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Windows won't boot - error code 0xc000000e - windows system32 winload.efi
Messed up the SSD while trying to recover lost data and got this screen on next boot
I made bootable USB to get into CMD prompt and tried almost every solution online but it always ends in an error. Disk 0 should be the one with windows but can't locate any windows or boot files on it. I don't even know if drive is MBR or GPT because it doesn't have the asterisk however under Fs column, type is FAT32. Disk 1 just has games files on it.
I will list some issues i am having when trying cmd solutions:
bcdedit - The Boot config. data store could not be opened. The system cannot find the file specified
bootrec /fixboot - access is denied
bootrec /rebuildbcd - total identified windows installations: 0
Basically main problem is that windows and boot files are lost somehow, i tried dir /a still couldn't locate windows files.
I have seen a lot of people saying V: /FS:FAT32 then C:\windows /s V: /f UEFI (V is vol with EFI partition) works but i don't want to lose the data in the SSD.
Please help, I have been trying to fix this since yesterday. Is it even possible to fix this issue without losing the data??
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Boot into PE and repair the boot issue.
The error code 0xc000000e with the message related to winload.efi indicates that Windows cannot find or load the boot loader, often due to corruption or issues with the drive (especially if you've been messing with the SSD). Since you mentioned damaging the SSD while trying to recover data, it's likely the drive's structure or connections are compromised.
