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Hello, guys. I am looking for opinions and advice for my case.
Yesterday literally, after I asked my desktop to restart, it stopped booting on Windows. I can't go to safe mode, and the Windows logo doesn't even appear on my screen.
After troubleshooting it, here is the following statstatussing Windows 10 USB Recovery Tool:

  • System Restore point for 3 days ago = Operation Failed, couldn't restore, and this is the only one available.
  • Uninstall recent Windows Updates and Features, operation failed for both options.
  • I went through the whole format process and recreate Windows Boot Loader UEFI using BCEDIT via prompt, assign a new letter for the volume 2 100MB partition and etc. Still, Windows doesn't boot.

My M.2 970 Plus 1TB looks all right, tho. I could see the Windows 10 installation on it, my user login, the documents folder with files, games installed and etc. 
At this moment, I am using my old 970 Evo 500GB. What are my option since I want to save at least my documents folder and files?
Is there any other option to make Windows 10 Boot on my 970 Evo Plus? Is my recovery system on Volume 1 D: 500Mb, NTFS? Picture in attach

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Here is the video I followed to fix UEFI Windows Boot Loader. My motherboard is X570 UD Rev 1.0 Gigabyte Bios Version F37c

Thanks and appreciate any input on this.
Cheers

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Are you sure the bootloader is the issue? Have you tried going into BIOS and manually booting the drive from there? I have certainly experienced issues where the BIOS doesn't wanna boot into the proper drive.

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9 minutes ago, dj_ripcord said:

Are you sure the bootloader is the issue? Have you tried going into BIOS and manually booting the drive from there? I have certainly experienced issues where the BIOS doesn't wanna boot into the proper drive.

If I selected my M.2 instead of boot loader in Bios this what I have. It should be windows boot loader the issue I guess.

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19 minutes ago, Henrique_mineiran said:

If I selected my M.2 instead of boot loader in Bios this what I have. It should be windows boot loader the issue I guess.

 

 

have u tried this? (worked for me once).

Format volume 2 beforehand. (can't hurt). But be careful you select the right volume!

 

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM:Corsair LPX 3200 mhz (32GB) 

Mobo:ASUS Strix B550-F Wifi | GPU: Gigabyte 9070

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Storage: 2x 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (no raid)

 

 

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Storage: 512 GB WD Digital SN530 NVMe

 

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13 minutes ago, Henrique_mineiran said:

I will try but I don't get why my BCD shows \windows\syatem32\winload.efi 🤔

My bios CSM Support is UEFi Only 

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It's because your bootloader seems broken. Not the install itself.

Main PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM:Corsair LPX 3200 mhz (32GB) 

Mobo:ASUS Strix B550-F Wifi | GPU: Gigabyte 9070

Case: Sharkoon Nightshark RGB| Storage: 500 GB 970 EVO Plus 1 TB WD blue 500 GB Samsung HDD

Monitor: iiyama G-Master G2470HSU-B1 165Hz

Powersupply: Cooler Master GX III Gold 750

 

 

Main Laptop

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | RAM: Team group 16 GB 2666 mhz

GPU: RTX 2060 (MXM swappable)

Monitor: 1080p 120Hz

Storage: 2x 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (no raid)

 

 

Second Laptop

CPU: Intel Core I5 1235u,  RAM: Crucial 16 GB 3200 mhz

GPU: IrisXe 80 eu

Storage: 512 GB WD Digital SN530 NVMe

 

Phone:

Xiaomi MI 11

 

Work Phone:

Samsung Xcover 6pro

 

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1 hour ago, Wolly9102 said:

 

have u tried this? (worked for me once).

Format volume 2 beforehand. (can't hurt). But be careful you select the right volume!

 

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Looks like my partitions got messed up. 

System 100Mb and Recovery 509MB? Primary looks fine tho 930GB

 

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4 minutes ago, Henrique_mineiran said:

Looks like my partitions got messed up. 

System 100Mb and Recovery 509MB? Primary looks fine tho 930GB

 

 

Looks fine. My recovery is also 500 mb.

Main PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM:Corsair LPX 3200 mhz (32GB) 

Mobo:ASUS Strix B550-F Wifi | GPU: Gigabyte 9070

Case: Sharkoon Nightshark RGB| Storage: 500 GB 970 EVO Plus 1 TB WD blue 500 GB Samsung HDD

Monitor: iiyama G-Master G2470HSU-B1 165Hz

Powersupply: Cooler Master GX III Gold 750

 

 

Main Laptop

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | RAM: Team group 16 GB 2666 mhz

GPU: RTX 2060 (MXM swappable)

Monitor: 1080p 120Hz

Storage: 2x 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (no raid)

 

 

Second Laptop

CPU: Intel Core I5 1235u,  RAM: Crucial 16 GB 3200 mhz

GPU: IrisXe 80 eu

Storage: 512 GB WD Digital SN530 NVMe

 

Phone:

Xiaomi MI 11

 

Work Phone:

Samsung Xcover 6pro

 

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4 minutes ago, Henrique_mineiran said:

0 Windows installation?🤔

 

 

You did not need to do those extra steps. Didn't it boot with the provided screenshot above?

