Hi,

I'd like to add a Win 8 VHD to Win 8.1 boot menu. The same VHD used to work for boot before. I used it in Hyper-V afterwards, and now want it back as a boot option.

However, I'm getting an error message when trying to add it to BCD:

C:\Windows\system32>bcdboot h:/windows
BFSVC Error: Could not open the BCD template store. Status = [c000000f]

Any idea how to fix this...?

Jan

Hi,

This error means the boot loader corrupted.

Boot from the Windows 8 DVD, go to the advanced options and select command prompt.

Here run this command to repair corrupted/missing files:

bootrec.exe /fixmbr

If the issue persists,try running the command below:

BootRec.exe /FixBoot

Re

Thanks, that was a good try... However, it hasn't resolved the issue.

Any other ideas?

Best wishes,

Jan

Okay, finally got this working. In case anyone else encounters the issue, here's the solution. Go to Windows 8 repair console. Rebuild BCD with the following commands:

attrib c:\boot\bcd -h -r -s
del c:\boot\bcd
bootrec /rebuildbcd

Boot Windows 8, and go to command prompt as admin. Enable hypervisor:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto

Restart again. Done.

• Marked as answer by kelvin_hsuMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Monday, February 10, 2014 8:12 AM

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