Repair Boot Sector Windows 10

I tried 'from the repair environment just go to the boot menu options and restart computer from there' does not work.

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After hitting ‘Next’ at the first screen, you’ll need to click on ‘Repair your computer’ on the next. This boots into the maintenance section. From here, you’ll want to click on ‘Troubleshoot’, then ‘Advanced options’, and finally, ‘Command Prompt’. These steps are almost identical across Windows 7, 8, and 10.

I disabled my Norton Security Suite and tried and that did not work.

I tried downloading Windows 10 Media Creation on my PC after doing a restore it sat at getting a few things ready for hours. I gave up and use my MAC on the same network running boot camp. I created an ISO file and burned it to a DVD.

I rebooted with the DVD and in the windows setup page language to install, time and currency format and keyboard input method was preset to the correct values , clicked next repair your computer, troubleshoot, advanced options, now the instructions said select automatic repair, that option was not on the menu so I tried startup repair, it went into diagnosing, attempting repair took only sections, rebooted came up with 0xC0000001 cannot boot from the boot sector.

What would happen if I choose the upgrade option, if it can fix the problem and retain my office pro and personal files I am good.

I tried using the Windows 10 upgrade/install iso file, but it hangs up on looking for drivers, but does not tell what drivers it is looking for. I keep restoring back to prior the updates and schedule the install for a 5 days in the future and everything works fine until the install takes place and I am back to 0xC0000001 blue screen on startup unable/find to the boot sector. I tried F8 to debug and each one of the option and so far nothing works.

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I installed Ubuntu on a system that has Windows 10 installed. I can boot to Windows or Ubuntu normally using GRUB. I want to delete Ubuntu partition, but first I must restore the Windows 10 MBR.

In Use Bootrec.exe in the Windows RE to troubleshoot startup issues (applies to Windows 7 and Windows Vista) they say to use Bootrec.exe with options /FixMbr/FixBoot, but when I type 'bootrec.exe /FixMbr' in a command prompt, Windows says:

'bootrec.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command.

I say I can boot to Windows 10 and run a command prompt from there (I don't need to use an installation medium), but I don't know what to enter.

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The command in Windows 8/8.1/10 for fixing MBR is 'bootsect.exe'.

this fixes boot record of partition mapped to 'drive_letter:' and the MBR of the disk where the partition is placed.

Alternatively you can use 'Dual-boot Repair Tool' which has a graphical interface to bcdboot.exe, bootsect.exe and other useful functions like boot sector view and ... one click dual-boot repair function for Windows 10/8/7/Vista (also can fix Windows XP boot files).

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I was having the following issue:

I had Ubuntu and Windows 10 and deleted Ubuntu partitions using Windows 10. After a restart I got the Partition not found error and automatically entered GRUB.

Here's how I solved it:

I burned a Windows 10 CD, entered troubleshooting, and from there I entered Windows Console.
Then I typed in: bootsect /nt60 drive_letter: /mbr (replace drive_letter with your letter. for example, for me it was C: /mbr).
And it finally worked.

I hope this also clarifies the solution for people with the same problem as me.

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The other answers given here work great on MBR/BIOS systems, however if you're on a UEFI system like I am, bootsect will just write a semi-functional boot MBR over the GPT protective MBR and bootrec just gives an 'Access denied' error message, and neither one has a functional option to fix a broken EFI system partition, which on a UEFI/GPT drive is what contains the bootloader that used to be stored in the MBR. There's unfortunately almost no up-to-date guides on fixing the UEFI Windows Boot Manager (almost all of them just say to run the graphical Startup Repair utility, but that doesn't fix the problem in all cases), but I finally found the correct solution buried in this article, which requires the use of the bcdboot command instead:

Grab the Media Creation Tool, make yourself a Windows 10 installation DVD or USB drive, and then boot into it.
When prompted, choose 'Repair your computer', followed by 'Troubleshoot', 'Advanced Options', and finally 'Command Prompt'.
Run diskpart and then list volume. Note the volume number for your EFI system partition (ESP).
Now do select volume x (where x is the volume number for the ESP) and then assign letter=N: to mount the partition. Run list volume again and note that the ESP is now assigned a driver letter. Run exit to leave diskpart.
(Optional) If you are not currently dual booting and want to fully clean the ESP before writing a new bootloader, run format N: /FS:FAT32 to reformat it as FAT32. This is probably not necessary under normal circumstances, however, as bcdboot seems to do a good job of cleaning things up itself. Especially do not do this if you have a Linux distro on another partition or else you'll have to reinstall GRUB as well once you're done with this. Also note that the following steps should not affect an EFI GRUB install as long as you do not otherwise delete GRUB's existing directory on the ESP.
Finally, write the new bootloader to the partition with bcdboot C:windows /s N: /f UEFI. This command rebuilds a new UEFI-compatible bootloader on the ESP mounted at N: using the Windows installation mounted at C:windows. Once it's done, you can verify the new bootloader was written by running dir N:EFI, where you should see a Microsoft directory containing the new Windows Boot Manager as well as a boot directory containing the fallback bootloader (along with other directories for any other bootloaders you have installed, such as GRUB for Linux).
(Optional) If you are dual booting, you will probably need to boot into your Linux distro and run sudo update-grub to allow the GRUB scripts to detect and add the new Windows bootloader. You should also skip the next step and leave GRUB as your first boot choice so you can access both operating systems.
Now boot into your BIOS setup and make sure 'Windows Boot Manager' is set as the top boot choice. Save and reboot and you'll finally be back in Windows.

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