Windows 10: Total identified windows installations 0 and repeat BCD problems

Hello. My Asus laptop has been running on Windows 10. A few months back, it started crashing regularly once every 1-2 weeks citing 0x00000e, 0x00000e9 or 0x00000f errors. I've trobleshooted and found that my crashes was due to a BCD error. So everytime it crashes, I have relied on my USB bootable to rebuild the bcd using the command prompt using bootrec /rebuildbcd. In this process, I've gotten "total identified windows installations 0" everytime and I've fixed this by using these commands


bcdedit /export c:\bcdbackup

attrib c:\boot\bcd -h -r -s

ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old


Up to now I beleive I have renamed it as many as 10 times and it has worked, my computer starts normally after reboot.


But now, after another crash, the commands I stated above do not fix "total identified windows installations 0" and it keeps stating it as 0 identified. Help is welcomed.

:)

 

Total identified Windows installations: 0

Hello,

These steps actually worked for me. Then I made the mistake to go back and type in the command prompt bootrec / fixmbr

Bootrec / fixboot

And finally bootrec / scanos and find the same error message I had before. Total identified Windows installations:0

After this I tried the same steps that worked as you mention above, but I encounter while trying to rename the bcd as a duplicate file.name exists. Is there another name I could use?

 

BCD problem, Identified Windows installations: 0 (Existing solutions haven't worked)

That URL you followed...

How to Rebuild Windows Boot Configuration Data (BCD)

How To Rebuild the BCD in Windows

...is smart enough to know "BootRec /RebuildBCD" does not add an OS into the BCD that is already there. Instead, it says...

"

X:\windows\system32>bootrec /RebuildBCD

Scanning all disks for Windows installations.

Please wait, since this may take a while...

Successfully scanned Windows installations.

Total identified Windows installations: 0

The operation completed successfully.

"

So, the article then says to rename the BCD, so that it could be rebuilt. Steps 6 & 7 do that...

6. attrib c:\boot\bcd -h -r -s

7. ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old

BUT that won't work in a UEFI system. A UEFI system has the BCD in a separate partition - the EFI partition. I'd show you how to put a letter on it to use instead of C: - but I see you've
solved the boot problem another way. Good going. (BTW, the ATTRIB command was unnecessary to do for me.)

 

Total identified Windows instalations: 0

1. First Start System Recovery Options. To start system recovery options.

a) Boot from the disk, Once you get the welcome screen of installation with the option “Install now”

b) Click on Repair your computer

c) On the next page click on Advanced Options

d) Now click on Troubleshoot

e) Lastly click on Command prompt and follow the on screen instructions

2. At the prompt, type the bootrec command as shown below and then press Enter:

bootrec /rebuildbcd

Please wait, since this may take a while...

Successfully scanned Windows installations.

Total identified Windows installations: 0

The operation completed successfully.

4. Since the BCD store exists and lists a Windows installation, you'll first have to "remove" it manually and then try to rebuild it again.

At the prompt, execute the bcdedit command as shown and then press Enter:

The bcdedit command is used here to export the BCD store as a file: bcdbackup. There's no need to specify a file extension.

The command should return the following on screen:

Meaning the BCD export worked as expected.

5. At this point, you need to adjust several file attributes for the BCD store so you can manipulate it.

At the prompt, execute the attrib command exactly like this:

After the "attrib c:\boot\bcd -h -r -s"

It gives me an aswer "path not found"

How can Ifix this?

[Original title: Total identified windos instalations: 0]

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