Deleted "WINDOWS" folder from Clover, can't boot Windows... yeah, I'm a moron.

[Anim8me2]

So as the title says. I at one point assumed I wouldnt need Windows anymore so I was looking through the /EFI/Clover folder and just decided I could delete the WINDOWS folder (I still have the APPLE, BOOT and CLOVER folders). Now I need to be able to boot back into Windows but the only thing that is displayed by Clover at start is a "Boot Windows from Legacy" icon and that just hangs. The actual Windows boot SSD was not touched in any way so it should still have its EFI and standard partitions.

Is there some way to recover the Windows boot commands for Clover?

 

[Trtox]

Try using Windows 10/8 installation drive command prompt to recover those files or use automatic repair.

1. When Command Prompt has finished loading, type:diskpart
2. Press Enter
3. The diskpart utility should now be loadedISKPART>
4. Type:sel disk 0
5. Press Enter
6. Wait for the confirmation messageisk 0 is now the selected disk.
7. Type:list vol
8. Press Enter
9. diskpart will now show the full list of volumes available on your PC
10. Find the UEFI volume from the list. This usually has “BOOT” mentioned on the Label column, “System” on the Info column. The Fs column might FAT32 specified.For our example, in the next steps, our UEFI partition will be on Volume 2.
11. Type:sel vol 2
12. Press Enter
13. Type:assign letter=G:
    Where G: should be a unique drive letter. It can’t be already used, e.g. C:\, D:\
14. Press Enter
15. Wait for the confirmation messageiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
16. Type:exit
17. Press Enter
18. Type:cd /d G:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\
    Where G: is the drive letter you’ve assigned to your UEFI partition a few steps back.
    If the \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ folder doesn’t exist (the error message will be “The system cannot find the path specified”), you can run the same command on alternative paths:
    cd /d G:\Boot\
    or
    cd /d G:\ESD\Windows\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\
    Remember to replace G: with the UEFI’s partition letter.
19. Type the bootrec command:bootrec /fixboot
20. Press Enter
21. For backup purposes, backup the BCD record of your computer like this:ren BCD BCD.bak
22. Recreate the BCD using the bcdboot command:Bcdboot C:\Windows /l en-us /s x: /f ALL
    Where C:\ is the letter of the drive where Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 is installed on.
    The /l en-us parameter is used for localization: US. You can use ln /en-gb for UK localization.
23. Press Enter
24. You can also run this command too:bootrec /rebuildbcd
25. Press Enter
26. Type exit in Command Prompt
27. Restart your computer
28. Your Windows 8/8.1/10 should now boot again

I hope that works.

 

[lzystr2st]

Hello, i feel so stupid.
By following those steps i deleted the system partition and everything on the windows partition.

Maybe someone could have a magic trick for me because i really need one now, or maybe i'll have to rebuilt the whole hackintosh installation idk? i've tried all day but i feel kinda exhausted now.

also, i still can boot on macOs partition with a bootable usb key!

thank you for reading

 

[rals2007]

i've tried all day but i feel kinda exhausted now.

If thats the case, much better if just reinstall