Easy Tricks to Fix “Boot Configuration Data File is Missing” Error in Windows 10

Are you facing "Boot Configuration Data File is Missing" Error in your Windows 10, don’t usually panic such error codes appear when the Boot Configuration of your windows is corrupted or damaged internally or externally. Such error code occurs when your system is unable to boot

 When you receive such an error code, it gives you an option of recovery tool or attaching a media like USB or DVD to recover your Windows. Generally, this means your boot drivers are corrupted or have crashed, so to recover it you may have to reinstall the boot drivers to reconfigure your Windows. By reconfiguring your device, no data is lost or affected adversely but to rectify this error you need windows 10 Installation media in your USB or DVD.

  

Different measures to Fix BCD error.

 We can use various measures to fix such an issue as given below

Method-1: Windows Installation Media

Such error occurs when Windows can’t boot anymore, so you are unable to use the Visual BCD Editor to rectify this issue. We need to access the advanced startup like Windows 10 or System recovery options like Windows 7. We need to implement several commands from command Window; we can also use Windows Installation Media to access the recovery options.

Method-2: Repairing BCD Error with an Installation CD

1.        Boot your computer system and insert Installation drive

2.        Go to repair option >Select “Advanced options” > Open “Command Prompt.”

3.        After opening the command prompt Enter the Commands

·        bootrec.exe/fixmbr

·        bootrec.exe/fixboot

·        bootrec.exe/scanos

·        bootrec.exe/rebuildbcd

Method-3: Rebuild BCD Store by using Bootrec.exe tool

You can use the Rebuild tool if other measures fail to boot the Windows. To use Bootrec.exe you need to access BCD store from where you can launch Bootrec.exe in Windows recovery environment. Sometimes you have to recreate BCD store to do that follow these steps

·        Bcdedit/export C:\BCD_Backup

·        ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old

·        Bootrec /rebuildbcd

After that create portions from the total space and create new disks.

Method-4: Clear Dick drive completely

It is only recommended if the other options fail to work as after clearing the entire disks your data will be completely lost. So it is up to you if you prefer this or not. To delete disk follow these steps

1.        Select “diskpart.”

2.        Select “List disk.”

3.        Click on “disk n” (n refers to the number of disks you want to delete)

4.        Select “clean.”

5.        Select “exit.”

Method-5: System Recovery Drive

You can fix your computer Boot issue by following steps.

1.        Plug in your system recovery drive

2.        Boot your system

3.        Select “Command Prompt”

4.        Select “Administrative Command Prompt”

5.        Replace c with the drive in which you have plugged in your drivers( bcdboot c:\windows)

6.        Create a new partition from the old BCD boot file

7.        Remove the System Recovery Drive

8.        Reboot your computer system

By using these simple steps, you can get your system error-free and again start using your computer normally.

Billy Mark is a technical expert who writes about productivity suites such as Microsoft Office. He writes blog posts, reviews, instruction manuals, news releases, and technical descriptions at office.com/setup

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