Root Access

Succesfully Scanned windows Installations
Total Identifies WIndows Installations: 1
[1] C:\Windows
Add installation to boot list? Yes(Y)/No(N)/All(A): _

Bob

@RoXaS yes! :D

allquixotic

it needs a !!maybe in that list (Maybe(M))

RoXaS

-.-

Element not found

Bob

.

allquixotic

5:15 PM

that makes perfect sense

RoXaS

That made me cry a littl

Bob

ok, try bootsect /nt60 C: /force /mbr

allquixotic

Windowsium hasn't been officially named yet because element 311 (after Windows 3.11 for Workgroups ~~of Physicists and Chemists~~) hasn't yet been discovered

RoXaS

Bootcode was suvvesfully updated on all targeted volumes

@allquixotic I think it's a very unstable element

Bob

@RoXaS just for kicks, load up diskpart

select the disk

list partition

select the Windows partition

detail partition

see if active is set

and run active just to make sure

then restart again (sorry!), boot to usb, and try startup repair

RoXaS

5:18 PM

active is yes initialy

Bob

actually...

if you want, could try bcdboot first

RoXaS

i'm game

Bob

bcdboot C:\Windows

RoXaS

oh exit diskpart first

Bob

yea, that helps :P

then restart... you can try to boot into Windows now

RoXaS

5:20 PM

failure when attempting to copy boot files

Bob

...

what

RoXaS

oh

waity

semicolon istead of :

my bad

eehm

it doesnt make a difference

Bob

try adding a /s C:

any luck?

RoXaS

yeah

Boot files succesfully created

Bob

I suspect it's being confused because you're booting from a flash drive, not a CD

anyway, restart now

RoXaS

5:23 PM

Idk

Okay I removed the usbb

and its booting

You hero

Bob

pray it succeeds

if not, well, at this point startup repair should hopefully work

RoXaS

THERES FIRE

Bob

@RoXaS where did it fail?

allquixotic

@RoXaS just FYI, Bob has been a hero in here repeatedly over the past couple of days, so it wouldn't exactly surprise me (even if it impresses me)

RoXaS

no jk

So far its booted

Bob

5:24 PM

@allquixotic I have? o.O

@RoXaS does it get to the login screen, perchance?

RoXaS

@Bob Yeah

allquixotic

@Bob the Cavil import, helping JMG with his nginx...

Bob

@RoXaS :O

RoXaS

It's there

I'm gonna call Bill gates and say i want a tool for this :P

I has succefully booted

Bob

ok, now if I were you I'd want to fix the original BCD

6

A: How can I repair or install startup repair/system recovery after BCD corruption?

Aha! Fixed it! As I noted in the thread on Microsoft Answers I linked to, there was no entry for the Recovery Environment from bcdedit. There also wasn't one visible from EasyBCD. I did note they were in the registry, but they're shown by GUIDs there - not very navigable. Thanks to this answer'...

Visual BCD Editor.

RoXaS

5:27 PM

Wait wut

It boots now

Bob

The general process is opening both the new BCD and the backup, and comparing the two.

RoXaS

But it's not fixed?

Bob

@RoXaS Eh.. I'm not sure about Win8 with all its recovery environment changes

but the last time I did this with Win7, it broke the recovery environment

RoXaS

@Bob Aha

Bob

if you're happy with booting off a USB whenever you need WinRE, that works too

RoXaS

5:28 PM

How hard is it too fix it?

Bob

@RoXaS Do you still want to try to install another copy?

RoXaS

@Bob I see no point in quitting now :p

Bob

@RoXaS Your situation is somewhat different from mine, so I'm not certain...

@RoXaS Basically, load both the old and new BCDs and compare for differences.

If you can send the two over, I could take a look? I don't think there's anything particularly sensitive on there; just a few drive GUIDs possibly.

RoXaS

Like how hidden or those files

Bob

@RoXaS MS actually officially documented Windows multibooting, so... hopefully it'll be quite easy :P

@RoXaS The C:\BCD.backup and C:\Boot\BCD

RoXaS

5:31 PM

I'm just thinking of a way of sending them

Bob

Oh. Hm.

