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On reboot, BSOD 0xc000000e 'winload.efi missing or corrupted'

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Okay, it appears I have solved the problem! In my UEFI BIOS (Asus), I went and disabled Fast Boot. This somehow fixed it. I guess my BIOS was for some reason skipping winload.efi during Fast Boot. Problem solved. 😄 

Hello.

So I recently built a new gaming PC. It's been great, other than this problem, which has been happening since I installed Windows. On reboot, my computer will bluescreen, saying "Recovery." Image below. IMG_1416.thumb.jpeg.71c74ad828afbadcdc63d93c563bf113.jpeg

Sometimes it says that 'winload.efi' can't be accessed, which is probably the problem. I found a way to be able to boot into Windows to get past this, by pressing Esc and going into the UEFI. Then I immediately exit and reset, which then resets the PC and boots into Windows. I've tried 'sfc /scannow', 'chkdsk C : /r', among other things. I've also tried to boot from a USB stick and go into Repair, and go into CMD and run 

  • bootrec /fixmbr, which is successful
  • bootrec /rebuildbcd, which it says is successful but it doesn't find any Windows installations
  • and finally, bootrec /fixboot, which comes to 'Access is denied.'

I've seen that you could get bootrec /fixboot to work by messing with diskpart and changing the drive letter.

Help is appreciated.

epic gamer time!

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my computer: 

CPU: i7-9700k | GPU: EVGA RTX 2060 | RAM: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 | CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 

Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wi-Fi) | SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 | SSD: 2TB Samsung 870 QVO | PSU: Corsair HX850i Fully Modular |

Case: Corsair 275R Airflow (White) Monitor: Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27" 1440p 144hz

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Bjff4n

 

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this is a stupid question but have you tried maybe using a different drive?

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

this is a stupid question but have you tried maybe using a different drive?

I mean I have a 3TB hard drive but I want to be able to boot from my M.2 (boot SSD)

epic gamer time!

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my computer: 

CPU: i7-9700k | GPU: EVGA RTX 2060 | RAM: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 | CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 

Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wi-Fi) | SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 | SSD: 2TB Samsung 870 QVO | PSU: Corsair HX850i Fully Modular |

Case: Corsair 275R Airflow (White) Monitor: Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27" 1440p 144hz

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Bjff4n

 

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10 minutes ago, Bananas! said:

I mean I have a 3TB hard drive but I want to be able to boot from my M.2 (boot SSD)

Just try downloading windows from another drive if that works the m.2 is faulty

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

Build Log: 

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Okay, it appears I have solved the problem! In my UEFI BIOS (Asus), I went and disabled Fast Boot. This somehow fixed it. I guess my BIOS was for some reason skipping winload.efi during Fast Boot. Problem solved. 😄 

epic gamer time!

🖥️

my computer: 

CPU: i7-9700k | GPU: EVGA RTX 2060 | RAM: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 | CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 

Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wi-Fi) | SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 | SSD: 2TB Samsung 870 QVO | PSU: Corsair HX850i Fully Modular |

Case: Corsair 275R Airflow (White) Monitor: Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27" 1440p 144hz

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Bjff4n

 

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