Win 10 boot fail: BSOD error 0xc000000e winload.efi not found

Great so you're in CET time zone too?

What time is it in Switzerland its 16:58 here?

right now it's 15:00

Only two hours head of you.

Did you configure your computer, how is everything progressing?

I'm installing the updates

• 2018 01 24, starting with win 10 pro 64 1703
  
  
• Allow updates (turn off metering and pause)
  
  
• Updates listed are:
  
  
  
  • Feature Update to win 10 version 1709
    
  • 2018-01 Cumulative update for Win 10 ver 1703 x64 systems, KB4056891
    
  
  Can I paste screenshots into this thread?
  

You can upload the screenshot to https://imgur.com website and paste the direct uploaded link to at your post.

The imgur links seem to be stripped from the post

I just updated images and instructions at below guide.

How to Take a Screenshot & Upload/Attach it to Posts

You can also post screenshot by clicking button and pasting the uploaded image url address.

Here's what has been installed.  It's processing the 1709 update (Fall Creators) now.

Please try to keep up with all the Windows updates that will be installed if needed we can uninstall it from Windows Recovery Environment. Keep a note of the KB number of the updates.

I'm taking images of them as they occur
the imgur links aren't working.  It says they're "incomplete"

Which image host website you are uploading the images.

My bad you already said which image hosting website its imgur give me sometime to write you instructions.

I just used this site to host an image.  Can you see it?  It seemed to be uploaded but now I don't see it.

No i don't see the posted image.

It showed briefly here, and then, was gone.

The FCU is at 75%... I usually get this far and it works once, then won't boot.

I have just posted few screenshots at the below guide they display without problem.

How to Take a Screenshot & Upload/Attach it to Posts

Thanks for the tutorial.  It was the quote icon that I was not using.
FCU is at 98%

Please watch the screenshot of how to copy and paste the BBCode (Forums) from imgur.





You have one update failed to install and looks like you have not upgrade to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, version 1709.

Yes, one failed. I then installed it manually.  you should see the same update # as ok

FCUs is just finishing now.

Good if there are more updates install them if not i think you are at clear and everything works.

Usually at this point is when it fail.  One of the follow on 1709 updates seems to corrupt the boot partition.  I'm installing all updates but, I've done this about 5 times.  It works, until one more reboot and then fails.

thanks for your amazing patience.

You are very welcome!

Lets hope today is your lucky day!

I don't know if any help but I've enabled "system restore" and created a restore point.  Now all the new 1709 updates are installing.  Sorry this takes so long.

Thanks don't worry about it!

Yes we can use system restore tool to recover your computer only if nothing else works.

updated MS win 10 pro 64 to 1709 with associated other updates

system boots ok

Run MS config, select Safe Mode
System boots into Safe Mode ok
Run MS config, select Normal Start
System gets an error 0x000000e winload.efi is missing

This is the same error as I got during the last update attempt

After booting into Safe Mode and the try a normal boot (no other changes) get this error...

Sys restore error

When in Safe Mode, attempted to run msconfig

Boot with USB
bootrec /scanos shows 2 installations  
1 c:\windows
2. C:\windows.old\windows

Tried bootrec /rebuildbcd
it also finds c:\windows  (I say yes)
then 2nd windows.old (I say no)

The system cannot find the path specified.

I'm stuck here and hope you an help

Hi @natzure

Please boot your computer with Windows Setup Media and from Windows Recovery Environment.

If you haven't use Automatic Repair (Startup Repair) if this tool wont work then start the Command Prompt.

Please execute following commands and post a screenshot of the commands outputs.





From List Disk command you will found out disk number assigned to Windows installed storage disk and replace X with this disk number.

let me know which disk to select

Cheers

with Disk 0 selected

You can know which disk to select by looking at Size of the disk from here it look like Disk 0 but i'm not sure.

yes, you're right. Disk 0 selected and more info posted.

Okay you have selected correct disk don't close the Command Prompt while i write you instructions.

From Command Prompt execute below commands:



You may need to replace C: drive letter with Windows OS installed partition drive letter.

I think C:\windows is correct

I had to use S: but then it fails...  Did I type something incorrectly?

sorry, forgot to exit diskpart
Boot file successfully created

You have followed my instructions not correctly you have assigned a drive letter to System partition not a D: drive letter. You also executed Bcdboot command without exiting the Diskpart command.

Restart your computer lets hope Windows will boot.

when I tried to assign D: it said it was already in use
I'll reboot

Ok.

it has booted
I get the above options. The second one gives the same error, the first one has booted correct.

Boot to Windows 10 then open Msconfig and please post a screenshot of the Msconfig.

Forget to say which tab please post a screenshot of Boot tab.