I used to have a file server set up... really need to get around to setting it up again

RoXaS

Especially cause I can't ven get to see them in explorer

Bob

@RoXaS You'd have to show hidden/system files

RoXaS

doesnt change a thing

Bob

That's in folder options somewhere

@RoXaS Did you show system files too? That's a separate option from hidden files

RoXaS

5:34 PM

imgur.com/fo1Q5fX

nvm

found the setting

Bob

@RoXaS you have to actually go options => view => untick "hide protected operating system files"

RoXaS

@Bob Can't copy it because the file is in use...

-.-

Bob

@allquixotic could you check something on Spotify for me?

@RoXaS uhm...

RoXaS

@Bob Need anything in google play music?

Bob

@RoXaS cmd as admin, bcdedit /export C:\BCD.new

@RoXaS I just wanted to check if a greyed-out album here is country restricted

RoXaS

5:39 PM

efshare.com/?s=43DPU8

tried some filesharing site

Bob

o.O

RoXaS

not sure if its working

Possibly

I missed it...

Bob

...I wonder if you got that

jokerdino

o_o

RoXaS

got it

Bob

5:41 PM

(I just realised having the @ address google-indexed isn't too smart)

RoXaS

hehe yeah

sent

And then It turn out Bob has planned this all out in an elaborate scheme to hack my laptop...

Only to be disappointed...

Because of the vast amount of porn hidden in the system32 folder

allquixotic

@Bob what is it?

Bob

@RoXaS Looks like most of the differences are insignificant.

Not really worth modifying, as long as it works.

Just keep the backup somewhere, in case

RoXaS

okay

Bob

@allquixotic Marit Larsen, artist. Any albums under her?

Now, onto the new installation :P

allquixotic

5:49 PM

Under the Surface

she's pretty

RoXaS

imgur.com/B6S0OBC

Bob

@allquixotic Album?

There's actually music under there?

allquixotic

yes 11 song album Under the Surface

none of the songs grayed

Bob

:(

She should have at least three albums there. They don't even appear on the apps for me, and the songs are greyed if I get there through Google.

@RoXaS Yea, I had Google Music before.

I actually have the music saved independently of Spotify, I just would've preferred them to have it too to keep everything in one place.

RoXaS

@Bob I got it because I broke my phone and went trough a series of replacements

allquixotic

5:51 PM

@Bob only one in the U.S.

hey, I like the first song I'm listening to of this album

maybe our music compatibility isn't as terrible as Last.fm suggests

Bob

lol

allquixotic

I like a huge variety of stuff

Bob

TBH, I prefer her other two albums. UTS is good too.

allquixotic

what tends to drive people away from me as far as Last.fm is concerned is that I like music in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan and Neapolitan, and last.fm is like "that's nothing like anything this guy likes"

RoXaS

2

Bob

5:53 PM

xD

RoXaS

Onward!

Bob

I tend to listen to a fair bit of Japanese stuff.

...mostly from anime soundtracks. Despite never actually watching any.

allquixotic

@_@

I went through an Anime Phase 10 years ago (feels like 10,000 years ago) when I was a Little Kid (17-18) and ~~my GF and I~~ (I didn't just say that, did I? !!no) were into anime

Bob

o.o

jokerdino

ahh

allquixotic

5:54 PM

then again, 10(,000) years ago I didn't weigh a billion tons, either :)

RoXaS

@allquixotic Well go for it

Bob

@RoXaS Anyway, the installation procedure looks pretty simple.

windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/…

Boris_yo

@OliverSalzburg Use "site:" to find out.

Bob

>

On the Which type of installation do you want? page, click Custom.

On the Where do you want to install Windows? page, select the partition or disk where you want to install the new Windows operating system.

Be sure to install Windows on a different partition from the one where the earlier version of Windows is installed.

Click Next to begin the installation. You might see a compatibility report.

allquixotic

maybe I could gravitationally attract a gas giant or a white dwarf with my newfound size

Bob

5:55 PM

...that's about it :P

Incidentally, I need to get out more. And/or eat less.

RoXaS

@allquixotic Are you a neutron star?

allquixotic

@RoXaS no, I'm a red giant

RoXaS

@allquixotic Neutron stars are way cooler