I am trying to set up two Windows 10 installations on the same machine (UEFI) using two separate NVMEs. I've followed the steps outlined in this video.
When booting up the original Windows 10 installation everything works fine, but when attempting to boot the second Windows 10 installation to set it up, I encounter the following issue.
Recovery
Your PC/Device needs to be repairedThe application or operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file is missing or contains errors.
File:
\windows\system32\winload.efi
Error code:
0xc000000e
I've tried running the following commands from WinRE, but it does not resolve the issue, nor does /RebuildBCD
find any Windows installations, even though I can browse both of them:
BootRec /FixMBR
BootRec /FixBoot
BootRec /RebuildBCD
$ BcdEdit
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
path \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-us
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {6d10e418-233a-11eb-a23c-38baf8825748}
displayorder {6d10e419-233a-11eb-a23c-38baf8825748}
{current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 5
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {6d10e419-233a-11eb-a23c-38baf8825748}
device partition=F:
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 10 - Work
locale en-us
inherit {bootloadersettings}
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=F:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {6d10e418-233a-11eb-a23c-38baf8825748}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 10 - Personal
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {9844d6ef-2367-11eb-afba-b0a1b954a7fa}
displaymessageoverride Recovery
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {9844d6ed-2367-11eb-afba-b0a1b954a7fa}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
DISKPART> lis vol
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 C NTFS Partition 931 GB Healthy
Volume 1 D NTFS Partition 232 GB Healthy
Volume 2 NTFS Partition 498 MB Healthy
Volume 3 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 4 E NTFS Partition 238 GB Healthy
Volume 5 F ESD-USB FAT32 Removable 14 GB Healthy
DISKPART> sel vol 3
Volume 3 is the selected volume.
DISKPART> det vol
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
* Disk 1 Online 232 GB 1024 KB *
Offline : No
DISKPART> sel vol 1
Volume 1 is the selected volume.
DISKPART> det vol
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
* Disk 1 Online 232 GB 1024 KB *
Read-only : No
Hidden : No
No Default Drive Letter: No
Shadow Copy : No
Offline : No
BitLocker Encrypted : No
Installable : Yes
Volume Capacity : 232 GB
Volume Free Space : 195 GB
DISKPART> sel vol 4
Volume 4 is the selected volume.
DISKPART> det vol
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
* Disk 2 Online 238 GB 1024 KB *
Read-only : No
Hidden : No
No Default Drive Letter: No
Shadow Copy : No
Offline : No
BitLocker Encrypted : No
Installable : Yes
Volume Capacity : 238 GB
Volume Free Space : 228 GB
I doubt there is anything wrong with %WinDir%\system32\winload.efi
on the second Windows 10 install, as I have applied the image multiple times using the commands from the video, also using the same image to perform multiple installations successfully before and after.
How do I troubleshoot this?
After several tries of making this work I ended up acquiring a larger drive and split it into two OS partitions. With this setup there were no issues implementing the dual-boot using the steps in the video mentioned in the original post.
Until someone confirms or denies whether dual-boot on a multi-disk setup is possible this is my best suggestion to anyone trying to set this up.
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