Hi all,
I hope someone can help with this Windows 8 Boot issue, apologies for the long post but I have tried a couple of things and tried to include as much information as possible.
Issue
When trying to boot Windows (no USB drive) I get:
Legacy Boot Mode, Secure Boot Off
Reboot and Select a proper Boot device
UEFI Boot Mode, Secure Boot Off
Windows logo followed by blue screen
UEFI Boot Mode, Secure Boot ON
Windows logo followed by blue screen
When I boot from a Windows USB drive where I get:
USB1 UEFI
Repair Options
Troubleshoot
Refresh your PC
Starts but does not get past 1%, then "There was a problem refreshing your PC. No changes were made"
Advanced Options
Startup Repair
"Startup Repair couldn't repair your PC"
Log file: C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt
Last line "Boot status indicates that the OS booted successfully."
If I Change boot mode to legacy
USB Storage Device
Troubleshoot
Refresh your PC
"The drive where Windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again."
I can get to a command prompt and see my data, Diskpart shows the following information:
Diskpart
Disk### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
Disk 0 Online 119GB 0 B *
Disk 1 Online 7385MB 0 B
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
Volume 0 C NTFS Partition 98GB Healthy
Volume 1 D Backup NTFS Partition 20GB Healthy
Volume 2 Recovery NTFS Partition 300MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 3 FAT32 Partition 100MB Healthy Hidden
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 Recovery 300MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 System 100MB 301 MB
Partition 3 Reserved 128MB 401 MB
Partition 4 Primary 98GB 529 MB
Partition 5 Primary 20Gb 99 GB
I have tried the following
Bootrec /fixmbr
>Ok
Bootrec /fixboot
>OK
Bootrec /RebuildBcd
Total identified Windows installations: 1
[1] C:\Windows
Add installation to boot list? Yes(Y)/No(N)/All(A):a
The requested system device cannot be found
Any other suggestions please?
Best regards
Chris
I hope someone can help with this Windows 8 Boot issue, apologies for the long post but I have tried a couple of things and tried to include as much information as possible.
Issue
When trying to boot Windows (no USB drive) I get:
Legacy Boot Mode, Secure Boot Off
Reboot and Select a proper Boot device
UEFI Boot Mode, Secure Boot Off
Windows logo followed by blue screen
UEFI Boot Mode, Secure Boot ON
Windows logo followed by blue screen
When I boot from a Windows USB drive where I get:
USB1 UEFI
Repair Options
Troubleshoot
Refresh your PC
Starts but does not get past 1%, then "There was a problem refreshing your PC. No changes were made"
Advanced Options
Startup Repair
"Startup Repair couldn't repair your PC"
Log file: C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt
Last line "Boot status indicates that the OS booted successfully."
If I Change boot mode to legacy
USB Storage Device
Troubleshoot
Refresh your PC
"The drive where Windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again."
I can get to a command prompt and see my data, Diskpart shows the following information:
Diskpart
Disk### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
Disk 0 Online 119GB 0 B *
Disk 1 Online 7385MB 0 B
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
Volume 0 C NTFS Partition 98GB Healthy
Volume 1 D Backup NTFS Partition 20GB Healthy
Volume 2 Recovery NTFS Partition 300MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 3 FAT32 Partition 100MB Healthy Hidden
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 Recovery 300MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 System 100MB 301 MB
Partition 3 Reserved 128MB 401 MB
Partition 4 Primary 98GB 529 MB
Partition 5 Primary 20Gb 99 GB
I have tried the following
Bootrec /fixmbr
>Ok
Bootrec /fixboot
>OK
Bootrec /RebuildBcd
Total identified Windows installations: 1
[1] C:\Windows
Add installation to boot list? Yes(Y)/No(N)/All(A):a
The requested system device cannot be found
Any other suggestions please?
Best regards
Chris