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You will see your console like this while giving above commands.

In windows 8, select ‘Repair your computer’ > ‘Troubleshoot’ > ‘Advance Options’ > ‘Command Line’.

In windows 7, select ‘Repair your computer’ >’Startup Recovery Option’ > ‘Command Line’.

(follow my another post if you need to know how to make your pendrive bootable manually)

First of all insert Windows CD / bootable pendrive in your computer and start it.

If due to any reason you lost your boot system, you can restore window’s bootloader using windows CD or bootable pendrive. You may need this to do if you had linux grub earlier which you uninstalled now, or due to damage to bootloader.įollow these steps to restore MBR (Master Boot Loader) for Windows Bootloader First, execute the below command to fix Master Boot Record. All you have to do is execute a couple of commands. Enter the following three commands in turn, following each by pressing the Enter key: bootrec /fixmbr. Click the Repair your Computer link at the bottom of the Install Now screen.

Fixing Windows boot errors is nothing complicated. It lets you boot from the Windows installation media or a bootable disk or flash drive. Kindly try these on your own risk, and if you are able to get this working successfully, kindly leave a comment, I also suggest you to kindly help others who have asked few questions recently in comments section. Once the command prompt has been opened, proceed to fix MBR errors in Windows 10. UPDATE: Kindly note that I wrote this article back in 2013 & has been one of most viewed articles on this topic, however I am not sure if these steps work completely fine even now.

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