Robert in CA wrote:
This is my F8 screen:
https://postimg.cc/bs6JXwvt
Robert
Yes, I figured as much.
I mean, when you look at the F8 screen,
what's the most likely thing to fail ?
The reagentc part.
*******
I'm not finding anything to help me here.
I see your picture with \preload, base.wim and base2.wim.
I don't particularly want to be fooling around
with imagex commands.
I see a "factorysetup.cmd", a shell script.
I also see a \boot folder, which probably has
a BCD in it, and that's the BCD of the moment
(the boot menu).
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OK, here's what we can try. Last post down.
I just found this, after a lot of searches
giving me no Dell-specific help.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...0-c5bb774ba227
"I found out that in order to restore the
'Repair your computer'
option, I had to execute (as Administrator)
reagentc /enable
I now have the option back on my
Advanced boot options, but thanks anyway!"
You can do commands such as
reagentc /info
first if you want, as this can indicate whether
the setup is ready to enable or not. This particular
Windows 7 setup has no particular merits - it's just
the first Windows 7 I could lay hands on. But at
least it shows you what kind of info is in there.
https://i.postimg.cc/jS1J2jC0/reagentc.gif
I'd always thought, this was mostly for automated
repair after a boot failure, but it seems to be more
than that.
Steps:
1) Boot the Windows 7 on that hard drive.
2) Open Administrator Command Prompt
reagentc /info
reagentc /enable
3) Reboot, pressing F8 and see if the top item is
now the "Repair Your Computer" thing or not.
Paul