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How to fix Windows 7 UEFI system bootloader problem?

Answered How to fix Windows 7 UEFI system bootloader problem?

  • Monday, March 11, 2013 3:42 AM
     
     
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    On a Windows 7 Home Premium PC, I tried creating a Windows 8 VHD and booting to it.  I created a VHD as my E: drive, installed Win8 into it with imagex, and then ran bcdboot E:\Windows.  I've done this countless times before on various laptops, but I just encountered a system where it didn't work.  It's an Asus Republic of Gamers G75V, a UEFI system.

    When I boot, it now says:

    Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key.

    I do not have a proper Windows 7 recover DVD, but I do have an ISO of Windows 7 Home Premium x64 with SP1.  When I boot to a USB thumb drive running that, Windows says it cannot repair this version of Windows.

    I booted a Windows 8 Enterprise Edition 90 day trial ISO, said "Repair", and found a command prompt.  I see the Windows 7 disk as C:.  I tried bcdboot C:\Windows, but that failed.  I then tried bcdboot C:\Windows /s C:, and it succeeded, but when rebooting I get the same error as above.

    What should I do?  Also, does my UEFI boot setting matter?

     

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  • Monday, March 11, 2013 6:04 PM
     
     
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    First, Imagex.exe is deprecated for Windows 8, you should use DISM instead.

    Second, in order to write to the BCD on a GPT disk, you need to do a UEFI boot on your installation media.

     
  • Monday, March 11, 2013 9:58 PM
     
     
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    First, Imagex.exe is deprecated for Windows 8, you should use DISM instead.

    Second, in order to write to the BCD on a GPT disk, you need to do a UEFI boot on your installation media.

    Thanks for the heads-up about DISM.

    So I should boot from the Win 8 installation media, and then do what?  I don't think I understood you.

     
  • Tuesday, March 12, 2013 6:05 AM
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    How about trying the following command.

    bcdboot C:\Windows /s E:

    Niki Han
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