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Monday, 13 May 2013

How to use Bootsect / nt60 to Update the Volume Boot Code to BOOTMGR

In case of using Windows Loader or Windows SLIC Loader for Activating Windows edition, we may get a BLACK screen without going into OS due to BOOTMGR problem. But when we try with Boot options (F8) in BIOS mode, we get the following screen:



If we login using the first Boot option "Windows 7 with SLIC Loader (default), we get BLACK screen not booting the desired OS.

If we login using the second option "Windows 7 without Loader", the OS boots properly and shows our Login screen without any problem. But this kind of options cannot be User friendly for any kind of users.
To get rid of this problem, please follow the steps below:

1) Boot the system with Original Windows Disc in our Optical Drive or with Windows Flash Drive.(USB)

2) Select Windows Repair option in the upcoming options.



3) Select Command Prompt in the list of  Repair options.



4) Type Bootsect command here as Bootsect /nt60 sys and press Enter.

The Bootsect command as used above will update the "volume boot code" on the partition used to boot Windows to BOOTMGR, the one that is Compatible with Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and other later Windows operating systems. 

Note: The "nt60" switch applies the (newer) boot code for BOOTMGR while the "nt52" switch applies the (older) boot code for NTLDR.

We will be getting the following message after successful process:

"Successfully updated NTFS filesystem bootcode.

Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes."
 
In case of Failure:
 
  If we didnt receive some kind of error or this doesnt work after your try to start
 Windows normally again, try running "bootsect /nt60 all" instead. The only caveat here is 
that if you dual boot your computer, you may inadvertently cause a similar, bur opposite, problem with any older OS you boot to.
 
5)Close the Command prompt Window and then remove Windows disc from your optical drive or Windows flash drive from its USB port.

6)Click "Restart" button in the recovery options screen.

7)Windows should start normally.

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