Windows not Booting

[imabsolutelyinthemud]

I have recently been hit with quite a weird and unwelcome surprise of coming back home and seeing my PC not being able to boot despite working totally fine around 6 hours ago.

 

After turning on the PC the Windows loading circle is NOT there (doesn't spin/stop after a while it's just not there) and it doesn't boot to it after 30 mins of waiting.

 

I am able to access BIOS - bios showing the drive with windows on it connected

 

I can access troubleshooting menu and have already done chkdsk /f on the windows drive (checked with the disk list), All directories are there.

 

The startup repair tool is unable to fix the issue

 

I cannot access safe boot

 

I have not installed anything before the issue started appearing, i have not had a windows update.

 

Any suggestions on doing something without erasing the drive?

 

I have a thumbdrive with the windows tool and a second test PC just in case

 

Just Microsoft things

[zipspence]

1 hour ago, imabsolutelyinthemud said:

I have recently been hit with quite a weird and unwelcome surprise of coming back home and seeing my PC not being able to boot despite working totally fine around 6 hours ago.

 

After turning on the PC the Windows loading circle is NOT there (doesn't spin/stop after a while it's just not there) and it doesn't boot to it after 30 mins of waiting.

 

I am able to access BIOS - bios showing the drive with windows on it connected

 

I can access troubleshooting menu and have already done chkdsk /f on the windows drive (checked with the disk list), All directories are there.

 

The startup repair tool is unable to fix the issue

 

I cannot access safe boot

 

I have not installed anything before the issue started appearing, i have not had a windows update.

 

Any suggestions on doing something without erasing the drive?

 

I have a thumbdrive with the windows tool and a second test PC just in case

 

Just Microsoft things

Post system specs please. 

[RiffTheRaff]

First check if you have something plugged in recently that can prevent the boot (unplug everything you do not need).

 

Please run "bcdedit" which will output the boot configuration data (BCD) if it can be found and is fine.

And run "bootrec /ScanOs" which will list windows installations that it finds on the local disks.

 

 

If the "bootrec /ScanOs" finds a windows installation that can mean that the installation it has found is not known by the current BCD.

 

There is an post on How to Rebuild the BCD in Windows (lifewire.com) how to repair a corrupt BCD but that post is assuming the BCD in the folder c:\boot

The BCD can also be stored on a hidden volume on your drive.