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Discus and support Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after... in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; I bought a laptop with windows 10 pre-installed in it. Yesterday I installed ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS by creating a new partition. Ubuntu is woeking fine now... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by GA_29, Feb 27, 2020.

  1. GA_29 Win User

    Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after...


    I bought a laptop with windows 10 pre-installed in it. Yesterday I installed ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS by creating a new partition. Ubuntu is woeking fine now but when i boot into Windows, an error "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" pops up. Please help.

    I can see the windows partition through ubuntu screenshot attached. Also it shows it's 88% full. I don't understand why is it not working. Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after... 11f60726-a77f-4824-be1b-9a2286354307?upload=true.png




    ***Modified title from: Windows 10 not working after installing ubuntu 18.04***

    :)
     
    GA_29, Feb 27, 2020
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  2. dictum Win User

    Which tool to recover the EFI partition? Booted into Rescue Disk

    That's not what they suggest here:

    FIX: Steps to Fix Winload.EFI Error - Appuals.com

    Winload.EFI Error, is pretty much self explanatory by it’s name is an error that prevents windows from loading. This is usually caused by corrupt boot records or incorrect boot configuration. Depending on your Operating System, the error message may vary but the keyword winload.efi will be same. On a Windows 8/8.1/10 system, the error usually pops-up in the following form.
     
    dictum, Feb 27, 2020
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  3. Dandido Win User
    The Boot Configuration Data for your PC is missing or contains errors


    To topgundcp.

    I followed your instructions but Macrium could not find an operating system. See image below.

    Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after... [​IMG]


    I pressed next anyway and selected C: and pressed next again.


    Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after... [​IMG]


    I ran the fix and everything seems to have worked fine. I then restarted my computer.


    Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after... [​IMG]


    I was greeted with a new error *Sad


    Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after... [​IMG]


    Any idea on what to do next?



    To dalchina.

    Here's the result from the HD Tune Health tab.


    Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after... [​IMG]


    I am currently doing an error scan with no damaged blocks after 15 minutes. I will leave it on and come back later and post the result.



    To bro67.

    Thank you for your suggestion. I will try it after the error scan is completed and post the results.



    So to summarize I currently have this error when trying to boot my computer.

    Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
    <Windows root>\system 32\hal.dll.


    Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after... [​IMG]
     
    Dandido, Feb 27, 2020
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  4. Error: "winload.efi file missing or contains errors" when trying to boot Windows after...

    BCD error: "missing or contains errors" yet the same BCD boots successfully from a USB stick

    I've copied the EFI boot partition for my Windows 10 installation to another disk. If I try to boot from that other disk (by running EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi in the EFI shell), I get error code 0xc0000225 with a message similar to the following:

    Windows failed to start...

    The Boot Configuration Data for your PC is missing or contains errors.

    But... If I recursively copy the EFI folder from that same disk (the one I couldn't boot from) to a usb stick, I can boot from the usb stick with no error (once again, running bootmgfw.efi in the EFI shell). This tells me that the BCD exists
    and isn't corrupt; indeed, the contents of the file system on the usb stick should be identical to the one on the disk that produced the error.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,

    Brett S.
     
    BrettStahlman, Feb 27, 2020
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