Easy Fix UEFI Boot Missing Winload.efi Using BCDedit Command

[@themightysandwicho2121]

Just installed a new RAM stick and got the same error but with 00f instead of 00e. Been trying for hours to repair it but nothing worked. Even a year later and your video saved my sanity! Thanks dude

[@Fintara]

Even a year later, this video is helping! Thank you very much! I was able to get a PC to boot to Windows without reimaging.

[@ST3W1010]

Instantly worked following your steps I can’t express how thankful I am 😅. Definitely earned a sub and a like

[@JanMachovec]

what a great explanation, these videos are rare on YT

[@ElMalito187]

Fun fact: As an IT Specialist myself. I learn something new every single day and relearn something that I was once knew and have unequivocally forgotten because life just works that way. If you don’t use it you loose it. Thank you my friend for helping me troubleshoot this exact situation. I was racking my brain all night trying to make “this” happen with automated repair software by the likes of HirenBoot, Linux distros and you name it and each failed what I needed to accomplish. Watching your video made me see “going back to basics from back in the day” is the first step to problem solving. Edit: Rock n Roll my friend. Cheers 🍻

[@WindowsTips101]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@carldin]

thanks man.. searching all over KZbin this only one works..

[@NoobMaister6]

Thank you so much! This was very helpful and worked for me

[@WindowsTips101]

Glad it helped!

[@rgrohith]

After doing those bcd edits my laptop does not turn on now

[@braw3909]

did you finally fix it please reply I'm stuck

[@mamatmatew]

😂

[@martincima5947]

This is amazing video. You've perfectly explained the boot sequence. Suddenly it all falls in place. After migrating windows 11 with suspended bitlocker via copying partitions an error 0xc000000e (yes E, not a typo, win 11 do have this erro code as well) popped up. Copying partition messed up visibility, that confused bootloader and subsequent repair attempts completely messed the BCD configuration. Your video was an excelent guide to fix this. Many many thanks. keep up the good work.🥰

[@WindowsTips101]

It's good to hear that it works out in your case. Thank you for sharing.

[@lockey4770]

OMG I can't believe it!!! I've been at this for 5 days trying to clone and install a new m.2 NVMe SSD because I needed more space on my SSD quickly and it didn't work. I looked everywhere for a solution and this was it!!! Honestly I'm over the moon, thanks a lot for the great video ❤❤

[@Rochi7]

Man I can not thank you enough, I tried too many of fixes but no one of them solved my issue except this one, you are the man, thank you a lot.

[@stevesan1539]

The way you explained boot sequence so that we have got an idea about booting process. Again with such simple two steps you have made the system to boot properly. Really marvellous bro. May God blessu. Thank u.

[@WindowsTips101]

You are welcome

[@jerrydelacruz5119]

Excellent, worked perfect. Good explanation of the cause of the problem -- cloned disk etc.

[@WindowsTips101]

Glad it helped

[@jovencanezal750]

Broo, thank you so mucu for yourchelp! I messed up my bios and I thought I would need to reformat my pc, im so glad i found your video!!! You got new sub!

[@Trigonal_bipyramidal]

when i enter bcdedit it shows The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system device cannot be found

[@myoccultreality]

3:44 can you please explain more about this situation.... On Which option should I select at this moment, how you identify your USB drive in this list?

[@scottjohnson5333]

You saved me lots of time. I cloned 5 harddrives to get ready for an SSD change and ran sysprep only to be plagued with the winkiad.efi missing. your guide has helped me..Thank you so very much

[@Pidalin]

This is big advantage of Samsung SSDs, their clone tool (it works only with samsung SSD) can be run from Windows and it's 100% reliable, it can even clone to smaller disk if I know, it's the best thing, unfortunately only for samsung.

[@robertodilernia964]

Your video saved me today and I wanted to thank you. The commands were perfect and allowed me to clean up a big mess with the winload.efi file. THANK YOU

[@winnebagowill]

thank you!!! wached 1000 video's . no avail... your solution did it!

