Unable to boot bcd error - nvme drive on pcie GPT

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Unable to boot bcd error - nvme drive on pcie GPT format efi partition
I have somehow broken the bcd file causing windows not to boot.

Ive looked into fixing it but nothings working.

I have narrowed my issue down to probably the fact im booting off the nvme drive through a pcie adapter.

As when I boot into recovery mode i cant even see that drive but I can see it in the bios.

Currently in my bios the boot option #1 is set to windows boot manager

Im guessing thats the efi partition?

Am i somehow able to create a bootable usb with the windows boot manager/new efi partition on it to get it to boot?
Or am i somehow able to get into my efi partition?

I know I have copied files from one windows install to boot another one before but my other pcs arent GPT format so the files arent the same

Edit:
So i was able to find the nvme drivers and access efi partition in recovery but still wont boot.
I have run
bootrec /RebuildBcd
It says it has found 1 windows installation and wants to add to boot list
Yes/no/all but fails on yes and all
 

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Hello,

What happens if you type
bootrec /ScanOs

does it find any installations?

and type
Diskpart followed by
list disk

does it show any disk connected?
(Type exit to exit Diskpart when finished.)
 

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ok so finally worked it out!

it appears if it had the usb stick plugged into a usb2 port it would try and reinstall windows but if i connected it into a usb3 port it gave me the ability to get into recovery mode?????

i ran a few commands to recreate the bcd file and it worked!

Edit:
the reason it failed to do this before was i was using a windows recovery disc that was setup for MBR not GPT
i had to load the usb bootable GPT UEFI version to be able to fix it. it took a few goes as it didn't work the first time but had a different error when booting so ran the recovery again
manually ran these commands and then done the auto fix as well
bootrec /RebuildBcd
bootrec /Fix boot
 
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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate x64Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz16GB 2x F3-1600C10-8GAONVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Memory
16GB 2x F3-1600C10-8GAO
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Sound Card
onboard
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
(1) Hitachi HDS721050CLA362
(2) SanDisk SDSSDX240GG25
(3) WDC WD5000AAKS-00TMA0
PSU
Antec Quattro 850W
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