Main PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM:Corsair LPX 3200 mhz (32GB) 

Mobo:ASUS Strix B550-F Wifi | GPU: Gigabyte 9070

Case: Sharkoon Nightshark RGB| Storage: 500 GB 970 EVO Plus 1 TB WD blue 500 GB Samsung HDD

Monitor: iiyama G-Master G2470HSU-B1 165Hz

Powersupply: Cooler Master GX III Gold 750

 

 

Main Laptop

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | RAM: Team group 16 GB 2666 mhz

GPU: RTX 2060 (MXM swappable)

Monitor: 1080p 120Hz

Storage: 2x 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (no raid)

 

 

Second Laptop

CPU: Intel Core I5 1235u,  RAM: Crucial 16 GB 3200 mhz

GPU: IrisXe 80 eu

Storage: 512 GB WD Digital SN530 NVMe

 

Phone:

Xiaomi MI 11

 

Work Phone:

Samsung Xcover 6pro

 

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You can also try the following command after using above screenshot and exiting diskpart:

 

bcdboot C:\Windows /s Z: /f UEFI (it will create a boot manager that takes the boot sequence to C:)

Main PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM:Corsair LPX 3200 mhz (32GB) 

Mobo:ASUS Strix B550-F Wifi | GPU: Gigabyte 9070

Case: Sharkoon Nightshark RGB| Storage: 500 GB 970 EVO Plus 1 TB WD blue 500 GB Samsung HDD

Monitor: iiyama G-Master G2470HSU-B1 165Hz

Powersupply: Cooler Master GX III Gold 750

 

 

Main Laptop

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | RAM: Team group 16 GB 2666 mhz

GPU: RTX 2060 (MXM swappable)

Monitor: 1080p 120Hz

Storage: 2x 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (no raid)

 

 

Second Laptop

CPU: Intel Core I5 1235u,  RAM: Crucial 16 GB 3200 mhz

GPU: IrisXe 80 eu

Storage: 512 GB WD Digital SN530 NVMe

 

Phone:

Xiaomi MI 11

 

Work Phone:

Samsung Xcover 6pro

 

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Thanks bud, command ran and the operation was successfully completed but my machine still doesn't boot windows. Feels like something is blocking my BCD to be rebuilt. Maybe my 970 Evo? I don't know anymore at this point! Also how can a Restart messup so badly my BCD... 😪

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If you just want the files off the drive, install windows on that second drive, use the second drive to boot, and then in windows grab the files off the first drive. 
 

Then you can feel free to completely format the first drive and do a fresh install there. 
 

Ise windows media creation tool to create a new bootable usb for the windows install. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d

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3 hours ago, Whatisthis said:

If you just want the files off the drive, install windows on that second drive, use the second drive to boot, and then in windows grab the files off the first drive. 
 

Then you can feel free to completely format the first drive and do a fresh install there. 
 

Ise windows media creation tool to create a new bootable usb for the windows install. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d

It is definitely an option that I know it will work, but I am also trying to avoid reconfiguring a thousand kinds of stuff that I have set on my machine. I am wondering if it is possible to use a BCD from another NVMe with Windows Working copy into a USB and import it to the other NVMe with BCD broken

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3 hours ago, Henrique_mineiran said:

It is definitely an option that I know it will work, but I am also trying to avoid reconfiguring a thousand kinds of stuff that I have set on my machine. I am wondering if it is possible to use a BCD from another NVMe with Windows Working copy into a USB and import it to the other NVMe with BCD broken

U already did basically (Windows usb has working BCD). Is your pc prebuild? Did it have an firmwareupdate?

Main PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM:Corsair LPX 3200 mhz (32GB) 

Mobo:ASUS Strix B550-F Wifi | GPU: Gigabyte 9070

Case: Sharkoon Nightshark RGB| Storage: 500 GB 970 EVO Plus 1 TB WD blue 500 GB Samsung HDD

Monitor: iiyama G-Master G2470HSU-B1 165Hz

Powersupply: Cooler Master GX III Gold 750

 

 

Main Laptop

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | RAM: Team group 16 GB 2666 mhz

GPU: RTX 2060 (MXM swappable)

Monitor: 1080p 120Hz

Storage: 2x 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (no raid)

 

 

Second Laptop

CPU: Intel Core I5 1235u,  RAM: Crucial 16 GB 3200 mhz

GPU: IrisXe 80 eu

Storage: 512 GB WD Digital SN530 NVMe

 

Phone:

Xiaomi MI 11

 

Work Phone:

Samsung Xcover 6pro

 

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My PC is custom Gigabyte X570 UD Rev 1.0 Ryzen 5 3600 Bios F37c 32Gb Gskill 32Mhz XMP Profile 1 2060 Super Gigabyte 
I've made a BCD copy/backup from my old M.2 Updated Windows Working to my USB recovery and tried to copy to the broken M.2 970 Evo Plus, and it didn't work, probably because of my command lines. I am unsure if my logic was correct in the command lines, but I formatted the recovery partition and gave a letter to it. At this point, it feels like something in my Windows installation is blocking my BCD from being rebuilt, or my 970 Evo Plus from Samsung is dying. 
I already bought Sabrent NVMe M.2 SSD to PCIe X16/X8/X4 Card with Aluminum Heat Sink as a lesson learned I will now have one bootable SSD for the system, and another one for storage and after everything is set up I will make an Image of it. I haven't decide If I stay with win 10 or go to 11.
Thanks for the efforts in trying to help

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