Boot Manager

Lona · Jul 18, 2009, 20:17:22

My son who is in NZ has got a problem with booting up his laptop

The message he gets is Boot Manager \boot\BCD replace HDone, id 1008 status oxc0000E

He can't get into windows and didn't make a set of backup disks.

Anyone got any ideas?

LesD · Jul 18, 2009, 20:29:38

Take a look here:

If he can get into Safe Mode or to the command prompt typing, fdisk /mbr will rewrite the Master Boot record

This might fix things but I am not sure about it so have a read what Microsoft say on the above link and see for yourselves.

Good luck.

kinmel · Jul 18, 2009, 20:57:53

He will need to run the Boot Configuration Data manager, BCDEdit.exe, details HERE

However it seems to be reporting that hard drive 1 needs replacing.

If your son needs a copy of the legal Vista Recovery Disk, get it from HERE

Lona · Jul 20, 2009, 19:28:56

Downloaded, burned and posted today with instructions.

kinmel · Jul 20, 2009, 20:05:49

Quote from: Lona on Jul 20, 2009, 19:28:56
Downloaded, burned and posted today with instructions.

Let's hope it works

Lona · Jul 29, 2009, 15:53:01

I burned the disc and tested it out on my own machine to check that it had burned successfully.

My son got the disc this morning but when he tried to boot from it a message came up saying it was the wrong bootup disc.

Odos · Jul 29, 2009, 17:16:09

Quote from: Lona on Jul 29, 2009, 15:53:01
I burned the disc and tested it out on my own machine to check that it had burned successfully.

My son got the disc this morning but when he tried to boot from it a message came up saying it was the wrong bootup disc.

This is purely a guess but did you download and burn the correct version ? i.e 32 bit when it should have been 64 bit or vice versa.

kinmel · Jul 29, 2009, 18:11:14

It is much more complex than using the other method, but try Windows Recovery Environment then, his laptop maker may even have a specific version of WinRE

Lona · Jul 29, 2009, 19:04:57

I don't think it's a 64bit version as I've checked out his model.

Regards WINre. How would he access that when pc won't even bootup

kinmel · Jul 29, 2009, 19:51:55

Quote from: Lona on Jul 29, 2009, 19:04:57
Regards WINre. How would he access that when pc won't even bootup

No software will help if he cannot boot from a CD/DVD drive or floppy. Is the problem that the computer won't boot at all, or will it start, but then fail to boot to a desktop ?

He needs to start by checking that a bootdisk works, there is a wide range of bootdisks, from Ultimate Boot Disk to even a full operating system such as Ubuntu Live CD.

If he can boot beyond the BIOS then WinRE is the next port of call.

Recovery could be a long, slow process, it may be easier to reformat and do a fresh install using the Windows Product key provided by the PC manufacturer