Solved A rather upsetting Win 8 problem

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Alright, I'll do my best to explain my problem. I hope it doesn't require a nuke.

Recently I decided i was going to dual boot my computer. I had Windows 8 on there from before on a 750gb HDD and I installed Windows 7 on a separate 160 HDD. I must have done something wrong then because after the install completed, successfully, the problems began. Windows 8 began the upsetting "automatic repair was unable to fix the problem" bootloop. So i looked up a pretty good deal of tutorials, guides, and razed YouTube in an attempt to find a solution.

It's also worth noting that the Windows 7 install works without a hitch and i can access every file on my Windows 8 HDD.

These are the lists of commands/methods I tried while in the command prompt in the Win8 recovery environment, their responses as to the point as possible, and their references (not including duplicates):

How To Fix The Windows Bootloader » TweakHound
bootrec /fixmbr : "The operation completed successfully"
bootrec /fixboot : "The operation completed successfully"
bootrec /scanos : "The operation completed successfully"
bootrec /rebuildbcd : "The operation completed successfully"

bootsect /nt60 all c: /force /mbr : "The operation completed successfully"
* "all" was a variation in the command shown on the site that i found on a technet post that i cannot relocate


bcdboot c:\windows /s c: :Successful

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How to disable Windows 8 Automatic Repair - YouTube (probably a mistake)

bcdedit /set {XXXXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XX-XXXXXXXXXX} recoveryenabled No : "The operation completed successfully"

(Note: Automatic Repair STILL booted)

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That's when i decided to hit "Windows StartUp Settings" in an attempt to boot into Safe Mode. That was the last time I saw the Win8 recovery environment without the disc itself.

This is the error I saw for every option on the startup screen:

"The operating system couldn't be loaded because the system registry file is missing or contains errors.
File: \Windows\System32\config\system
Error code: 0xc0000225"

Clearly a system problem. So after i located the Win8 disc and went into the recovery environment, I attempted to execute a standard sfc /scannow in the command prompt. It returned:

"Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation"

So i did this:
sfc /SCANNOW /OFFBOOTDIR=c:\ /OFFWINDIR=c:\windows

At first it appears to run, but then:

"Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service"

That's as much as I can recall. I have many projects and setups on that installation that I can't afford to lose. I am hoping that my Win7 installation can aid in the repair process but atm im clueless.

Edit: Oh yes, Reset/Refresh failed before they could have even started.
 

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SFC has to be running from within a regular windows session, I tried running it once from a disk and it failed with the exact same words.

When it gives you this error, it cannot find the system hard drive:

Code:
[COLOR=#333333]"The operating system couldn't be loaded because the system registry file is missing or contains errors.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333]File: \Windows\System32\config\system[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333]Error code: 0xc0000225"[/COLOR]

You installed Windows 7 after windows 8 was installed right? Try booting from the Windows 7 drive, see if it gives you a Boot Choice menu, and choose Windows 8 from THAT. Because your Windows 7 disk will now be the default system disk, and all of those BCDedit commands would have affected Windows 7, not 8.
 

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Ahh. I see. And yes, 7 was installed after 8.

The Windows 7 bootloader does pop up actually. From there I can select either Win7 or Win8 and the respective options for each. Upon selecting Win8 from the Win7 bootloader the error you quoted occurs.

If all those commands affected the Win7 drive instead of the Win8 I hope that doesn't complicate things. I don't think it will too too much though.

Is it possible then to change the default drive? And if so how?
 

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For now, just use whatever key combo brings up your Boot Order, usually it's escape or F12. Usually the System Screen tells you what keys to push on boot, it'll say "Press F1 for BIOS" or "Press F12" for Boot Selection. Sometimes it is even F8. But you need to boot from the 160 GB drive, make that FIRST in the boot order. Then, choose Windows 8 in THAT boot menu.

Ya see, when you install Windows 8 on top of a windows 7 that's already there, it will write the Windows 8 Boot GUI onto the 7 disk as well. Well, what you have done is wrote the windows 7 Bootloader OVER the 8 Bootloader, thus causing all of your problems. So I'm thinking the only way to get to 8 would be through the Windows 7 partition.

Once you are IN to Windows 8, you can install Windows 8 Manager from Yamicsoft (free 15 day trial) and you can reset your boot options to the other drive using the Boot Tool:

Bootman.png

Oh yes, the next time you want to install Windows 7 when there is a Windows 8 installed, take out the Windows 8 HD and install Windows 7 into the drive as a stand alone. THEN, you can attach trhe 8 HD and add the boot entry using that same tool.
 

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Alright. Thanks for the insight. I'm definitely going to keep that in mind the next time that comes up. I'll try it now.

EDIT: The gods must be angry at something i did because the boot loader inexplicably shows up no longer (BIOS boot order switching and everything). Now it just goes straight to the Win8 error screen and F9 brings me here (Win7). I might be able to bring it back up using previous commands, but I'm kinda paranoid right now. I have both discs at my disposal. Any command from both recovery environments you think i should run i will be able too.

And in any case thank you for your time. :)
 
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Search the web for Hiren's Boot CD version 13" - download it and burn it. If you can't find it, maybe there is something I can do to get it yo you, we'll worry about that later. Once you get it burnt, boot to it, and you will see a section that has two entries, "Windows XP" and "Windows Vista/7" Boot Loaders. Use the Windows Vista/7 Bootloader, and it should bring you to your Boot Choice menu. Look I JUST had what you describe happen to me last night after I moved my Windows 8 partition from one drive to another. You will have to try a few things.

