Windows 10: Can't boot from M.2 drive in Computer A, boots fine from same drive in Computer B Error:...

I just finished building myself a brand new gaming computer, and have been really happy with it. My brother wanted one, so we ordered the parts for essentially the same machine only difference is 9600k vs 10600k for his, and mobo gen update for proper socket, got the second one all together, and installed windows on his M.2 drive. Went just fine, got U/N & P/W set, and told it to restart to let things settle in and make sure all was well in the kingdom. All was not well. Mobo splashscreen, then white text saying"windows b1initializelibrary failed 0xc00009a"


Wasn't sure what to do with that. Pulled up the list of boot drives hoping to just repair it from the install disk. No luck from chasing my tail for a while there. The M.2 drive is still listed as"Windows Boot Manager Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB" It won't boot past that "Windows initialize Library" message, so I couldn't get into disk manager to check things out on his machine. Popped the drive out and poked it into mine I can list hardware minutiae if you think it's relevant hoping to look at the drive in disk manager on mine. I was slow in interrupting the boot sequence, and it booted INTO HIS WINDOWS INSTALL, NO PROBLEM. What am I missing here? I hoped it just maybe botched the transition from initial install to functional boot disk, so with his drive in my computer I used diskpart.exe running as admin to wipe all partitions, then reinstalled- thinking that if it installed fine in his and booted in mine, maybe I could sweet-talk his into booting into a preconfigured, stable windows install on his drive once I poked it back into his rig. No dice.


The official Micro$oft page on that error says, "This problem occurs because the boot firmware on the computer generates lots of memory fragmentation." And their helpful advice,IN ITS ENTIRETY is: "We recommend that you do not let boot firmware create large amounts of fragmentation." Great. Why didn't I think of that...



I've tried installing Windows on a newly wiped SATA SSD on his machine, exact same result. Help? I'm kind of at a loss.

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BCD errors and Boot drives

My computer screen went black out of nowhere, and upon booting up I received a Boot error and recovery message telling me that the BCD file is missing. I had previously created a back up of my windows 8.1, so I grabbed my flash drive and prayed. I have
checked tobmake sure that the USB drive is the preferred boot option, followed steps from numerous other posts with similar issues, and yet the same error occurs everytime I try to boot up my computer. Even with the drive. According to the menu, the usv exists
and is readable, and through connecting the USB to a different computer I can see that the files are all there and fine. Yet the error persists. If anyone has a suggestion I would really appreciate it...

 

Computer booting up slow and unable to add files to flash drive

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to run System Maintenance Troubleshooter.
Follow these steps to run System Maintenance troubleshooter:

• Press Windows key + W and type troubleshooting.
• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click System Maintenance.
• Follow the on-screen instruction to run the troubleshooter.

I suggest you to place the computer in Clean boot
and check.

Putting your system in Clean Boot state helps in identifying if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue. You need to follow the steps from the article mentioned below to perform a Clean Boot:





http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135/en-us

Note: After clean boot troubleshooting steps, refer to the section "How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot" in the provided link to return your computer
to Normal startup mode.

With regards to USB flash drive as its not working with different computers as well, you may need to get in touch with the USB flash drive manufacturer.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Computer not booting

1) What are the status of the files?

a) Had the files been backed up to another drive or to the cloud?

b) Had a backup image been made and saved to another drive?

c) Would you be able to perform a reset with save files or an equivalent?

(files are saved but applications and drivers need to be reinstalled)

d) Would you be able to perform a reset remove files or an equivalent?

(files, applications, and drivers are lost)

2) What is the history of malware?

3) What antivirus software products are in use?

4) ) Open the website for the computer or motherboard manufacturer > support > enter the product or serial number or model > select the operating system > view drivers > post a URL or hyperlink into the thread

5) Find a flash drive that you can format ( > or = 8 GB)

6) Create a bootable Windows 10 iso:

Ten Forums - Windows 10 Help and Support Forum

7) Insert the bootable Windows 10 iso flash drive into any USB port

8) Power on the computer and click the applicable F key to boot to the BIOS boot menu

List of PC brands with their corresponding hot-keys

9) If it is a custom computer then temporarily modify the BIOS boot menu to boot to the external USB HD

10) In the BIOS boot menu boot to the external USB HD

11) It may take 5 -10 minutes for the iso to load while viewing the Microsoft Windows icon

12) Select language, time, currency, and keyboard, or click next

13) In the lower left corner click repair your computer

14) Click troubleshoot

15) Click startup repair

a) indicate whether it did or did not create a srttrail.txt

b) If it fixes the boot that will complete the troubleshooting

c) If it fails then advanced to the next step

16) Click system restore

a) start with the oldest restore point

b) keep repeating system restore to the most recent restore point

c) If it fixes the boot that will complete the troubleshooting

d) If it fails or if there are no restore points then advance to the next step

17) Click command prompt > this should open a black box with title bar: Administrator: X:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe and prompt: X:\Sources>

18) Find a camera or smartphone camera to take pictures and post images into the thread for the commands and the results. When posting images please use share links (one drive, drop box, or google drive) Additional troubleshooting steps will be based on
the results for each command.

19) Type these commands. (Comments will be in parenthesis)

20) bcdedit /enum

21) bcdedit | find "osdevice"

(make note or the partition drive letter as this will be used in later steps)

22) diskpart

23) list disk

24) list volume

25) select disk 0

26) list partition

27) select partition 1

28) detail partition

29) select partition 2

30) detail partition

31) select partition 3

32) detail partition

33) select partition 4

34) detail partition

35) select partition 5

36) detail partition

37) select disk 1

38) detail disk

39) list partition

40) exit

41) dism /image:M:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions

(change the drive letter to the partition drive letter displayed in step #21)

(reboot to check the boot and if it fails reboot to command prompt)

42) chkdsk /r M:

(change the drive letter to the partition drive letter displayed in step #21)

(This typically takes many hours and displays ETA)

(reboot as necessary to run the command)

43) (reboot to check the boot and if it fails reboot to command prompt)

44) sfc /scannow /offbootdir=M:\ /offwindir=M:\windows

(change the drive letters M: to the partition drive letter displayed in step #21)

(This may take a while to run)

45) (reboot to check the boot and if it fails reboot to command prompt)

46) C:

47) dir

48) D:

49) dir

50) (choose the drive letter that displays windows and the drive letter displayed in step #21)

51) (The proper drive will display: perflogs, program files, program files (x86), users, windows, etc.)

52) M:

(change the drive letter to the applicable drive)

53) cd \windows\system32\config

54) dir

55) cd..

56) cd..

57) cd..

58) bootrec /fixmbr

59) bootrec /fixboot

60) bootrec /scanos

61) bootrec /rebuildbcd

62) (reboot to check the boot and if it fails reboot to command prompt)

63)Please take pictures with a camera or smartphone camera and post images into the thread using share links (one drive, drop box, or google drive)