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Total Identified Windows Installations 0 After Rebuildbcd
Total Identification Windows Installation 0
Total Identified Windows Installations 0 The Operation Completed Successfully
Total Identified Windows Installations 0 Scanos
Bootrec Scanos Finds 0 Installations

Have you ever come across the “total identified Windows installations 0” error in CMD? What does it mean and how to fix it? Don't worry. This article will tell you all the information about the error total identified Windows installations 0 Windows 10/8/7.

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When your PC ran into problem and was unable to boot into Windows, you might try various solutions to fix it. And one is to rebuild BCD with a few commands. You may input the following commands to rebuild BCD in CMD with a bootable USB drive.

bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd

However, some users get into trouble during the process. When they type the command bootrec /scanos or bootrec /rebuildbcd and hit Enter key, the “total identified Windows installations 0” error message emerges unexpectedly. What happened? You might be confused.

If you have no idea about how to fix this issue, you may read this article.

Feb 19, 2011 one day it just shut down and would not startup any more, it goes straight to startup repair and fails and loops this. I have fixed this issue before, with bootrec tools on the 7 CD, but this time it wont do anything, no matter what i try it tells me 'total identified windows installations: 0'. Jun 28, 2018 Fix: Total Identified Windows Installations: 0 If the issue is with your Computer or a Laptop you should try using Reimage Plus which can scan the repositories and replace corrupt and missing files. This works in most cases, where the issue is originated due to a system corruption. Aug 02, 2019 If you receive the “Total identified Windows installations: 0” message instead of “Total identified Windows installations: 1” message, you need to run a few more commands to fix this issue and continue to rebuild BCD. Create a Windows 10 bootable USB drive with Windows Media Creation Tool. If you have one, just ignore this step.

What does the Windows 10 total identified Windows installations 0 message mean? Actually this error message is to tell you that bootrec couldn't find any additional installations of Windows on your computer to add to the BCD. How to fix it? Don't worry. You will just need to run a few more commands to repair the BCD.

Solution 1. Repair BCD

If you receive the “Total identified Windows installations: 0” message instead of “Total identified Windows installations: 1” message, you need to run a few more commands to fix this issue and continue to rebuild BCD.

Step 1. Create a Windows 10 bootable USB drive with Windows Media Creation Tool. If you have one, just ignore this step.

Step 2. Change BIOS boot order to boot from the USB flash drive.

Step 3. On the Windows setup page, choose your language preference, and then click Next to continue.

Step 4. Go to Repair your computer -> Advanced Options -> Troubleshoot -> Command Prompt.

Step 5. Input the following command and hit Enter. After inputting this command, you may encounter the total identified Windows installations: 0 error. Just follow the step-by-step guide to continue.

Total Identified Windows Installations 0 After Rebuildbcd

bootrec /rebuildbcd

Step 6. Type the following commands and hit Enter after each one

bcdedit /export c:bcdbackup (This step is to created a backup of the previous BCD store.)
attrib c:bootbcd -h -r -s (This step is to remove the hidden, read-only, and system attributes from the file BCD.)
ren c:bootbcd bcd.old (This is to rename the BCD store)
bootrec /rebuildbcd

Then following contents will appear:

Successfully scanned Windows installations.

Total identified Windows installations: 1

[1] C:Windows

Add installation to boot list? Yes<Y>/No<N>/All<A>:

Press Y to add the installation to boot list and hit Enter. Then you will see the “The operation completed successfully” message, which indicates that the BCD rebuild is finished completely.

Step 7. The error has been removed now. Then you can restart your computer and check to see if you are able to boot normally. Windows should start as expected.

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If this method does not work, you may try the next solution to fix error total identified Windows installations 0 Windows 7/8/10.

Solution 2. Perform System Restore

The Windows built-in feature System Restore enables you to restore your computer to an early state by using the system restore points created in previous days. So System Restore is a quick fix for you to repair system issues. If you encounter bootrec rebuildbcd total identified Windows installations 0 issue, just try System Restore to restore your PC.

Tip: System Restore can only be used to recover Windows system files, programs, and registry settings installed on your system. It does not affect your personal files and cannot help you to restore your personal files like e-mail, documents, and so on.

Here is the tutorial.

Step 1. Boot from the bootable USB flash drive you made before.

Step 2. Go to Repair your computer -> Advanced Options -> Troubleshoot get into the Advanced options page.

Step 3. On this page, click System Restore and follow the prompts to revert system to a normal state with system restore points.

System Restore can help you remove the error total identified Windows installations 0 and fix Windows startup issue in one step, which is very convenient and effective.

However, if you do not have created a system restore point before, you are unable to perform a system restore. And if other fixes cannot help you, you may need to reinstall Windows 10.

Solution 3. Reinstall Windows 10

If the above fixes cannot help you or you’ve tried many fixes on the Internet but just don't work, you can reinstall Windows 10 to resolve this issue.

Step 1. Create a Windows 10 bootable USB drive with Windows Media Creation Tool. If you have one, just ignore this step.

Step 2. Change BIOS boot order to boot from the USB drive.

Step 3. On the Windows setup page, choose your language preference, and then click Next to continue.

Step 4. Click Install Now.

Step 5. Enter the license key. You can also click I don’t have a product key to skip it, but you will be required to enter the license key later.

Step 6. Choose the operating system you want to install and click Next.

Step 7. Read and accept the license terms and click Next.

Step 8. Here choose one method to reinstall your operating system.

If you choose to perform a clean install (install Windows only), you need to backup important files in advance, as this option will wipe your hard drive and make a fresh start.

[Upgrade: Install Windows and keep files, settings, and applications]: This will keep all your files, settings and applications saved in the system partition. However, it is only available when a supported version of Windows is already running on the computer.
[Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)]: This will remove all your personal files, sett

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