Windows 10: Unable to use recovery usb after error 0x000000e following attempt to repair windows 10 boot

I've got an old machine that's seen lots of incremental changes, including an upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 that resulted in Windows 10 getting installed over disks 0 and 1 C: and D: drive respectively. Drive C is a Samsung SSD and was partitioned as Healthy Boot, Crash Dump, Page File, Primary Partition. Drive D is an older WD HDD, and was partitioned as Healthy System, Active, Primary, I assume because it was the original drive that Windows 7 was installed on.


Unfortunately, I think I followed some bad advice and removed the HDD D drive and rebooted my machine with a Windows Recovery USB in an attempt to repair the boot and get everything on my SSD C drive so I could scrap the HDD. At first this appeared to work, and I was able to use my recovery USB to initiate the startup repairs, but it failed at 51% complete and notified me that no changes were made. I reconnected the old HDD drive D and attempted to boot, but now I am getting an error of 0x000000e indicating that I cannot boot anymore. I attempted to get into my BIOS/Boot menu as indicated by ASRock ASRock Z97 but now even that is only resulting in a black screen whenever I use F2 or F11 as indicated. I'm unsure if I can recover my Windows installation at all at this point, and I would settle for simply being able to start from scratch.


Anyway, long question and I'm at the edge of my knowledge right now. Anyone have a possible solution?

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Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks

 

"A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed" Error 0x000000e on Windows 10

I wanted to install an SSD in a Laptop with 2 HDDs, one of which is not used. I took out the HDD which was not used, replacing it with the SSD and leaving the HDD with the
current Windows 10 Operating system. I then installed Windows 10 from media creation on the new SSD. But I receive the error : "A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed" - "Error 0x000000e", when I select the new
Windows installation from the Boot Manager.

Steps followed:

1. Replace HDD with new SSD. (Still with 1 OS HDD installed)
2. Create Windows 10 installation media with the Media Creation tool from Microsoft.
3. Boot from Windows 10 installation media.
4. Install Windows 10 on the new SSD. (no volume exists)
5. Installation Completes.
6. Re-boot.
7. Windows Boot Manager shows the 2 Windows 10 Installations.
8. Select the new installation.
9. Receive the error : "A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed" - "Error 0x000000e"

After some research I have found the following two options:

Option 1: This seems like a simple solution, but will I be able to boot from both Operation Systems (OS) after this?

1. Reformat the Partition created on the SSD for Windows 10
2. Remove the old HDD from the Laptop
3. Reinstall Windows 10 from the installation media

Option 2: This is the most common suggestion but the information around this fix is fairly limited, I don't understand why this simple installation would cause issues here? I did run bootrec /scanos and no OS was listed.

1. bootrec /fixmbr
2. bootrec /fixboot
3. bootrec /scanos <--- If no OS is found run the following
   1. bcdedit /export C:\bcdbackup
   2. C:
   3. cd boot
   4. attrib bcd -s -h –r
   5. ren C:\boot\bcd bcd.old
4. bootrec /rebuildbcd

Option 2 found from sources such as, Fix the MBR – Guide for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 / FIX: A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed 0x000000E on Windows 10/8/8.1 - wintips.org - Windows Tips & How-tos

 

Windows 10 Boot Error

Hi Max,

The error code 0x000000e may occur due to the following issues:

• Program lock-ups.
• Slow PC performance.
• System freezes.
• Startup and shut down issue.
• Installation and hardware failure.

To resolve the boot error code 0x000000e, we suggest that you follow the Startup Repair steps below:

• Turn off your computer.
• Turn on your computer. As soon as you see the Windows logo with the spinning dots, press and hold down the power button until your computer turns off. Do this process
  twice.
• Turn on your computer for the third time, and let it load.
• It should give you the message: Preparing Automatic Repair.
• On the next screen that would appear, click on Advanced Options.
• Select Troubleshoot.
• Go to Advanced Options.
• Click on Startup Repair.
• Wait for the repair to finish.

We would appreciate it if you could get back to us and provide us your feedback.