[@DineshKumar-yu2fo]

You are genius bro. Worked after 3 hours of bullshit on youtube.

[@rodrigoperea102]

this was the only option that really works for me, you really make a great job explaining how the system initiates, thanks a lot! 🎉❤

[@PaulHutchings01]

Great video. Just what I needed, thank you.

[@jonahchow5796]

You're a lifesaver man, awesome video!!

[@WindowsTips101]

Glad it helped!

[@foxalfox2777]

I tried to use bcdedti command but I get this massage the boot configuration data store could not be opened the requested system device cannot be found, how could I fix this issue please.

[@SimpleTechGroup]

you have to download the thing first

[@michaeltiesworth4694]

I get the same message. Someone else replied that you have to download the thing first, but I don't know what that means. I am following the directions in the video and don't see any step to download things. Does bcdedit go on the thumb drive as well as the windows recovery software?

[@gonzogamer2636]

When I type bcdedit in command prompt I get *The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system device cannot be found.* Just cloned my old m.2 to a newer one with bigger storage. Any help would be appreciated!

[@Raven-dn6jk]

found anything in this issue bro?i'm facing same issue

[@JordanJordan-pu6cc]

Yeah me too

[@scottl1376]

Thank you for this! This fixed me after most of a week trying to figure out why my Win10 22H2 sysprep kept corrupting my system preventing me from updating our system image! Everytime I sysprep I was getting this error. These steps allowed me to fix it and capture my image!

[@tinchogalan]

this is gold!!!! thank you very much!

[@WindowsTips101]

You're very welcome!

[@dozazilnica9712]

It worked, thank you very much 🎉

[@WindowsTips101]

You're welcome!

[@dreisam3-evang.gemeindemit413]

Wow, never thougt it could be that easy! thanx man

[@matejkorbas28]

Thank you very much for this video. I was dealing with this problem for almost the whole day. You're the best.

[@s0zum]

interesting that the only comments you even acknowledge is the ones that are saying this worked instead of helping 99% of people who can't fix it

[@OlimaJhon]

Excellent guide!! Thanks, you saved me.

[@jakhan3067]

Definitely a very good tutorial. Thank You.

[@karenignacio]

This helped a lot! Thank you so much

[@korekd6524]

thanks man, i thought my pc was fu**ed but then i saw your video. I really appreceate that man. Left a like and a sub

[@bischofszeller]

That just safed my day!!! Thank you!!

[@snafu5563]

Thank you, problem solved and learned some new things :)

[@TheMostnoob]

Damn, such a parfect explanation After 5 hours trying to fix my 2ssd (tried to clone one to another, both stopped working) this did thr trick Thanks a lot man, earned yourself a sub

[@WindowsTips101]

Glad it helped.

[@BT843]

When in Windows 11 desktop my "list volume" shows my drives and associated letters correctly, as well as the boot loader showing partition=C and osdevice partition=C correctly. But when I use my windows 11 installation USB to access the advance recovery options screen and perform the steps you provide the "list volume" shows my drives with all the wrong letters. My windows C drive is now my E drive, but the boot loader device and osdevice are pointing at E. That is not showing a discrepancy but it is not reflecting the correct lettered drives on my desktop. Not sure what to do here. I am able to boot into windows, but because of the missing winload file I cannot access the advanced recovery screen without booting with my USB and I would like to clone my OS to a new SSD but not until I can resolve this.

[@WindowsTips101]

Firstly, you are seeing the different mounting letters which is normal because you are booting the pc with different windows, the original windows on one of your hard drives and the winpe on the usb, each windows could mount the devices and assign letter differently. Secondly, you still be able to boot windows on one of your hard drives, meaning winload is working fine. Thirdly, not being able to boot to recover environment is a different problem. You need to check if the recovery partition physically exist on one of your hard drives and there should be an entry in BCD file pointing correctly to that partition. Lastly, win RE may be corrupted, you may want to refer to Microsoft document on how to recover the recovery partition.