Did you say you ran a Bootrec command? I had to run Bootrec, 'scanos" and then add my Windows 8 back in. The Fix was a combination of things. Sometimes running BCDedit can cause problems, so I always use the graphical tool from within Windows 8 Manager. You can use Hiren's Boot 13's Windows 7 loader to boot 8, and from within 8 install Windows 8 Manager. Then you can use the Boot Manager to fix your main boot drive.
 

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Oh man. Yeah. I ran both commands. Bootrec i ran to repair the boot record and bcdedit in an attempt to stop automatic repair from running since it was just a waste to time when booting up.

Okay. I went I found that there is a later version of it, 15.2. Download that instead or 13 specifically?
 

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15 does not have the Bootloader for Windows Vista/7
 

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Alright. I fired up the disc and I brought up the win7 boot loader. I hit win8 and it took me to the recovery environment which is good. I hit continue to windows*8 and my computer just rebooted. Ill do some more tinkering.

Edit: Startup settings gives me a d000034 error. "something did not load correctly"
 

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Well, it got you into the Boot Loader. Try booting to the Install DVD, get into the command prompt and run Bootrec and do a ScanOS. one more time. See if it locates your OS.

But, I see a problem, you have a RECOVERY partition, which due to it's placement on the drive, will overrule the regular OS which is installed. I always delete these. I've tried everything, I've tried hiding the partition and it STILL favors it in the boot sequence. It sounds as if there is somethign wrong with it, so I would just delete it, and extend the actual Windows 8 partition to use that space. Do you have a Windows 8 install disk?

The [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]d000034 error means that your system drive is NOT being detected in the bootloader as C, probably because that stupid recovery partition.[/FONT]
 

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Alright. And yes i do have a Win8 install disc. Let me know if you're able to deal with the recovery partition issue.

Edit: Still no luck. Its still booting to win8 recovery without fail. Continue to Windows 8 invokes a reboot. And also, im seeing a good deal of partition on my HDDs. Which one is the recovery?
 
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You'll have to boot using Hiren's Boot CD, to Mini-XP, you'll be able to see it. It SHOULD be "Drive C" and your regular system drive will be another letter. There is an old version of Partition Wizard on the disk, you can use it to show a drive map. You can also use the Disk Manager by right clicking on My Computer and starting it. Once you've identified it, delete it. It's usually the first partition on the drive, and that's the problem.
 

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Alright. So that's done. When trying to boot to windows 8, now it can't find winload.exe. From what I understand from what you said about the recovery partition however, the bootloader is now looking for winload on recovery partition which now no longer exists. If that's so, how can i aim it in the right direction?

EDIT: I figured out how to aim the bcd in the right direction using Visual BCD Editor. That error is now gone but as usual a new one arises. This time its /windows/system32/config/system. Seems to be registry. But i checked and its still there. This is a headscratcher.
 

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It's still not seeing your Windows 8 drive as the C drive then. Boot to the install disk, and go into the command prompt, type in drive C and see what it shows you. You may have to use the Diskpart command to set it, I'll ask Brink to help, because I don't know how to use that command.
 

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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
Also, if you can browse the drive to where Winload is, look and see if there are any "winload1.exe" files or other renamed Winload files.
 

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    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
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    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
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    "1842 x 1036"
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    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
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    Water Cooled
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    Dell Keyboard
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    Cable Medium Speed
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    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
"Drive C" directly returns "not recognized." Diskpart > list volume though shows C as the 750 (win8) and D as the 160 (win7).

EDIT: When i performed the search for winload on the Win8 drive it returned a bit of them in \WinSxS\amd64_mircosoft-windows....etc.
The one anomaly i found is that there is another winload.exe that resides in /windows/system32/boot/ . Not sure why its there though.

edit2: The search term I used in explorer was " *winload* " That should have found every winload on the drive

edit3: Running diskpart > list volume inside win7 gives me the opposite letters for the drives. Which i suppose was expected.
 
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YES! you found a second Winload - Copy that into the regular folder for it, that should be the original backup file. Make sure you save the other one though.

Yah we need to change the drive letters for the partitions, sometimes, you can do this through the Disk Manager in Mini XP, and it stays. Try setting C to the main windows drive, and no letter for the other partition.

Just to let you know, there was one, and only one time I was successful in recovering Windows 7 by replacing the Winload file with the original winload file. It was for a Windows 7 x64 installation.

But a month later, I lost it again, and the second time I lost it it was irrecoverable.

You see this happens in Windows 7 when you run the Repair from the OS and not the Install disk. You know, after a blue screen, it would boot up and choose "Repair Windows"? - This is why that happens, allowing the computer to continue booting to "Repair your POC" would ALWAYS make it fail, so I have been very careful to never allow that ever again. It's harder to track down in 8 because the the Windows 8 Boot GUI.
 

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    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
YES! you found a second Winload - Copy that into the regular folder for it, that should be the original backup file. Make sure you save the other one though.

Yah we need to change the drive letters for the partitions, sometimes, you can do this through the Disk Manager in Mini XP, and it stays. Try setting C to the main windows drive, and no letter for the other partition.

Just to let you know, there was one, and only one time I was successful in recovering Windows 7 by replacing the Winload file with the original winload file. It was for a Windows 7 x64 installation.

But a month later, I lost it again, and the second time I lost it it was irrecoverable.

You see this happens in Windows 7 when you run the Repair from the OS and not the Install disk. You know, after a blue screen, it would boot up and choose "Repair Windows"? - This is why that happens, allowing the computer to continue booting to "Repair your POC" would ALWAYS make it fail, so I have been very careful to never allow that ever again. It's harder to track down in 8 because the the Windows 8 Boot GUI.

Great! I hope this works. I backed up the original and i replaced the winload with the one i found in boot. I'll try that first and if that doesn't work ill go into mini xp and change drive letters. Man why does Windows 8 have to be so different? lol
 

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