corrupted winload.efi in a windows 10 copy

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I have got a mini computer with 32Gb of internal storage. Windows 10 takes at least 20Gb and the disk is now full.

So I decided to move the system to an external HDD SSD drive, using minitool partition wizard.

After the cloning, I have got this configuration:

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disk 1 is the internal disk. You can see 2 EFI partitions in the 2 disks(I don't know if it is important but maybe there should be only one).

When I try to start my computer, I am asked to choose which windows to launch. If I choose the first, the OS starts fine(but I have no more enough space). If I choose the second, I have a blue screen and a message :

error 0xc000000e one required file is missing of contains errors. \Windows\system32\winload.efi

thanks to google, I learnt the it means an important boot failure, and saw some ways of fixing that; one way is :

  • enter in the terminal via a windows distribution disk
  • bootrec /ScanOs
  • bootrec /RebuildBcd
  • bootrec /FixMbr
  • bootrec /FixBoot

but then I have an arror after "bootrec /RebuildBcd" : if lists one disk, I get a question ("add installation to boot list?"), and then I get the error "the system cannot find the file specified".

My questions are:

  • maybe a good tool to copy/move a windows 10 system could avoid me too long fixes
  • if not, is the problem linked to two EFI? if so, can I remove one?
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asked on Super User Feb 26, 2018 by lolveley • edited Feb 26, 2018 by Ramhound

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