\Boot\BCD file missing

My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the \Boot\BCD
file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

MoonGlow234 wrote:
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the
\Boot\BCD file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

You said you have tried everything you could think of.
Does that include a fresh install?

Harry.

"MoonGlow234" wrote in message
...
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the \Boot\BCD
file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

Try the steps listed he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2004518
If you can't correct it using your recovery disk, maybe someone will loan
you their Win7 disk.
--
SC Tom

Harry
A "fresh new install" is what I am thinking of as my next step, but before I
purchase a new Windows 7 disk I wanted the opinion of members in this group
to help insure myself that this would be a logical thing to do.
Thank you for your interest by your reply.

have a nice day.

"webster72n" wrote in message ...

MoonGlow234 wrote:
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the
\Boot\BCD file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

You said you have tried everything you could think of.
Does that include a fresh install?

Harry.

MoonGlow234 wrote:
Harry
A "fresh new install" is what I am thinking of as my next step, but
before I purchase a new Windows 7 disk I wanted the opinion of members
in this group to help insure myself that this would be a logical thing
to do.
Thank you for your interest by your reply.


You don't need to buy a new Windows 7 Disk to perform a complete format
of your HD to install the OS again. What you need is to buy our
extensions to improve your manhood. Your small penis is definitely an
embaressment to all windows 7 users.


--

Al Sparber - PVII
http://www.projectseven.com
The Finest Dreamweaver Menus | Galleries | Widgets
Since 1998

MoonGlow234 wrote:
Harry
A "fresh new install" is what I am thinking of as my next step, but
before I purchase a new Windows 7 disk I wanted the opinion of members
in this group to help insure myself that this would be a logical thing
to do.
Thank you for your interest by your reply.

have a nice day.

See SC Tom's post. Your next step, is boot into the Recovery Console
(DOS Prompt) using the Recovery CD you burned. There, you can run
the "bootrec" command. The details are in the link SC Tom provided,
copied here.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2004518

The thing is, the automated recovery procedure will have already tried
to run "bootrec". The benefit of you trying stuff by hand, is to cover
the things the automated recovery does not try. The KB article will help you.

*******

I've had one Windows 7 failure, I could not repair. And the fix for
that, was my backup (done using System Image). And that's the main
reason you have a Recovery CD, is for bare metal restore from a
System Image backup.

*******

And you don't even need to purchase a Windows 7 disc. You can download
them off the web, from digitalriver (an electronic seller of Windows 7).
These are the files I downloaded for my laptop, for some day in the
future. Google these.

X17-24208.iso (to reinstall 32 bit Windows 7) 2,563,039,232 bytes
X17-24209.iso (to reinstall 64 bit Windows 7) 3,319,478,272 bytes

There are a few web pages, that give extensive listings of
all the available languages and versions available for download
from Digitalriver. Those just happen to be English, and the same
version as is on my laptop.

HTH,
Paul


"webster72n" wrote in message ...

MoonGlow234 wrote:
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the
\Boot\BCD file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

You said you have tried everything you could think of.
Does that include a fresh install?

Harry.

Thanks Tom. The MS troubleshooting page will come in handy in the future. I
need more programming skills to attempt the necessary editing proposed in
the help pages.
But I appreciate your reply.
Thanks

Moonglo

"SC Tom" wrote in message ...


"MoonGlow234" wrote in message
...
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the \Boot\BCD
file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

Try the steps listed he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2004518
If you can't correct it using your recovery disk, maybe someone will loan
you their Win7 disk.
--
SC Tom

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:19:46 -0400, MoonGlow234 wrote:

Thanks Tom. The MS troubleshooting page will come in handy in the future. I
need more programming skills to attempt the necessary editing proposed in
the help pages.
But I appreciate your reply.
Thanks

Moonglo

"SC Tom" wrote in message ...

"MoonGlow234" wrote in message
...
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the \Boot\BCD
file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

Try the steps listed he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2004518
If you can't correct it using your recovery disk, maybe someone will loan
you their Win7 disk.

