Hi, I want to share the solution that worked for me step by step so anyone can try it and see if it works for you. In many other forums people find their solution and post “I got it! It Works!” And never provide the steps so others may benefit from it, so here is my contribution for this issue.
Here is the solution that worked for me after trying many others. Please follow all the steps from top to bottom. (note: these instructions are not created by me, but steps that I have taken that worked for me)
1. Startup Repair (you may have to run it several times).
2. If the above doesn't cure the problem, go back to the Repair Option and this time choose Command Prompt, then type these 4 commands (in all instances the capitals are for clarity only):
BOOTREC /FIXMBR and press Enter
BOOTREC /FIXBOOT and press Enter.
BOOTREC /SCANOS and press Enter.
BOOTREC /REBUILDBCD and press Enter.
3. If it’s not successful or you receive ‘No operating system found’ or ‘Element not found’ messages, go back to the Command Prompt and make the partition active by typing these commands:
DISKPART and press Enter.
LIST DISK and press Enter.
SELECT DISK N and press Enter (N represents the disk you want).
LIST PARTITION and press Enter.
SELECT PARTITION N and press Enter (N represents the partition you want).
ACTIVE and press Enter.
EXIT and press Enter.
Startup repair reboot
For me the following boot problem occurred after the startup repair and if something like this or similar goes back to startup repair again.
File: \boot\bcd
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data
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After another Startup repair and reboot all is back to NORMAL!!
