bootrec not recognized by command prompt

Anonymous
2019-11-16T02:48:02+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2019-11-16T08:33:53+00:00

    Looks like the attrib commands to remove the restrictions on the BCD file are not completing. Try them again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-16T08:15:34+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.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>ren f:\boot\bcd bcd.old

    The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>

    i renamed it to f now this happens...

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-11-16T08:10:34+00:00

    You can try that. If C doesn't work then try B. But if B doesn't work then it may need to be changed to assign another letter, or a random one using Assign as I also said. I don't know why you used B.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-11-16T08:05:04+00:00

    so i'll try steps 6, 7 and 8 just as it is without  replacing the c's with b right?

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-11-16T08:02:12+00:00

    I said I'm not sure B even works since B has been excluded forever.

    But if C works then go with C. Apparently the boot files are not on System Reserved which is strange.

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