[@zxz5044]

same problem bcdedit points to drive D and in disk list it shows my windows disk as "D" BUT in windows it is named "C "so confused if I should change it to C or D also when trying to reset the PC I encounter this Winload error, if you found a solution please share

[@BT843]

@@WindowsTips101 thank you for that information. I decided to do a fresh install of windows onto the new SSD I was installing and everything works as intended now.

[@wazup946]

​@WindowsTips101 hey, i had the same problem like him which is letter E is indicates to my System windows, even though when i boot to windows it said C is my letter. So should i keep going the steps you provided from the video? that i should change the letter from E to C ?. I would appreciate your help 🙏

[@bastianmuhlenhaus5794]

You Sir are an absolute legend!!

[@Kimmimaro86]

Thanks, best tips and straight forward!

[@FruGos]

OMG i cant thank u enough.. u are so amazing keep doing

[@UrbanVirusSw6]

@WindowsTips101 How do i fix this, when i do what you say it says this ? The Boot configuration data store could not be opened. The request system device cannot be found, i was resetting my laptop when the Batt died now its this , PLEASE HELP !!!

[@granthoward9422]

Great explanation , thanks so much

[@GabrielComitto]

Best tutorial 🎉🎉🎉

[@esquire.597]

Thank you man!❤ You a W mans frl. After installing my new M.2 SSD and cloned it, my pc wasnt booting to the new drive, I have messed with it for 2 days now. I did your method and instantly worked. Your a life safer👏

[@Azrael-xl3jl]

Thanks man! Managed to fix my Rog Ally X using this guide. Problem for me was that after using disk cloning both bootmgr and default was messed up. Had to point bootmgr to \Device\HardDiskVolume2 (the one labeled SYSTEM) as well. All fine now :)

[@WindowsTips101]

Glad it helped

[@DAGESTAN05FBI]

Thank you, worked perfectly.

[@JohnDeanT]

Life saving! Thank you.

[@eshandesai3154]

when I use bcdedit it just says "The boot configuration data store could not be opened." Then says "The requested system device cannot be found." What do I do, I've been on this for hours.

[@JordanJordan-pu6cc]

I used EaseUS boot repair tool to fix this

[@xthrone2698]

Very good explanation, It worked perfectly, I am eternally grateful. You saved me. Thank you very much. ❤

[@vla2uv]

I've cloned a SATA m2 of 256GB to a NVME m2 of 500GB and I've got your described error not beeing able to boot from the new cloned NVME m2 SSD. Could my problem be addressed with your demonstration?! Is it your described situation can occur when cloning from one particular type of SSD to a different type of SSD, due to two different standards?!

[@WindowsTips101]

It could be. You can try to troubleshoot the boot settings in the BCD to see what is wrong.

[@wiggytoo]

Many thanks - great video and advice, and fixed my issue after cloning to a larger SSD on Windows 11 - I used the Hirens USB as it had BCDEdit too and I already had it to hand.

[@WindowsTips101]

Glad it helped

[@alfathbintang1418]

You explenation is nice and good for following, i try another method but nothing, just wanna say tysm for the tutorial, its really helpfull😭😭🙏🙏🙏

[@PerchEagle]

/set isn't working for me, it's not available.

[@jchewbaka]

Should I download windows 11 media creation(I'm running windows 11)

[@WindowsTips101]

Yes.

[@asadullah033]

Thank you very much bro ❤

[@aqourszutto]

It worked omg. Thank you very much! ❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@paulopintobitwiselda.2802]

Great video, Thanks

[@marcosborges212]

Thank you man it saved my life

[@Patricebrouh]

Thank you soo much, your method repair my pc

[@WindowsTips101]

Glad to hear that

[@Andraz-kk3lt]

Thank you bro, you saved my future !

[@zazaman9991]

so i bought this old work laptop from someone off facebook marketplace i formated the ssd and when i try to go into bios it keeps saying enter admin password i cant get into none of the bios settings without this password what should i do ?

