I’ve got a notebook to repair – HP ProBook, where Windows boot ended up with an error message – something about BCD. Tried to repair with standard tools, like recovery DVD, but without any success.

It was because main partition with OS was encrypted with WinMagic. So, now what?

Got some tools and info from local HP service, so you need to find our or get:

• SDWinPEx64.iso
• SDWmgRecovery package
• encryption key or password (key is better)

So, now steps how to fix it:

1. create bootable USB/DVD media with WinPE
2. unpack and store SDWmgRecovery somewhere (USB flash)
3. copy key to the same place
4. boot with WinPE (takes a while, be patient)
5. first of all, run TB Launcher/SD Recovery
6. expand your hdd with all the partition and check Lock column
7. select those with Lock as true (one by one)
8. click Unlock and enter your password or open a key
9. back to TB Launcher, open a file manager to check which disk letter belongs to Windows (eg. “d:”)
10. open Console
11. type bootsect /nt60 c: /force /mbr
12. type bcdboot d:\windows /s c:
13. reboot

It should be working fine now. :-)