There is a third party tool, EasyBCD, which might be more to your
liking.

Go to http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/ and scroll way down to find the
non-commercial version, which is free.

I find that EasyBCD sort of lives up to its name - but be sure not to
save any changes you make if you're not comfortable. Unlike with
RegEdit, you have to actually save changes to make them happen, so click
on the red X at the top right, not the big Save Settings button near the
bottom right.

I don't have it here, so I can't answer any usage questions.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:38:50 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:19:46 -0400, MoonGlow234 wrote:

Thanks Tom. The MS troubleshooting page will come in handy in the future. I
need more programming skills to attempt the necessary editing proposed in
the help pages.
But I appreciate your reply.
Thanks

Moonglo

"SC Tom" wrote in message ...

"MoonGlow234" wrote in message
...
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the \Boot\BCD
file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

Try the steps listed he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2004518
If you can't correct it using your recovery disk, maybe someone will loan
you their Win7 disk.

There is a third party tool, EasyBCD, which might be more to your
liking.

Go to http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/ and scroll way down to find the
non-commercial version, which is free.

I find that EasyBCD sort of lives up to its name - but be sure not to
save any changes you make if you're not comfortable. Unlike with
RegEdit, you have to actually save changes to make them happen, so click
on the red X at the top right, not the big Save Settings button near the
bottom right.

I don't have it here, so I can't answer any usage questions.

I don't think I was awake :-)

If you can't boot, you can't install the above...

Just laugh at me after you have fixed your problem and are ready to
laugh again.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:44:37 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:38:50 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:19:46 -0400, MoonGlow234 wrote:

Thanks Tom. The MS troubleshooting page will come in handy in the future. I
need more programming skills to attempt the necessary editing proposed in
the help pages.
But I appreciate your reply.
Thanks

Moonglo

"SC Tom" wrote in message ...

"MoonGlow234" wrote in message
...
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the \Boot\BCD
file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

Try the steps listed he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2004518
If you can't correct it using your recovery disk, maybe someone will loan
you their Win7 disk.

There is a third party tool, EasyBCD, which might be more to your
liking.

Go to http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/ and scroll way down to find the
non-commercial version, which is free.

I find that EasyBCD sort of lives up to its name - but be sure not to
save any changes you make if you're not comfortable. Unlike with
RegEdit, you have to actually save changes to make them happen, so click
on the red X at the top right, not the big Save Settings button near the
bottom right.

I don't have it here, so I can't answer any usage questions.

I don't think I was awake :-)

If you can't boot, you can't install the above...

Just laugh at me after you have fixed your problem and are ready to
laugh again.

If it was me I would boot off a repair disk or your Win 7 disk and go
to the command prompt and fix your boot file. It's quite easy. Here
are some commands you can use to fix your problem:


BootRec.exe /fixmbr

/FixBoot. Writes a boot sector onto the system partition to start
Windows

/RebuildBcd. Scans all disks for Windows installations and prompts you
to pick the ones you want to add to the BCD.

Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd usually works for me.

You can fix the problem and it is easier than you think. Reinstalling
the system is the last thing you do if all else fails but most things
are fairly easy to fix.

Krypto

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:11:19 -0700, Krypto wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:44:37 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:38:50 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:19:46 -0400, MoonGlow234 wrote:

Thanks Tom. The MS troubleshooting page will come in handy in the future. I
need more programming skills to attempt the necessary editing proposed in
the help pages.
But I appreciate your reply.
Thanks

Moonglo

"SC Tom" wrote in message ...

"MoonGlow234" wrote in message
...
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the \Boot\BCD
file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

Try the steps listed he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2004518
If you can't correct it using your recovery disk, maybe someone will loan
you their Win7 disk.

There is a third party tool, EasyBCD, which might be more to your
liking.

Go to http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/ and scroll way down to find the
non-commercial version, which is free.

I find that EasyBCD sort of lives up to its name - but be sure not to
save any changes you make if you're not comfortable. Unlike with
RegEdit, you have to actually save changes to make them happen, so click
on the red X at the top right, not the big Save Settings button near the
bottom right.

