mindtwister Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Hi , I've had a working dual boot system for a while but now i can't acces windows annymore. (windows 10 and el Capitan) In the clover boot menu it only shows the option to load OSX , which works fine but the option to load windows is gone, also when i try to acces it at the bootmenu, none of the options is working, which did work before. I have both Systems installed on seperated hard drives and im using clover for it to boot. I dont think the windows drive is corrupted or something becouse i can acces it in osx. Anny ideas on how to check what the problem is or what it could be ? Thanks System : Cpu : Intel - Core i7 4790 Motherboard : asus b85m-g 16 GB Ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxteck Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 make sure you still have a EFI/Microsoft/Boot folder in your EFI partitions they might have gotten removed somehow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindtwister Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 Thank you, i used EFI Mounter to check and mount the EFI folder. When i open it it's empty. (are this no hidden files?) So what should i do next ? where can i find the boot files i need ? The second one (windows EFI gives me an error) Unexpected disk indentifier: disk1s2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Try Windows repair option using Windows DVD , then reinstall Osx bootloader Sent from iPhone/iPad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindtwister Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Okay , how should i do that ? i updated it from windows 8 so i dont have a windows 10 instaltion disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxteck Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 maybe from a windows usb installer you might have to research how to recreate your windows EFI. I had to remove a bunch of fonts so I don't know if it will work for you. EFI 3.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindtwister Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Thanks, i tried placing this in the EFI folder. This results in the following : Your PC needs to be repaired A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed. Error code: 0xc0000225 [ A text saying I should use recovery tools on my installation media to fix the issue. ] Press Enter to try again Press F8 for Start-up Settings Press Esc for UEFI Firmware Settings If I press F8, the message changes to: The application or operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file is missing or contains errors. File: \Windows\system32\winload.efi Error code: 0xc0000225 ---------------------------------- @ pippox0 : Should i use the same version when reinstalling the bootloader (clover) ? or can i install a more up to date version or even another recommended bootloader ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Hi, you can use the same version when you reinstall clover bootloader. However you can update too , it doesn't matter. Every version of clover can manage dual boot, so as you prefer .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindtwister Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Okay thank you, i managed to get an bootable usb from another computer with windows 10 and Im trying to do the repair now. Im getting the Attempting repears screen going on now for 2 hours. How long should it take ? and how do i know if its not stuck ? By the way : is there a way how i can check what the problem caused in the first place so it wont happen again ? Or does some of you know what this cause is or could it be a number of diffrent reasons ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindtwister Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Its still atempting repairs (10 hours so far) when should i give up ? i heard it can take verry long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Nooo, It dosen't take so long ( generally is a task of some minutes 2-5 minutes) to repair booting process of windows. Try this : 1. remove / unplug HD/SSD with OSX and leave only Windows HD/SSD. 2. boot usb pen and try to repair booting process, Report if you resolve the issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindtwister Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Thanks, i will try that, It actualy just finished and said startup repair couldn't repair my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindtwister Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 Okay so i tried to do the repair with only the the hard disk with windows on it but it gets stuck at a blue screen at where i can use my cursor but nothing happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxteck Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 you might have to reinstall windows then and hope it recreates your EFI. it should have an option to save your existing files. I'm guessing you would have to boot the install media in UEFI mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindtwister Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 When i waited longer i did get to the screen where i can do the startup repair, but after that it seems my harddisk got bad. After it i just got a black screen, and after letting it sit for a couple hours and rebooting it now gives me the S.M.A.R.T Bad, Backup and Replace. I guess this means i have to buy another disk or get one from the warranty i have ?. Could this problem have anything to do with it having hackintosh being installed on it ? or is it just bad luck ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxteck Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 nope its just a bad drive. hopefully you can have it replaced under warranty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindtwister Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Oke, will do that, thanks for the help !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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