Windows 7 recovery disc

[Lucas]

Sitting over at a buddies, checking out his computer for him. I have a friend that's much better than me he can goto, but he will want a little cash.

Unfortunately, not an option for them right now they have a kid, got laid off recently. Hard working guy, he will be back on top soon.

The computer (hp pavilion windows 7 x64 bit) is saying windows failed to start. It says to insert the disc. It didn't come with one, and he never made a recovery disc.

The error info:

"File: \boot\BCD

Status: 0xc000000f

Info:
An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data."


So I made a recovery disc off another machine... Not sure if that is ok...


Booted from the cd we made.

"First option:

Use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting windows. Select an operating system to repair.

If your operating system isn't listed, click load drivers and then install drivers for your hard disc. "

There are no systems listed. It seems like this will load drivers from the other machine.

"Second option:

Restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier"


I'm stopping here. I told he could stop by and I have a hard drive back it up.

Maybe we went down the wrong road. Not sure. Normally I would just wipe it and reload. But due to some interface with recording software and device we are trying to avoid that. Lots of drivers and such his brother loaded.

Maybe his mom will help out and I can avoid it. lol.

If you are interested, suggestions are more than appreciated. Probably gonna back up the files and wipe it tomorrow.