[@RimmetzOA]

the element data type specified is not recognized, or does not apply to specified entry. r un bcd edit /? for command line assistance l. element not found

[@YanYan-h4d]

Works fine, thank you

[@nosheenakhtar3154]

This worked thank you so much

[@david.roizner]

This really works!! congrats and really thank u Bro!! You're the man!! Worked after almost 2 hours of bullshit on youtube

[@MoranaGoddess]

Thank you man!

[@kakxer]

Thanks bro❤❤😊

[@AdamPrestNZ]

Great video, I have two separate bootloaders listed in my BCDEdit, what does that mean? One has the identifier {current} and the other is {ddb9e759-ab7d-11ef-9fc0-8f55f863219b}

[@Gabriel8OD]

Works. Tu é brabo!.

[@WindowsTips101]

Valeu! Fico feliz que deu certo. Obrigado pelo elogio!

[@GiContin]

Does de pen-drive neede to be only w eindows installer?? Im doing w a windows 10 and im to tye oart were u reinstall windows, it only says "reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" pls help

[@WindowsTips101]

It seems like the USB drive might not be properly set up as a bootable Windows installer. Try using the Microsoft Media Creation Tool to create the installer correctly. Also, check your computer's BIOS/UEFI settings to ensure the USB drive is set as the first boot option. If it still doesn't work, reformat the USB and try again.

[@GiContin]

@WindowsTips101 so i gonna try again tomorrow, i got to instal the windpws ij the pendrive, and comnect w the computer, but like in yout video, it gave an error, so i did what u did, but it was alredy in the "C" and not in the D, anyways, thank for your help, alredy gone half the way

[@dsbeats_rap_beatz]

Thanks Man it works!!!.

[@borderlessid8753]

Why I can't open Microsoft Windows download page? It is blank. Can't be accessed outside US?

[@Yoloslides]

I have an odd question: I need to restart in Safe Mode, and that's the only time I get this error. What i mean is, I can boot into Windows just fine. But if I hold SHIFT when i click Restart so I can get boot options, that's when I get this error. Any idea how to fix that? Using your method here, it's already pointing to the right location in BCDedit More context: Error code is 0xC000025 This is a fresh install of Win 11 23H2 (24H2 just gave me too many BSODs) Secure Boot and Bitlocker are turned off (per other suggestions) ASUS ROG Scar 18 (2024) 2TB ssd, no extra partitions 4090 64GB RAM

[@darrenconway8117]

I have used Rufus to produce a Win11 installation usb. I am trying to load Win11 on a ASRock X370 mobo with just one blank M2 drive installed. I think I need to build a new BCD. I don't get far enough to get to a terminal. I can't open a terminal to run any commands. What should I do?

[@bfd1918]

Will try using your method.Tks

[@sungod5851]

Bcdedit says boot configuration data store could not be opened

[@godisgame5283]

Mine said Bcedit is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file, can u please help me?

[@hastingtjipueja6627]

Thanks so much!!!!

[@Kuba-rr6br]

I have problem - in descprition i dont have my disk - i have windows boot managee

[@nortski78]

Doesn't work for me. "The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system device cannot be found"

[@JordanJordan-pu6cc]

I used EaseUS boot repair to fix this

[@aketo8082]

Thank you. I use Windows 11 Home, with GPT, and tried Bootrec & Co. But still the same problem. What can we check and find out where the problem is? I have check if EFI partition is available. Bootrec /fixboot -> Access denied. And now?`Thank you for futher information.

[@Diegold159]

Brooo THANK YOUUUUUUU!!!! works for me too

[@StANDby007]

device = unknown for me, and interesting: Every time I gave the bcdedit command, it gave the answer "Non-existent device" instead of "successfully". But I still rebooted and windows opened normally.

[@ahmadabderrahim3462]

Can i send you a screenshot of the error iam getting? Thank you

[@molonlabe8792]

Running BCDEDIT shows nx =OptOut not OptIn. Plus I don't show Startup Repair, System Restore, Command Prompt, System Image Recovery or Uninstall Updates in Advanced Options window.

