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How to repair the EFI Bootloader in Windows 10
This article provides information about how to resolve an issue with the EFI Bootloader not booting correctly on a GPT Hard Disk Drive for a number of Windows Operating Systems. Table of Contents: Introduction How to repair your EFI Bootloader How to repair your MBR (Master Boot Record)
NOTE: have succesfully used Repair on Windows 2018 version install disk.
The Fix 1. Assign the Drive Letter 2. Repair the Boot Record 3. Rebuild the BCD store
MBR fix
Here are commands to fix bootloader: diskpart select disk 0 select partition 2 assign letter=g exit bcdboot c:\windows /s g:
Boot Configuration Data in Windows Vista
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463059.aspx
Microsoft has completely reengineered the boot environment for Microsoft Windows Vista to address the increasing complexity and diversity of modern hardware and firmware.
http://www.pronetworks.org/forums/how-to-edit-the-windows-vista-boot-menu-options-t79102.html
bcdedit /set {5189b25c-5558-4bf2-bca4-289b11bd29e2} description "Windows Vista Build 5270 x64"
Changes the text of the boot menu line for any other Vista installation. One must use the GUID for that particular installation as shown when one runs the bcdedit or bcdedit /enum all command
Correcting changes to the Partition/Disk structure
Where a partition or a hard drive has been added or removed and has caused the partition/disk structure to change, this can be corrected by running these commands in the order shown:
X:\>X:\boot\fixntfs.exe -lh -all (Where X: is the drive/partition on which the folder "boot" is to be found)
bcdedit /set {5189b25c-5558-4bf2-bca4-289b11bd29e2} device partition=X:
Changes boot partition of the OS whose GUID is indicated. (Where X: is new drive/partition required). Must be used together with the osdevice command below
bcdedit /set {5189b25c-5558-4bf2-bca4-289b11bd29e2} osdevice partition=X:
Changes boot partition of the OS whose GUID is indicated. (Where X: is new drive/partition required). Must be used together with the device command above
Configure BIOS/MBR-Based Hard Drive Partitions
From: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825146.aspx
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Samples: Applying Windows, System, and Recovery Partitions by using a Deployment Script
BIOS/MBR-based hard drive partitions
Restore Accidentally Deleted Partitions, Fix Damaged Volumes & Disks
From: http://www.partition-recovery.com/
Active@ Partition Recovery is a freeware toolkit that helps you to recover deleted and damaged logical drives and partitions within DOS, Windows, WinPE (recovery boot disk) & Linux (recovery LiveCD) environments.