jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

After a Win10 update my older Dell will not boot. Error: 0xc000000e. Something is missing. I got the disk image I made using Macrium reflect, started the computer, and the program wanted me to point it to the Macrium image, ...mrimg. There is no such thing on the disk. I admit, I used the free version of the program, but why wouldn't it make an image when it said it was? Nothing in any of these folders is mrimg.

I have Win10 on a USB drive from when it was free, but I don't have much hope of getting that to work.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

I had the same general type problem when I upgraded to 10. I had to get it open in safe mode and give the Toshiba tech access and it cost $135 or so for them to make the repairs. It took them about 35 minutes and the told me some files did not load properly. Hope you have better luck!

Vancewood

Whoorah for Windows.

unlucky2 Loc: Hemet Ca.

Yep, me to. The April update of windows 10 bricked my new Dell laptop. Would not boot and the "rescue disk" could not find an operating system. I had followed directions and made a rescue disk with system files as recommended when updating. Created a disk partition named recovery which was to hold an iso file. Was I ever surprised when I found that partition to be empty. Microsoft Windows support (online) for Win 10 has a recovery option for this event that allows you to make an iso file for instillation from a working win 10 machine. I have tried it twice so far without success. I have installed Linux Mint but find it to be a very poor replacement and MS will not allow a Win. download to Linux machine.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

How hard would it be for Windows upgrades to do a scan of the machine and ensure that all required files needed for the upgrade is in place before starting blindly into the upgrade?

Kuzano

I never use any after market or OEM (mfr) discs to load Windows 10 and I have been on Windows 10 since the original Insider Program. There is a Media Creation Tool for 32 bit and for 64 bit.

I go to the Microsoft site and download the Windows 10 Media Creation tool and run it while connected to the internet, doing the update online. That file has a provision called "update this computer".

It also will allow you to create a USB boot disk to connect to the internet, or a DVD disk ISO image. I've done tens of machines for myself, for resale and for clients. Rarely if ever any problems. Has even worked free on many computers with no qualifying versions of previous Windows.

Simple easy and works. It does a clean install sans any of the Crapware that OEM machines are burdened with. May occasionally need to go the the support site for the original computer and download graphics software, audio and such, but I only download only what is necessary. I am not a fan of any companies intrusive utility software and often run computers without such OEM crap like speed booster, cleanup utilities and such.

Generally speaking no problems and no hardware conflicts. Run the Windows Defender that comes in Windows, and add Malwarebytes (paid version for real time protection).

That's it. 30 years now PC consulting and teaching Windows OS. Microsoft finally created a winner in Windows 10. Don't understand the Paranoia. Have even done free upgrades on many XP and computers of that era.

NCMtnMan Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC

If you have another system to use or can use a friends you can Google this error and there are a lot of potential fixes for it. One of those would be to download the Win 10 ISO file from Microsoft and then burn it to a DVD so you can boot from that. Then you can use that to run repair on the drive and see if it can fix the error. This error usually pertains to a corrupted boot sector and files.

If you are able to get it to boot, you can revert back to your earlier OS if you want to. I would recommend that in the future you use the backup that is a part of Windows starting with Windows 7. It has the option of creating an image backup of your drive. You will need an external hard drive with a partition no larger than 2 terabytes or a really big stack of blank DVD's (you really don't want to use the DVD option even though it is there). It will also let you create a recovery disk or you can use you copy of the OS to boot from and restore the image to a corrupted disk or new disk. Detailed instructions are on-line if you Google creating Windows disk image.

30 plus years in IT and I don't recommend upgrading any earlier version of Windows to Windows 10. Way too many issues with older hardware.

Good luck!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I think "annoyance" is a better word. After MS updated Win10, my machine doesn't boot. That's annoying, to say the least. I have several copies of that ISO file, but is it going to work now that Win10 is not free?

If this had happened with an Apple, I could have gone online, downloaded a new OS and then installed it. I did that last week.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I did Google that error, and there are "potential" fixes. I've gone that route before and wasted hours with no result.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Apparently, that's too hard for them.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I tried the ISO file, but I still get the same error screen. It won't boot from either the USB or a DVD with the ISO file. "Something is missing." I have the disk I used to install Win10 on my new computer, but that's not going to work for another installation. I also have a new Win7 disk, so I could install that, but then I would have to install Win10 from the ISO file, which is probably an iffy proposition.

HOHIMER

Kuzano: you said:
“Have even done free upgrades on many XP and computers of that era.”
How is this possible since XP computers do not have touch screen capability?

Papa Joe Loc: Midwest U.S.

Jerry, I had a similar problem. I had already downloaded/installed the 'big Spring' update and about a week later another update came called "Cumulative 2018 update''. After it was installed, Same results... could not boot computer. I was fortunate in being able to do a 'restore' which I had created two days prior, and then read where Microsoft advised NOT to install that particular update until it had the bug corrected. That was about a week ago, (about May 10-11). Creating a restore point is so very crucial and I'm happy I had the most recent one to rely on (this time:o) I have since changed my UPDATE settings so that I will decide when and if to install, rather than the 'auto' feature.

brow3904 Loc: Upstate South Carolina

I had the same result on my third computer. Unfortunately, it has my photo software and 18000 images. I've tried getting MS to help but they say my signin is incorrect and my password is incorrect (although I just changed it for them) and I'm out of luck. My computer boots up to the screensaver and locks up. Nothing works except turning it off and rebooting and then it stops at the same place every time. If you find a solution, please post.