hi i need your help
im facing a problem
the c (boot) drive in the vm is thin provisioned
it got bigger so i used sdelete -z c:
turned off the vm
issued vmkfstools -k <vm drive>.vmdk (not the one with flat)
in the middle of it, i accidentally issued ctrl+c
then issued the vmkfstools command again
finished
tried to boot it , it wont boot
tried repairing with windows iso
it shows that it is free
tried to expand the vmdk and boot , nothing
is there a way to fix it
i dont have backup unfortunately
thanks in advanced every one
thanks guys, fixed it
put the vmdk into another bootable vm
recover the vmdk partitions with partition wizard
put the vmdk back to the bad vm
boot into win server 2016 iso
select repair your computer
open cmd
type diskpart
type list vol
type select vol x << x is the sys reserved vol
type active
type copy f:\BootMgr c:\ at the command prompt. One of two things will happen:
If the file Bootmgr already exists on C:, type N to avoid overwriting it.
If the file Bootmgr doesn't already exist on C:, it will automatically be copied.
type Bootrec /Fixmbr at the command prompt.
type Bootrec /Fixboot at the command prompt.
type Bootrec /rebuildBCD at the command prompt.
If BootRec /RebuildBCD succeeds, it will list any installations of Windows that it found. Press Y to accept and add them to the BCD.
The server is now configured to boot from the proper partition. Close the command prompt and reboot the system into normal mode
thanks guys, fixed it
put the vmdk into another bootable vm
recover the vmdk partitions with partition wizard
put the vmdk back to the bad vm
boot into win server 2016 iso
select repair your computer
open cmd
type diskpart
type list vol
type select vol x << x is the sys reserved vol
type active
type copy f:\BootMgr c:\ at the command prompt. One of two things will happen:
If the file Bootmgr already exists on C:, type N to avoid overwriting it.
If the file Bootmgr doesn't already exist on C:, it will automatically be copied.
type Bootrec /Fixmbr at the command prompt.
type Bootrec /Fixboot at the command prompt.
type Bootrec /rebuildBCD at the command prompt.
If BootRec /RebuildBCD succeeds, it will list any installations of Windows that it found. Press Y to accept and add them to the BCD.
The server is now configured to boot from the proper partition. Close the command prompt and reboot the system into normal mode
