Media To Continue | Insert Your Windows Installation Or Recovery

Few things are as frustrating as sitting down to start your workday, booting up your PC, and being greeted by a black screen with the dreaded prompt:

You didn’t ask for a reinstall. You don’t have a DVD or USB drive in the port. So, why is Windows asking for one—and more importantly, how do you fix it without losing your data? Few things are as frustrating as sitting down

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup ren C:\boot\bcd bcd.old bootrec /rebuildbcd Again, say when prompted, then restart. Step 5: When Nothing Works (The Nuclear Option) If you’ve run the commands and still see the error, your hard drive may be physically failing, or the Windows installation is too corrupted to repair. booting up your PC