Should I reinstall windows or can I fix it through external USB?

I had a BSOD happen and have been trying to repair it. I posted earlier here but had no luck as of yet. I bought a USB to hookup the PCIe stick to my laptop and copy the files before chancing losing them. My idea was to reinstall windows but is there a way I can restore the original Windows that's on it? I found out that I accidentally erased the recovery partition through command prompt so that's not an option. I can only load Recovery options from the media creation tool on USB.

Can I fix Windows (BSOD) through plugging the PCIe into my other laptop through USB?

Please see posting instructions:



If the computer cannot boot to Windows the post images of what is seen during boot including error messages and codes.

I posted just fine. If you don't like how I posted, then ignore it and move on. I feel more harassed then helped. Thank you.

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Please follow forum posting instructions.

Didn't see "If the computer cannot boot to Windows the post images of what is seen during boot including error messages and codes." ..... But I gave the link to all the info like error codes so for convenience so you don't have to click on a link, I'll copy and paste everything here for you. It'll make your life easier apparently.

Original post:

One of my laptops crashed unexpectedly. Everything was fine until a loud alarm, like a long deeper tone sounded. I went to the computer (I was not on it at the time) and something was on the screen but it suddenly swiped up and turned off. I couldn't read the message in time. Turning it back on, I was given different options like "Choose an Option" and options "Troubleshoot" and "Turn off PC". That took me to the advanced options where I can do startup repair, command prompt, system restore, system image recovery, UEFI Firmware Settings and Uninstall Updates. I researched and from what I found, there were lots of discussions about needing to restore the BCD files. So I did try some things and soon, some of the help led me into the command prompt. I was able to see my hard drive at the time. I tried command lines from NavyLCDR from TenForums (found here) with someone who had similar issues. He said probably need to rebuild the entire system partition. The command lines he gave are these:

diskpart
select disk 0
list part
list vol

I was able to see my hard drive so everything checked out. Then he said:

"In your command prompt, run the following commands. If any of the commands fail, stop and post which one failed:
diskpart
sel dis 0
sel par 1
del par override
cre par EFI
for fs=FAT32 quick
assign letter=T
exit
bcdboot C:\Windows /s T: /f ALL
exit

Then reboot the computer."

I followed the steps. But after restarting the computer, I got a blue screen with a message "Your PC couldn't start properly" and the error code 0xc0000001. Only options were to try again, F1 for recovery environment, F8 for startup settings and Esc for UEFI Firmware Settings. Any option under F8 just returned me back to this menu. Esc sent me to the BIOS menu and F1 would take me to another blue screen that said Your PC/Device needs to be repaired. The BCD file doesn't contain valid information for an operating system. File: \BCD" Then error code 0xc0000098. The only way to be able to get the previous options for recovery like the CMD prompt option and the others, were to boot the computer with a USB using Media Creation Tool Windows 11 from the Windows website.

Now if I go into the CMD prompt, the only drives it shows is the USB. No more hard drive. It was after I entered the command prompts that took away the hard drive. Can someone tell me what's going on? I have no idea. I feel like those command prompts formatted the hard drive or something. I can't find a windows directory either under C:\dir.


Any help is very much appreciated. Thank you

Everyone, see his cross-post. Windows giving blue screen error code 0xc0000001 and 0xc0000098

What is/are the status of the important computer files?

a) backed up images saved to another disk drive or the cloud
b) backed up files saved to another disk drive or the cloud
c) no backed up images or files; files need to be backed up to another disk drive or the cloud
d) no backed up images or files; files do not need to be backed up to another disk drive or the cloud


Boot to a Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) (Windows iso) > command prompt

Type:

notepad
notepad
notepad

Search for these files:

C:\Windows\memory.dmp
%systemroot%\memory.dmp

C:\Windows\Minidump
%systemroot%\Minidump

C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports
%systemroot%\LiveKernelReports

Post share links using one drive, drop box, or google drive.

A clean install of windup is always easier (imo).
Do a backup of your files.
There should be an OEM directory on your laptop with all the necessary programs and drivers.
If you erased this directory, download the drivers from the Internet (official OEM site, Intel, AMD...).
If the hardware is working properly, there should be no problems.
In BIOS "Load Optimized Defaults"

All the basic drivers are in Windows (except for Intel RST).

One method that people have used successfully is to do a clean install to a new, blank drive. Then copy only the partition containing the Windows installation right over the top of the Windows partition on the new install. You will need a third party app to copy the partition such as MiniTool Partition Wizard Free.

Delete my account. I'm done here. I'll find real help instead of being harassed.

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FYI: the user has now practically abandoned this thread and the forum itself.

Besides that, this isn't a BSOD issue, they've got a "borked" Windows install so they aren't going to be able to following the BSOD posting instructions, even though they wouldn't really be of much help anyway.