Hi
This is for Recovery and BCD experts.
I am trying to restore an unaccessible laptop of a relative of mine that even don't allow access to any F8 Modes with the message:
interactive logon process initialization has failed. please consult the event log for more details.
It *might* have happened while interrupting a windows update.
I tried to repair it with a Winows 7 AIO installation CD to no avail.
I did tens of manipulations with HBCD (live CD) to no avail.
Couple of times I succeded to acces the Recovery utility with the F11 key on boot up. Last time I did a backup prior to restoration and it lasted the whole night (125G).
At one point, in a repair procedure that I don't remember how I did it, I was asked the password for the main "USER" ! WOW ! I was finally getting somewhere. Since it was too late to phone my relative to ask for it, I shut down the laptop and thought I would ask the next day but... the next day I forgot which procedure I used to get to that point ARRRGGGHHH !!! ![]()
AND NOW...the Recovey feature is NO MORE accessible with F11 !!! ![]()
Bootin into F8, I sometimes now get the first choice of "Repair the computer" that usually leads to the system Recovery procedure (same as F11) but now I get the message :
Status: 0x0000225
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
Now I am playing with the BCD for I assume that it is a BCD missconfiguration that is preventing me to access the HP Recovery partition. F11 do NOT work ANYMORE !!!
BTW: what is happening when we press F11 at bootup ? Does the system chose to boot with the E:\boot\BCD bootfile instead of the SYSTEM BCD file ? If so, will the tweaking of that BCD file restore access to the HP Recovery feature ?
Since the HP Recovery feature kicked in once, that means that the Recovery partition E:\ in in good order and should be accessible one way or the other.
Playing with the BCDs is not so obvious. There are three of them :
- System C:\ boot\BCD
- Main D:\boot\BCD
- Recovery E:\boo\BCD
I presume the main laptop BCD booting file is #1, the System C:\boot\BCD
Trying to edit the BCD with HBCD command prompt give an error message :
The BCD store couldn't be openned. The requested system device cannot be found.
Opening the BCD with HBCD Bella Vista program also gives an error message :
No BCD configuration is available in the system registry. Do you want to choose the BCD hive manually ?
So, I have to manually choose the BCD to edit it with Bella Vista, but I prefer the presentation of BootICE to tweak the BCD, which also can't find the default system BCD that I also need to load manually.
Does this mean that a missing/corrupted registry entry is involved here and that I should address this issue too ?
The Windows 7 AIO installation CD, on the "Repair" path, sometimes it works, sometimes it don't. When it does, I get this new BCD, then it fails to save it and my c:\boot\BCD vanishes !!!
The W7 AIO installation CD Repair cmd console gives (when it wants):
c:\>bcdedit
Windows boot manager
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identificateur {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
path \bootmgr
description Windows Boot Manager
locale fr-FR
inherit {globalsettings}
extendedinput Yes
default {default}
resumeobject {949530c9-260b-11e0-89c4-d1578960a38e}
displayorder {default}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30
customactions 0x1000085000001
0x5400000f
custom:5400000f {949530cd-260b-11e0-89c4-d1578960a38e}
Windows boot loader
-----------------------------
identificateur {default}
device partition=D:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale fr-FR
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {949530cd-260b-11e0-89c4-d1578960a38e}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=D:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {949530c9-260b-11e0-89c4-d1578960a38e}
nx OptIn
detecthal Yes
HBCD BootICE gives this for:
SYSTEM C:\boot\ BCD,
MAIN D:\boot\ BCD
RECOVERY E:\boot\ BCD
Why the MAIN and the RECOVERY BCDs since the laptop boots only with the SYSTEM BCD ?
This is ALL (finally) folks ! ALL I want is to revive the HP Recovery function.
Any Ideas anyone ?
Best regards
iBenny
