Error code 0xc00000e in Windows 10

I have a really frustrating problem and need help.

It started monday morning (it's thursday evening now) when booting my computer.

I got the error message:

"MBR Error 1"

After consulting Gigabyte (the maker of my motherboard), I reset CMOS and changed the battery, just to be sure.

It got rid of the "MBR Error 1" message.

But then I got this error:

Recovery

Your PC/Device needs to be repaired

An unexpected error has occured.

Error Code: 0xc00000e

You'll need to use recovery tools. If you......

I followed the instructions from:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-update/pc-needs-to-be-repaired-file/5db06fb1-d8cc-47e0-b801-e5e341983e1a?page=1

Somehow the drive letters had gotten mixed, as drive C:\ was suddenly another drive. I unplugged all drives from the motherboard, except my primary drive, only containing the most important programs and Windows 10, still got error code 0xc00000e. Reconnected my DVD-drive to run the Windows 10 media and tried to repair the installation. It failed.

I retried the bootrec commands and finally it recognized my Windows installation (bootrec /scanos).

But when I tried bootrec /rebuildbcd, I got the following message:

Scanning all discs for Windows Installations.

Please wait, sincde this may take a while...

Succesfully scanned Windows Installations.

Total identified Windows installations: 1

[1] c:\windows

Add installations to boot list? Yes No All - A

The requested system unit was not found (my translation)

The commands "bootrec /fixmbr" and "bootrec /fixboot" are both successfull.

But I still have the 0xc00000e error.

There has been no hardware upgrades, and the only software I believe was a Windows upgrade on sunday or earlier.

Do any have a solution, that doesn't involve a reinstall, as there are files and codes I need.

Answer
Answer

OK I was finally able to create a similar boot issue to what you have and fixed it by deleting and replacing the entire System partition instead of just formatting it only.  This ensures that the partition is marked as an EFI partition.

To do this, use Diskpart again.

list volume

select volume 3 ← ensure this is your System Fat32 volume

delete partition override

create partition EFI

format quick fs=FAT32

assign letter=S

exit

bootsect /nt60 S: /force ← leaving off the /mbr switch eliminates the complaint about the different partitioning scheme

bcdboot C:\Windows /s S: /f UEFI /c /v ← This will show lots of lines with errors because the files don't exist yet

bcdboot C:\Windows /s S: /f UEFI /c /v ← This will show similar to above but without any complaints now that the files are there

This fixed things properly for my install.  Sorry for any confusion caused.

Don

2012 Alienware Aurora R4 ALX
Intel i7-3960X, 32GB RAM, 250GB NVMe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

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Last updated December 6, 2023 Views 4,533 Applies to: