Assistance required, windows 8 won't boot (no solutions work) SOLVED

Hi MDL Forums,

I've been struggling with with one for a few days now...
I installed EasyBCD 2.2 and attempted to add a linux build to boot options.
In doing so I have accidentally removed the option to boot into windows.
When the computer boots I get a black screen with white writing stating
"window boot manager
windows failed to start. a recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix:
restart repair

File: /nst/autoneogrub0.mbr
status 0xc000007b
the app or os couldn't be loaded

enter = os select | esc = UEFI firmware settings

enter - gives linux build no windows 8

ok, so i changed the bios to boot from cd and put in a recovery disc i downloaded
It makes some positive noises, loads files, then a few blue squares start creeping across the top of the screen. Its at this point the computer turns itself off.

right plan 2, windows disk. but its preinstalled, so download the enterprise evaluation copy (as no product key to get a full one) and create a bootable USB.
pop this in and all good the install screen appears and i go to advanced and try some more options

refresh - the drive where windows is installed is locked. unlock the drive and try again.
resset - Unable to reset your pc. a required drive partition is missing.
automatic repair - could not repair your pc. press advanced options...


cmd prompt
bootrec /fixmbr - the operation completed successfully
bootrec /fixboot - the operation completed successfully
bootrec /scanos - successfully scanned windows installations. total identified windows installations: 1 [1] c:\windows
bootrec /rebuildbcdsuccessfully scanned windows installations. total identified windows installations: 1 [1] c:\windows add installation to boot list
y - the requested system device cannot be found
bcdedit /export c:\bcd_backup - the requested system device cannot be found


Diskpart


list disk -

Disk ##	status	size	Free	Dyn	Gpt
Disk0	online	698GB	9gb		*
Disk1	online	7580MB	0b

(disk 1 is the bootable flash with windows8 installer on)


select disk 0 - now selected


list volume -

volume ###	Ltr	label	fs	type	size	status	info
volume 0	E		NTFS	DVD-ROM	0b	no media
volume 1	C	Windows	NTFS	Partition	682GB	Healthy
volume 2		Recovery im	NTFS	Partition	6349MB	Healthy
volume 3		Windows RE	NTFS	Partition	300MB	Healthy	Hidden
volume 4		System	FAT32	Partition	100MB	Healthy	Hidden
volume 5	D	Windows8USB	FAT32	Removable	7579MB	Healthy
volume 6		Recovery im	NTFS	Partition	6349MB	Healthy	Hidden

D:
cd boot
bootsect /nt60 SYS /mbr - the system partition was not found: the requested system device cannot be found

There are probably a few other things I've tried but my heads a little scrambled atm...

Can anyone see anything I'm missing, a fresh pair of eye may be just the ticket.

Thanks in advance,
Tony

 

Thanks guys, this gives me a place to start...
My google-fu has given me a few things to try.
[FONT=Arial, Liberation Sans, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif]However the windows 8 disk i was using (an evaluation copy) does not support GPT partition system.
So how do I get (1) a recovery disk or (2) a windows disk {w/ key}? [/FONT]

 

Hi all & a big thank you,

@OLY123: Yeah thats the link I found and downloaded, the confirmation was what I needed. Wont let me quote you as I need 20+ posts.
In case anyone visits the forums and wants to know how I fixed it (with a little help from some new MDL friends ).

Here's how a fixed it (now knowing that I dealing with EFI Boot Manager):

Use the iso (above) to create bootable USB
Used the advanced options to get command prompt up and entered:
>DISKPART
>list disk
>select disk 0
>list volume
>select volume 4 {my system volume, see table in 1st post}
>assign letter = b
>exit
{this gave my system volume the the drive letter B}
{still in command prompt but no longer in diskpart}
>b:
>cd EFI
>cd Microsoft
>cd Boot {I used dir between each of the cd's to view the content of the directory}
>bootrec /fixboot
>ren BCD BCD.old {rename bcd to bcd.old}
>bcdboot c:\Windows /l en-gb /s b: /f all {rebuild the bcd, I'm using the english GB language version ∴ "/L en-gb"}
{i left it running for a few min until i got the operation complete notice}
>exit

Once out of command prompt i rebooted the machine and after a short wait it booted perfectly.

Hope this helps someone.
Tony