I am running Windows 10.00.14393 with a SSD as the system drive. My apps are on drive D and data is on drive E. I used SiSoft Sandra to find out that I have a BIOS and there is a secure boot. The computer boots perfectly (so why am I writing this)? Read on....
I used Acronis True Image 2017 to backup the system, and created two rescue disks, one was the standard (Linux?), and the other one was WinPE.
If I use the normal disk and reboot, I get to a choice menu of True image 32 or 64 bit, with a highlighted choice of ‘start Windows’. (I don’t want to restore a working system; I just wanted to see that I could start Windows from this point).
When I pressed enter (or waited a while), I got ‘MBR3 error’, followed quickly by a blue background screen headed ‘Recovery’, with the following message:
‘The application or OS couldn’t be loaded because a file is missing, or contains errors.’ The file is \windows\system32\winload.exe’ code 0xc000000e. Pressing enter or F8 does nothing.
When I rebooted with a Windows repair disk, I followed the following steps:
Set uk kybd, troubleshoot, start up repair, windows10. The messages ‘diagnosing your PC’, ‘attempting repairs’, then ‘couldn’t repair’ appeared. (The same thing happens with the WinPE disk)
The reason for asking for help is that I would like to know what I should do; why does the use of a rescue boot disk not work to get me into Windows? If there was something ‘unauthorised’ from Acronis in the MBR, then why does my PC boot normally without rescue disks? I have thought about using ‘bootfix’ but my computer doesn’t seem to have it installed in system32. Is Easybcd the answer; Acronis have been trying for a while to get me one?
I’d be grateful for any help you can give.
I used Acronis True Image 2017 to backup the system, and created two rescue disks, one was the standard (Linux?), and the other one was WinPE.
If I use the normal disk and reboot, I get to a choice menu of True image 32 or 64 bit, with a highlighted choice of ‘start Windows’. (I don’t want to restore a working system; I just wanted to see that I could start Windows from this point).
When I pressed enter (or waited a while), I got ‘MBR3 error’, followed quickly by a blue background screen headed ‘Recovery’, with the following message:
‘The application or OS couldn’t be loaded because a file is missing, or contains errors.’ The file is \windows\system32\winload.exe’ code 0xc000000e. Pressing enter or F8 does nothing.
When I rebooted with a Windows repair disk, I followed the following steps:
Set uk kybd, troubleshoot, start up repair, windows10. The messages ‘diagnosing your PC’, ‘attempting repairs’, then ‘couldn’t repair’ appeared. (The same thing happens with the WinPE disk)
The reason for asking for help is that I would like to know what I should do; why does the use of a rescue boot disk not work to get me into Windows? If there was something ‘unauthorised’ from Acronis in the MBR, then why does my PC boot normally without rescue disks? I have thought about using ‘bootfix’ but my computer doesn’t seem to have it installed in system32. Is Easybcd the answer; Acronis have been trying for a while to get me one?
I’d be grateful for any help you can give.