Windows 10: Windows10 update damaged something, attempting repair, some advise adv

If you can tell me where to host an image I can take a screen shot photo of the computer with this Internet-device that I'm using to write this.
*I found a host and took a photo but I'm not sure how to make it show up as an image so here's the link instead:
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I will say that my screen looks different

The box itself at the top on the margin is:

(tiny image of command prompt) Administrator: X:\windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe


And your line of command code begins differently than mine,

where yours is:

C:\windows\system32>


Mine is:

X: \Sources>

Followed by the cursor underscore thing

Does that all matter or not?

 

Screen shot using the camera phone:






Link to screen shot
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I have also used the following:

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Booting to WinRE will give you the tools to access your entire C:\ but you need to determine what drive letter WinRE has given to your C:\ for the session you have booted to. To achieve this you use DISKPART.

Boot to your WinRE ("repair mode" as you call it)
Type DISKPART and press Enter
Type LIST VOL and press Enter
You will need to identify which is your system drive letter - this is often easily identifiable as they are often titled SYSTEM or WINDOWS or WIN8 etc. and often have the volume capacity (another easy bit of information to identify your C:\).
Make a note of the drive letter assigned by the WinRE environment - it may not be C:
Type EXIT and press Enter - The command prompt will return to the X:\Sources> prompt
Type your noted C: and press Enter - it should change the working directory to the drive letter. To verify it is your C:\ type dir and press Enter and you should see your Users folder which you can enter into (cd Users) and dir again to see your user account.
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I did as they said and can get the command line to:

C:\>

And typing:

Dir
= I get the directory of C:\

Dir users
= I get a list of the computer users

But from here I can't access further (maybe because I don't know how or if it's possible)

 

When you boot into the Recovery Environment, It loads a WinPE version of Windows into memory and run from there. The main drive in WinPE is X: instead of C: and it's fine.

I suspect since your Windows OS is OEM from Toshiba and it does not have an EFI System Partition. Each manufacturer customizes the partition layout in a non standard way and cause lots of problem whem comes to Windowws Updates.

Open Admin command again and type bcdedit | findstr "path"

copy and paste the result




To post a screen shot:
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Okay so typing exactly as you have written and shown, the reply is simply:

'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

 

Sorry, My Bad. Apparently Findstr is not available in WinPE.
How about just type: bcdedit and look for the line with "path"

 

Alright, no problem, so typing:

bcdedit

It says:

The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system device cannot be found.


but then typing:
Bootrec /fixboot

It says:
The operation completed successfully.

I'm not sure what that is though. I am trying to learn.

 

I think your ESP partition is messed up badly so let's try to re-create it. We will delete the partition 1 (ESP) then re-create EFI Partition and BCD.
Please take note on all spaces. A quick way is to copy and paste what I have below into the command windows.
Admin command, type:

diskpart
select disk 0
select par 1
delete par override
create par efi
format fs=fat32 quick
exit
mountvol U: /s
bcdboot c:\windows /s U: /f UEFI
mountvol U: /d

Reboot the PC

 

It was successfully doing everything right up to:
Mountvol U: /s

There it again says:
The parameter is incorrect

 

According to this link it could require a different command but I am not sure what they mean by "n" if that's letter E or volume 2, I don't want to screw it up by typing the wrong thing. And I'm not sure if it's correct to my machine?

What the link says below:

You Cannot Access an EFI System Partition with the Mountvol Utility in a WinPE Environment

Symptoms

If you use the Mountvol utility (Mountvol.exe) in a Windows Preinstall Environment (WinPE) on either a Windows XP-based or Windows Server 2003-based computer, you cannot gain access to the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) system partition by using the mountvol /s command. For example, if you try to use the mountvol x: /s command, you may receive the following error message:
The system cannot find the file specified.

Cause

This behavior occurs because the Mountvol utility is not supported in WinPE environments.

Resolution

To work around this behavior, use the Diskpart utility (Dispart.exe) instead of the Mountvol tool. To use the Diskpart utility:
Click Start, click Run, type diskpart in the Open box, and then click OK.
When the Diskpart utility starts, type select disk n at the prompt (where
n is number for the mapped ESP disk), and then press ENTER.
Type select partition
n at the prompt (where
n is number for the mapped ESP partition), and then press ENTER.
Type assign letter=x at the prompt (where x is the drive letter that you want to assign), and then press ENTER.
After you follow these steps, you can access an EFI system partition by using the drive letter that you assign to the partition with the Diskpart utility.

Status

This behavior is by design.

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You are talking about WinXP and Win Server 2003. Some of the info from the internet is pretty out of date.

EDIT: Here's the screen shot. I booted the Windows Installation which is a WinPE:




Something is not correct with your Recovery disk. Perhaps, you might want to download: Windows 10, boot up then try again with Command prompt.
Download Windows 10

 

Alright, so I will arrange to get a disc copied from that link of windows10 to use as a new recovery disc, and then I will return to this thread.

Thank you for your help and patience thus far, I will return soon.