[@NigelAves]

ADVICE NEEDED. I "had" a dual-boot system with Ubuntu (on its own disk) and Windows 11 (loaded on C:). Windows was loaded first, then Ubuntu and this was set as a Dual-boot. Unfortunately, something went wrong with the SSD on which Ubuntu was loaded. And, of course, now I get the dreaded error message. What is a little strange to me is that I'll get the error on a Cold start or using Restart, BUT if I go into BIOS first and then start the computer, it fires up with no issues reported. So before I manage to make matters worse, will this fix work for me? Kind Regards - Nigel.

[@laco4375]

I had problem 0xc000024. I can fix this problem too?faulty boot with Windows Go

[@WindowsTips101]

The problem could be on the disk, not BCD. You can try chkdsk /r C: . Then try sfc /scannow if you get to the command prompt.

[@JordanJordan-pu6cc]

Does the Windows 10 installation media have any affect on the cloned windows or only helps with bcd repair? Thank You

[@WindowsTips101]

The Windows 10 installation media primarily helps repair the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) to make the cloned system bootable. It does not affect the cloned files or settings unless used for reinstallation of Windows 10.

[@JordanJordan-pu6cc]

@WindowsTips101 is the dell Recovery usb the same? Thanks

[@WindowsTips101]

It should have bcdedit tool.

[@JordanJordan-pu6cc]

@WindowsTips101 thank you for the reply. The dell Recovery tool didn't repair the bcd. I ended up using EaseUs boot repair, and it worked. It cost 19.99, and then i used EasyBcd (donated 10.00) to create dual booting. Finally, iReboot lets me go between both Windows operating systems in Windows. Thanks, again for your video insights.

[@Idntcheat]

What if you have 2 windows system and only one of them have the problem

[@DeepFriedMelons]

When i did the last step, I can't find my another storage volume😢

[@Lightlink056]

worked, thank you very much.

[@fededemarcos1172]

Great video, it worked. Now I have a question: what is that long alphanumerical value between {} (for example, in resumeobject)? I understand that it's sort of the ID of the partition, but what is its exact name? My problem is that I clone HDDs with Windows, Linux, GRUB, EFI and backup partitions. After clone, I must fix this issue of the BCD to boot into Windows, but this also happens everytime I restore from the backups. As I can't modify the BCD table stored in the backup, I'm looking to fix this problem by its deep roots, meaning chainging partition's ID or whatever its necessary. I've already tried cloning with Ghost 11.5.1 (DOS) and Minitool ShadowMaker (Windows) with the option of sector-by-sector clone, so I guess cloning again with another tool won't solve anything. Is it possible to change this {88888888-4444-4444-4444-121212121212} value ON the disk to avoid this BCD failure?

[@fededemarcos1172]

Ok, I've found on detailed blogs that this hex serial in form of {8-4-4-4-12} is called UUID/GUID, and there is one for the whole drive and one for each partition. I already 'cloned' manually the UUID of the drive using diskpart, but now I have to figure out how to modify the UUID of each partition from a Linux enviroment (apparently, doing this from Windows is not possible), OR cloning back the whole drive but using dd (from linux console, aaaaaghhhhhhhhhh)

[@tyan8146]

I have 2 windows boot loader please help how to delete 1

[@mahkhardy8588]

Nothing is working for me. I've tried everything. Only happens on Windows restart and startup from shutdown. Never happen when waking from sleep. When the BSOD comes up I Esc to UEFI and simply press F10 and it boots into windows as normal. It is the craziest thing ever. (This is after numerous clean installs, checking RAM, scanning disks, updating and flashing BIOS, removing CMOS, and doing what you say in this video and the problem still exists only when restarting or startup. Windows is on a 970evo+ 1TB nvme m2, all scans prove the drive is fine. No overclocking, all stock MSIB550, 32gbram, ryzen 7 3700x. XMP disabled it seems to work normally. Bad ram?

[@rubinhomoto]

Great! Solve my problem!!!

[@anduanderson7626]

Works perfectly😊

[@atleticoz0]

Ffs i did everything and still get the blue screeen :(

[@yosefemad3633]

i literally just got my laptop and tried to change my disk sizes and this error appeared and i almost lost all hope but thank u