These instructions apply to Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista.

At the prompt, bang out the bootrec command as shown below and then pressEnter.

This will write a new partition boot sector to the current system partition.

bootrec /fixboot command in Windows 10

Any configuration or corruption issues with the partition boot sector that might have existed are now corrected.

Depending on how you completed Step 1, you may need to remove a disc orflash drivebefore restarting.

Assuming that a partition boot sector issue was the only problem, Windows should start normally now.

If not, continue to troubleshoot whatever specific issue you’re seeing that’s preventing Windows from booting normally.