Windows 10: How to Fix winload.efi missing or corrupt error in Windows 10

How to: How to Fix winload.efi missing or corrupt error in Windows 10

If youre facing a blue screen of death (BSOD) with the message that Windows\system32\winload.efi is missing or corrupt then this tutorial will show you how to fix this issue.

The error is caused by corrupt BCD information, corrupt boot records, incorrect boot order etc.







Rebuild the BCD Store

1 Boot your computer with Windows Setup Media and from Windows Recovery Environment start the Command Prompt.
Open Command Prompt at Boot in Windows 10
2 Please type below commands into Command Prompt and press Enter key.
Following commands will repair Master Boot Record (MBR), Boot Sector and BCD Store.


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3 If the Bootrec /RebuildBcd command fails then enter the following commands in Command Prompt:
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4 Finally, exit the Command Prompt and restart your Windows.

This method seems to Fix winload.efi missing or corrupt error but if it doesnt work for you then continue.



Run SFC and CHKDSK

1 Boot your computer with Windows Setup Media and from Windows Recovery Environment start the Command Prompt.

2 Please type below command into Command Prompt and press Enter key.
The following command scans integrity of all protected Windows system files and repairs files with problems when possible.

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Please replace partition letter D: with Windows installed partition letter. When computer boots into Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) environment the drive letter assign to Windows partition may not be C: drive letter because Windows 7, 8 , 8.1 and 10 creates a separate system partition when it's installed from scratch. The system partition contains boot files WinRE assigns the system partition the C: drive letter and the Windows installed partition will be assign any other drive letter usually D: drive letter is assign to Windows installed partition. The Bcdedit /enum | find "osdevice" command can be use to find out the drive letter of the Windows installed partition the output of the Bcdedit command is similar to this osdevice partition=D:. The drive letter after partition= is the drive letter of the Windows partition.

3 Exit the Command Prompt, and restart your PC.


Thats it you have successfully Fix winload.efi missing or corrupt error.

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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.

 

Windows 10: Getting blue screen error messsage "windows\system32\winload..efi" and error code "0xc000000f".

Original Title: windows 10 0xc000000f error in lenovo pc

my laptop is lenovo g50 30 which is windows 8.1 build.

after upgrade it shows blue screen

windows\system32\winload..efi

error code 0xc000000f

i cant find the solution in community

 

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Did you Update the BIOS or reset to defaults?

Then what is the setting for UEFI, CSM or Legacy BIOS, Secure Boot and Fast Boot, BOOT Priority Order?

For Winload.efi error at startup after install:

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winload efi missing or corrupt

I recommend you go to a working computer, download and create a Surface Recovery Image, then use it to reinstall Windows 10 on your Surface:

Step 1:

Microsoft Support | Download a recovery image for Microsoft Surface

Step 2:

Creating and using a USB recovery drive - Microsoft Support

Step 3: instructions how to install it:

How to download and install a recovery image for your Microsoft ...

 

winload efi missing or corrupt

My Microsoft Surface attempted to update Windows 10. I believe it failed. When I tried to turn on Surface, received message "\WINDOWS/system32\winload.efi Error code: 0xc0000225

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