I don't have it here, so I can't answer any usage questions.

I don't think I was awake :-)

If you can't boot, you can't install the above...

Just laugh at me after you have fixed your problem and are ready to
laugh again.

If it was me I would boot off a repair disk or your Win 7 disk and go
to the command prompt and fix your boot file. It's quite easy. Here
are some commands you can use to fix your problem:


BootRec.exe /fixmbr

/FixBoot. Writes a boot sector onto the system partition to start
Windows

/RebuildBcd. Scans all disks for Windows installations and prompts you
to pick the ones you want to add to the BCD.

Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd usually works for me.

You can fix the problem and it is easier than you think. Reinstalling
the system is the last thing you do if all else fails but most things
are fairly easy to fix.

Krypto

I should mention Bootrec.exe brings up the list of commands and a
description. I usually drop the .exe for the commands.
ie: Bootrec /RebuildBcd. It doesn't make a difference if you use
upper or lower case when you type these commands if I remember
correctly.

Krypto

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:30:14 -0700, Krypto wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:11:19 -0700, Krypto wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:44:37 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:38:50 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:19:46 -0400, MoonGlow234 wrote:

Thanks Tom. The MS troubleshooting page will come in handy in the future. I
need more programming skills to attempt the necessary editing proposed in
the help pages.
But I appreciate your reply.
Thanks

Moonglo

"SC Tom" wrote in message ...

"MoonGlow234" wrote in message
...
My Windows 7 desktop crashed and the error notice reads the the \Boot\BCD
file is missing required info.

I've tried RECOVERY disks created earlier but they do not correct the
problem. I've tried everything I could think of.
I'm thinking now of buying a new Windows 7 installation disk. Maybe a
complete new install will solve my problem.
Does anyone see a problem with that.? Would appreciate your input.

Thanks

Try the steps listed he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2004518
If you can't correct it using your recovery disk, maybe someone will loan
you their Win7 disk.

There is a third party tool, EasyBCD, which might be more to your
liking.

Go to http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/ and scroll way down to find the
non-commercial version, which is free.

I find that EasyBCD sort of lives up to its name - but be sure not to
save any changes you make if you're not comfortable. Unlike with
RegEdit, you have to actually save changes to make them happen, so click
on the red X at the top right, not the big Save Settings button near the
bottom right.

I don't have it here, so I can't answer any usage questions.

I don't think I was awake :-)

If you can't boot, you can't install the above...

Just laugh at me after you have fixed your problem and are ready to
laugh again.

If it was me I would boot off a repair disk or your Win 7 disk and go
to the command prompt and fix your boot file. It's quite easy. Here
are some commands you can use to fix your problem:


BootRec.exe /fixmbr

/FixBoot. Writes a boot sector onto the system partition to start
Windows

/RebuildBcd. Scans all disks for Windows installations and prompts you
to pick the ones you want to add to the BCD.

Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd usually works for me.

You can fix the problem and it is easier than you think. Reinstalling
the system is the last thing you do if all else fails but most things
are fairly easy to fix.

Krypto

I should mention Bootrec.exe brings up the list of commands and a
description. I usually drop the .exe for the commands.
ie: Bootrec /RebuildBcd. It doesn't make a difference if you use
upper or lower case when you type these commands if I remember
correctly.

Krypto

MoonGlow234 is the one with the problem.

See the posts by DC Tom and Paul for others who agree with you.

My solution was meant to be easier for MoonGlow, but as you might have
noticed, I was careless.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:27:56 +0100, Al Sparber-PVII wrote:


You don't need to buy a new Windows 7 Disk to perform a complete format
of your HD to install the OS again. What you need is to buy our
extensions to improve your manhood. Your small penis is definitely an
embaressment to all windows 7 users.

Apart from the fact that you can't spell, you Al Sparber-PVII are in the
wrong group. Try one of the Linux groups, they are full of wise ass
characters like you, you'll be quite at home there. Bugger off, the guy
asked a reasonable question, he deserves helpful responses.