This post will show you how to troubleshoot and fix Error 0xc0000098, The Windows Boot Configuration Data does not contain valid OS Entry in Windows 11/10. I have ...

The source of most of the unbootable situations on Windows is caused by a misconfiguration or even corrupted Boot Configuration Data files, otherwise known as BCD. BCD contains boot configuration ...

In the world of the Windows OS, BCD stands for Boot Configuration Data. This critical information in the Windows runtime environment tells the Windows boot loader where to look for boot information.

I was also able to boot to a GRUB setup on my flash drive, but I wasn't able to get the Windows 7 installation to start with that either, mostly because I have no idea how it works.