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bootrec not recognized by command prompt
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Guys please help when I go to windows automatic repair an error pops out saying "Windows automatic repair could not fix your pc" so I tried going to command prompt running with admin of course and using the code bootrec /RebuildBcd and bootrec /FixBoot to fix it but a message pops out saying bootrec is not recognized so I don't know what to do. I tried searching bootrec.exe in drive c, windows, system 32 folder but I couldn't find it. How do i fix this and do I need a windows installation cd to activate bootrec and automatic repair or something? Please don't suggest using system restore points and system reset because I will not try those solutions for I already tried system restore and automatic repair still did not work and system reset for me will remove all my programs so I will not do it. I'm using windows 10 and with latest updates also tried sfc scan now with no issues and tried dism restorepoint already which completed successfully.
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Anonymous
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2019-11-16T09:02:38+00:00 i cant rename it on step 8. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. that's the message that it keeps telling me.
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Anonymous
2019-11-16T08:59:26+00:00 same error The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
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Anonymous
2019-11-16T08:55:02+00:00 Did you try the two bootrec commands yet?
Good night.
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Anonymous
2019-11-16T08:39:53+00:00 C:\WINDOWS\system32>bcdedit /export f:\bcdbackup
The operation completed successfully.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>attrib f:\boot\bcd -h -r -s
C:\WINDOWS\system32>ren f:\boot\bcd bcd.old
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
same error