Thursday, September 4, 2014

Win 7 Boot Fix

Computer won't boot to windows after bios then the below fix will be useful in most cases. 

First Process 

1.      Boot your computer with Win 7 disc/usb.
2.      Select language and click ‘Next’.
3.      Click on ‘Use recovery tools’.
4.      Select ‘Command Prompt’ from the list.
5.      In command prompt select dvd or usb drive by typing ‘x:’ (Replace X with the drive letter).
6.      Type “cd boot” without quotes and hit “Enter”. (Now prompt will this “x:\boot\ ”)
7.      Type “bootsect /nt60 sys /mbr” without quotes and hit “Enter”.
8.      “Bootcode was successfully updated to all volumes”, message appears.
9.      Type “Exit” and exit command prompt and restart your Computer.

If the above process doesn't work then try the below manual process.

Second Process

1.      Follow steps 1,2,3 and 4 in first process. 
2.      Type “bootrec /fixmbr” without quotes and hit “Enter”. (writes mbr but does not overwrite partition table) 
3.      Type “bootrec /fixboot” without quotes and hit “Enter”. (writes new boot sector to system partition).
4.      Type “Exit” and exit command prompt and restart your Computer.

Other use useful boot commands

1. "bootrec /scanos" (scans for other OS’s that you might want to add to bcd).
2."bootrec /rebuildbcd" (scans for other OS’s, it allows you to select the OS’s you want to add to bcd).