My Windows 8 laptop has a boot problem. When Windows tries to boot, I get this error message:
Boot configuration data is missing
File: \BCD
Error code: 0xc0000034
So as suggested I booted to the console and tried:
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
After the last command I got:
Total identified win installations:1
[1] C:\Windows
Add installation to boot list?
I typed y so I want to add installation, but got a reply:
The requested system device cannot be found.
As a solution I found a diskpart - select and activate OS partition, so I selected OS partition and typed:
active
I got a reply that:
The selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk.
The active command can only be used on fixed MBR disks.
How to fix this problem, to get Windows 8 boot properly? My laptop is a repair of a previously working PC.
Answer
When I tried to refresh computer (after no solution found), I get error saying something like:
PC can't be refreshed, because your disk is locked.
So I tied to unlock HDD as this tutorial say but with Windows 8 installation disc.
I choose to install, after few seconds error:
Bad serial number ...
I submitted this window by clicking OK button. After submitting I choose
Turn off computer
in Windows installation menu. After turning off and powering up everything was working great, no other steps required
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