Boot Camp disappeared after installing El Capitan

No, unfortunately all I see is the install windows screen. What I am wondering is if my win 8.1 images are just the installation disk and doesn't include the windows re portion. Or if you have to press a key at a specific time to get to that screen you are showing. I have tried the esc key during the win 8.1 usb load up and IIRC it shuts the MBP off.

Maybe it's possible to download a windows re version that would work on windows 8.1 and repair the BCD file? Would need to make it USB bootable.

I am posting snapshots of the 8.1 DVD first and then the 8.1 USB bootable

8.1 DVD

And here is the 8.1 USB installer created with Bootcamp Assistant. Only attached screenshots for the folders which were different from the DVD.

Unfortunately I do not get an option for Bootcamp in System Preferences. Here is what I have:

Not that I am aware of. Fairly basic Win 8.1 install. Also turned off FileVault on the OS X but that only made the EFI partition visible during power on boot with option button pressed. I tested it and it loads into OS X.

I am also trying another method to retrieve the files from Win 8.1 without any luck.

I downloaded a program with windows recovery on it called AOEMI PE Builder for windows 8.1. This loads Windows RE into memory has system repair functions along with windows explorer to find files and retrieve them. http://www.aomeitech.com/pe-builder.html

I created a bootable USB with AOEMI PE on it and booted into it by turning on, pressing the option button and selecting the windows USB. It loads windows and gives the windows startup screen but then gives an error code: 0x000000d

If I select EFI Boot instead of Windows it just hangs with a black screen.

So I am running out of things to try. If there was a way to access the BCD file and correct the damage from OS X upgrade, or load windows into memory.

I also tried a different method of getting Windows PE latest version for Win 8.1 (which is Windows Recovery) to start and it worked. It started up with a command prompt for Drive X.

However I do not know how to rebuild the BCD from drive X.

Here is a Tutorial Video on how to make the USB disk with Windows PE and load it up through UEFI boot. I am at the command prompt screen with X:\windows\system32>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJWGeK7_XDE

Maybe this is the method to focus on?

I wish that would work. It requires being able to execute Bootrec.exe from the command line.

Unfortunately I get "Bootrec.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I tried changing directories all the way down to X:\ and up to X:\Windows\System32\Boot> but no luck.

when running dir/s/p bootrec.exe on X: it returns

Volume in drive X is Boot

volume serial number is D60A-0DC2

File not found

When changing directory to C: it changes then auto changes back to X: before you can type anything into the command line

some of the .exe files available in System32 are bcdedit, bcdboot, bootcfg, chkdsk, diskpart, esentutl, find, recover

Ok, I went to the Microsoft site and created a new usb copy of windows 8.1

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media

I then powered on with option pressed and selected the usb copy of windows. it loaded and gave me the screen with the repair option for the first time. This screen never appeared on the other 2 copies of the windows 8.1 usb drive. Not sure what the difference is between the MS site and my OEM DVD but using the link above gives the correct screen.

I went to command prompt and typed in:

Bootrec /FixMbr

It said it completed successfully. I removed the usb and rebooted pressing option. After selecting the actual bootcamp windows directory it gives me an error saying "Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart. I have no usb or other media attached and after pressing any key it just hangs there.

Any ideas on what to do next?