Windows 10: BSOD on startup, can't enter windows

Yesterday I started to get the error REFMON INITIALIZATION FAILED on startup of windows 10, it occurs every time and I can't get into windows.


I tried booting in safe mode but it happens there as well.

I ran sfc /scannow and it said the drive was write protected

I ran chkdsk and it found errors, but chkdsk /F could not complete either

I can't find any new system images either.


currently im probably going to boot into the efi shell and copy my programdata, appdata, and users folder to another drive then try resetting windows, but I thought I'd see if there is a better solution first.

:)

 

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BSOD during windows start up

That's probably good news.

Quicker than uninstalling is to run "msconfig.exe" which is part of Windows. You can choose what runs when you start up the pc.

In the msconfig program untick all items on "startup" tab. Then go to "services" tab, tick "hide all Microsoft services", and untick the remaining services listed except hardware manufacturer ones (Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Realtek, etc.)

Try a normal pc boot then.