Windows 8.1 boot error

05
2014-04

Epicblood

I tried to install linux on a second partition of my hardrive, and now I can no longer boot into either system.

The error I get when booting is:

The Boot Configuration for your PC is missing or contains errors.
File: \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BCD
Error code: 0xc000000f

I have tried automatic repair, but that says it cannot fix the problem.

When i try to refresh PC, it says windows drive is locked

bootrec /fixmbr completes "successfully"

bootrec /fixboot completes "successfully"

bootrec /rebuildbcd finds my OS on "D:\Windows" and when I hit Y to add to boot list, it returns "the requested device cannot be found"

I have run chkdsk on D and C, both say they have fixed problems.

Diskpart list vol shows all volumes as "healthy" although there is nothing in "Info" field

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I restarted with CD again, and hit shift + F10 so the command prompt would show up and went to *diskpart > list disk > select disk number > list partition > select partition number > active*, so that partition would become active.

Partition 1 like 20GB (recovery partition) Primary
Partition 0 like 160 GB (don't know what it is) ?
Partition 2 Like 400GB (looks like partition 3, i only have 500 GB total so it has to be the same as partition 3?) Primary
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The results were:

Partition 1 could be active
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I read that if a partition is active it will start up first. Did not work for me.

Can someone help me with how to get into F9 Hidden recovery partition while starting up and recovery this machine?

I read somewhere that there were more people with same problem, they had the hidden recovery partition but could not enter it. Saw that some could enter by making that partition active etc. But that didn't work for me. Something about bootloader etc.

I don't want to send it for repair to ASUS because last time I send my last laptop, they shipped it back with a broken frame and defect on my CD player. They say to me they didn't do it, well, I didn't do it either!

Oh and by the way, I can't use an XP CD because I get a BSoD when I use it. Tried 5 different XP CDs, 3 Windows 7 CDs, 1 Vista CD and the Recovery DVDs I made with AI recovery from ASUS.

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