it have found something by now?

 

[Arc]

Startup repair may run for long in some cases, but not as long as you are saying.

Abort it and do the post #9.

 

[capetonian]

As you sent your last email, it finished startup repair but it said it failed. These were the the problems:
Problem signature
Problem event name:startup repair offfline
problem signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
problem signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
03: unknown
04: -1
05: external media
06:1
07: NoOs Installed
OS Version 6.1.7601.2.0.256.1
Locale ID 1033


Does this mean anything?
Do you want me still to continue to do the 2 tests that you said?

 

[capetonian]

I can't save the seatools onto my usb stick. Please advise me.

 

[essenbe]

How are you trying to get it on your USB stick? From the tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/313457-seatools-dos-windows-how-use.html#Part2

2. For writing it to an USB pen drive, the easy way is to use Win32 Disk Imager | Free Development software downloads at SourceForge.net

Note
The downloaded ISO will not be written to the USB Pen Drive as it is. You need to alter the .iso file a bit to make it writable. Very little job is involved.

• Download or install either 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR (not free).
• Extract the downloaded .iso file.
• Rename the SeaTools.ima to SeaTools.img.
• Burn the SeaTools.img file using Win32 Disk Imager

 

[capetonian]

• I have downloaded 7-Zip
• I can't find the .iso file.
• I have already downloaded Win32 Disk Imager

 

[Arc]

• I can't find the .iso file.

Then what is the Seatools for DOS that you downloaded and cannot save onto USB?? :sarc:

 

[capetonian]

I am really trying but I don't think I am getting very far.
I don't think I saved it correctly on the USB as I couldn't extract the ima. I just ended up copying it. It didn't change anything when I put the USB into the broken computer.
And the partition wizard - I downloaded that but it didn't come up to the screen shot that you had. It said: on a black screen with white writing it said: intel boot agent GEv 1.3.66 PXE-E61 media test failure, check cable PXE-MOF Exiting Intel Boot Agent Insert system disk in drive press any key when ready and then it cycles around that again.
Please advise.

 

[capetonian]

I extracted the seatools.ima to my desktop but it is now lots of small files and I can't find seatools.ima to rename it to seatools.img

 

[essenbe]

SeaTools for DOS | Seagate

Save it to your desktop, open it with 7 zip and rename the seatools.IMA file to Seatools.IMG and use Win32diskImager to write it to a USB Flash drive. Step by step is here http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/313457-seatools-dos-windows-how-use.html#Part2

 

[capetonian]

Sorry still stuck....
Have Saved it to desktop
How do I open it with 7 zip? Am I extracting?