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 yo...
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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