I keep a clone of my OS on drive E and replace after each major update, so every month basically.
Today stupid me decided to boot into it and run updates.
Now I can’t boot into anything. I gat into some wallpaper attached to the theme I use and no way to get out of it. I try hard shutdowns but I get a blue screen with an error 0xc0000001 and although it says press Windows key nothing happens. Any eecourse?
Picture shows what I get after booting:
Others may understand but you have me confused. For me please slow down and take your time to post so that I/we can better understand what your saying.
Not sure of your issue specifically but it’s generally advised you don’t keep a cloned drive attached. Having two drives with identicle operating systems, the last time I looked at it, was not advised.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
You may need to repair the windows boot manager.
I searched on it for a Microsoft Surface Pro 10 but I am not sure I want to post the process, there is always a risk of causing damage to the OS.
I’d be happier if someone with more experience assisted you.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
I appreciate that, thanks. The trouble here is I don’t have s Windows ISO on a USB Stick to rescue it. I tried Neosmart’s Windows 11 RE(pair) and although it finished, i’m no closer to getting into my system.
This generally works to enter the troubleshoot mode at boot without USB installation media
Start your laptop or Surface Pro and wait for the Windows logo to appear.
As soon as the logo appears, press and hold the power button until the device shuts down.
Repeat this process twice.
On the third restart, Windows should automatically boot into WinRE.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
I’ve used that so many times with my PC & now with the tablet but this time it isn’t working . I get a BSOD that says Recovery etc and under that Error 0xc0000001 “Press the Windows Key for Recovery”. I do that and nothing happens then it simply shuts down.
@antsoants I’ve discovered how to enter that normal Recovery Screen on a Surface Pro 10: Press and hold Shift using Restart rather than power down etc. it wont do a startup repair and I have no media to run a repair. My next try will be System Restore.
In Recovery I opted for Boot to another System (my image on Drive E) , then as follows.
Accessed drive C's BCD and edited it using Neosmart's EasyBCD did the trick and now I am back to normal. In future I will stick to my C drive,
Thanks everyone for your kind help and inspiration.
this just means you had too many bluescreens, it's especially annoying because it is queued to appear, and you could actually fix the issue you were having and still see this 0x...001 screen afterwards, I'm not sure exactly why they added that one
I've had plenty of occasions where I made the correct repair, saw that blue screen then rebooted and was good
Your backup plan makes absolutely no sense. Both of your backup options are on the same drive as your OS. If you lose the drive, you have no way to recover.
What @glasskuter said is fully on point. A backup can be done several ways, to a different drive, to a cloud account, etc. Different "stuff" can be saved, mainly important documents, pictures, downloads, etc. The Operating System can be reinstalled if the drive fails, programs can be reinstalled but the things one creates must be saved against the possibility of drive failure.
Having a second drive in a Desktop is one way to have a backup copy, most Notebooks don't have that capability. Rarely does a power supply failure kill the drive/s.
