winload.exe

[BigK]

when I start I get an error.
Windows foiled to start. Tells me to put disk in again to try repair. this
doesn't work.
It says the offending file is Windows\system32\winload.exe
status 0x000007b
application is Missing or Corrupt.

Help! this is now the 2nd time this has happened!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

See: http://forums.microsoft.com/technet...5&siteid=17&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=1

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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when I start I get an error.
Windows foiled to start. Tells me to put disk in again to try repair. this
doesn't work.
It says the offending file is Windows\system32\winload.exe
status 0x000007b
application is Missing or Corrupt.

Help! this is now the 2nd time this has happened!

 

[BigK]

See:
http://forums.microsoft.com/technet...5&siteid=17&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=1

I tried to follow the advice there bat I get an error saying that the
commandis not recognized when I type things like bcedit.

 

[BigK]

I tried to follow the advice there bat I get an error saying that the
commandis not recognized when I type things like bcedit.

I typed bcedit instead of bcdedit. But still not working. My results
correctly point to c: drive and I have no other OS on this PC. This happened
after installing WMD 6.1 if that matters. I've tried restoring to before
that point to no avail.

 

[dean-dean]

Booting from your Vista DVD, try the "Repair your computer" > "System
Recovery Options" > "Startup Repair" option at least three times, if it
doesn't succeed. Meaning start over booting from your Vista DVD. From
experience, sometimes once is not enough.

If this doesn't work try the "Repair your computer" > "System Recovery
Options" > "Command Prompt" on the DVD.

At the prompt, type:

bcdedit.exe /set {current} path \Windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

Exit and remove the DVD. If you are able to boot into Windows normally, go
to Start Menu\Programs\Accessories and right-click on Command Prompt.
Choose "Run as Administrator". Then type the command:

sfc /scannow

Press enter on your keyboard.

The System File Checker scan may take awhile; this scans all system files.

Also type the command:

sfc /scanfile=C:\Windows\System32\Boot\winload.exe

This gives a report, or tries to repair, that particular file. If it says
it's okay (no integrity violations), which it probably will, close Command
Prompt, go to C:\Windows\System32\Boot\ and Copy (don't Cut) winload.exe and
Paste it into the C:\Windows\System32 folder. Choose Replace if a dialog
pops up. Should this problem happen again, you should then have a good copy
of winload.exe in C:\Windows\System32.

I tried to follow the advice there bat I get an error saying that the
commandis not recognized when I type things like bcedit.

I typed bcedit instead of bcdedit. But still not working. My results
correctly point to c: drive and I have no other OS on this PC. This
happened after installing WMD 6.1 if that matters. I've tried restoring to
before that point to no avail.

 

[Richard Urban]

I have seen this numerous times when there are two active partitions, either
on the same drive or on different drives. I have solved the problem by
booting from the emergency CD I created with Acronis Disk Director. I remove
the check from "boot" in the partitions I do not want to boot. Remember,
there can be only 1 (one) active partition (bootable).

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[Roy Price]

I have a dual boot - xp pro +vista hp and got this message. I went into
vista and did a search, found winload.exe and copied it to the root
directory of the other os. Crude, maybe, but it worked.