The Boot Configuration Data file is missing some required information.

You receive the following error message:

The Boot Configuration Data file is missing some required information.
File:\BCD
Error code: 0xc0000034

And you can't  refresh  or  reset

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Refresh your PC: " The drive where Windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again.

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Reset your PC: " Unable to reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing.

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How do you repair the problem.

- Boot the computer using the Windows 7/8 installation media.

- On the first screen, press  SHIFT+F10 to bring up command prompt.

-or-

- Boot the computer using the Windows 8  recovery USB flash drive

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- select  Troubleshoot  >  Advanced options  >  Command Prompt

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Run the following commands at the command prompt.

diskpart

list volume NOTE:

Note the volume letter where the Windows OS is installed.

exit

bcdboot X:\windows NOTE:

Replace "X" with the volume letter of the Windows OS partition.

For example,  bcdboot c:\windows  or  bcdboot d:\windows

(see screenshots below).

If the drive letter is incorrect, you will receive the following error message: " Failure when attempting to copy boot files.

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