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.
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
----------------------------------------------
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)
-----------------------------------------------
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.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7/Windows 8 Dual Boot