Windows wont boot anymore - DISM doesnt work in Windows PE


a copy of wimlib is in USBprograms\BIN\wlx64
 

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Ran this DISM command:

Batch: 
Dism /Capture-Image /ImageFile:"F:\WEASELRTX\shadow.wim" /CaptureDir:\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1\ /Name:weaselrtximg

I think almost for 25 minutes and the cursor keeps blinking. In Task-Manager it runs and seems to be doing something:
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Drive is 1TB and is with 571GB full. I wait a little and i might switch to wimlib if its faster
 

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the wim is going to be huge

you wont be able to move 571gb into oldos and also restore a wim that is 571gb expanded because the disk is only 1tb. Dism does exclude sysvolinfo and the .sys files on the root from the capture so it wont be the entiure 571gb when applied . And you wont be moving sysvolinfo and dont need to move the .sys files into oldos either, but you havent got masses of space on there.

you dont need
\hiberfil.sys
\pagefile.sys
\swapfile.sys
in oldos folder . You can delete them before applying the wim
 

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SIW2 said:
the wim is going to be massive

you wont be able to move 571gb into oldos and also restore a wim that is 571gb expanded because the disk is only 1tb. Dism does exclude sysvolinfo and the .sys files on the root from the capture so it wont be the entiure 571gb when applied . You havent got masses of space on there.
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the oldos folder is on my windows partition. i saved the WIM file to F:\ which is an HDD which still has 778GB free of space.
 

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saved the WIM file to F:\ which is an HDD

that will take a while hdd are especially slow with small files.

might as well have a cup of char and a jammy barm cake while you are waiting
 

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Yup. I aborted the command. I forgot this is the slowest HDD i have with 5400RPM only. I made some space on my C: drive which is an SSD. Im also going to execute it via wimlib and dism.

Well no good :(

I executed with DISM and got this error:

Error: 1392

The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

The DISM log file can be found at dism.zip

With Wimlib it immediately stops with this error:

Batch: 
I:\USBprograms\BIN\wlx64>wimlib-imagex.exe capture \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1 "C:\WEASELRTX\shadow.wim" --compress=fast --config=X:\Users\Default\Documents\wimscript.ini
[WARNING] X:\Users\Default\Documents\wimscript.ini:1: Unrecognized section "[Exclusionlist]"
Scanning "\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1"
[WARNING] "GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1": Can't get volume attributes (status=c0000010): The specified request is not a valid operation for the target device
[WARNING] "GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1": Can't get volume ID (status=c0000010): The specified request is not a valid operation for the target device
[WARNING] "GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1": Can't get file information (status=c0000010): The specified request is not a valid operation for the target device
[ERROR] "GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1": Can't get file information (status=c000000d): An invalid parameter was passed to a service or function
ERROR: Exiting with error code 63:
       Could not read the metadata for a file or directory.

I:\USBprograms\BIN\wlx64>
 

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That is a bit convoluted. Easier to copy wimlib-imagex.exe and libwim-15.dll onto the root of the usb. Put wimscript.ini on the root as well
then the command paths are short and simple.

[WARNING] X:\Users\Default\Documents\wimscript.ini:1: Unrecognized section "[Exclusionlist]"
dont know waht you did there

sadly looks like the shadowcopy is damaged
Can't get volume attributes (status=c0000010):
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Unless you have another shadowcopy.
 

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SIW2 said:
Unless you have another shadowcopy.
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No unfortuantely not..

I found this image from Microsoft
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where it explains what causes are of a boot issues for Windows.

For now i managed to fix the Recovery Blue Screen Error.

I well did i something no one should do but i got an VM from the same build of windows. Extracted the msscore.sys file and placed it inside my windows partition.
Well after restart it complained with "Unknown Error". I thought well crap i need to do something. So i booted up to the ISO with Build number 10.0.22621.4249.

I thought i might try Startup Repair.. At first it did something and said repairing system files. Then it unfortunately it aborted and said it couldn't finish the repair. I then restart and well now i dont get the blue recovery screen anymore. I loads and shows the MSI (bios_logo) then goes black and comes up with the white loading circle.

For now its been going for 5 minutes i dont think it wont go any further but im going to keep looking if something get this machine back in Windows.

Edit:
The original doc from microsoft:
learn.microsoft.com

Windows startup issues troubleshooting - Windows Client

Learn to troubleshoot issues that prevent Windows from starting. This article includes advanced troubleshooting techniques intended for use by support agents and IT professionals.
learn.microsoft.com
 

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You could try fixing the osletter, it can get stuck like that if it doesnt know where it is. I am not too hopeful that is the problem but it wont hurt to try.

fixosletter1.jpg

Otherwise you could try to construct a source as described by ms. Get the rtm media ( whatever that means )and update with the latest cumulative.

Or you could skip the limitaccess switch and hope the matching files will be downloaded


learn.microsoft.com

Configure a Windows Repair Source

Configure a Windows Repair Source
learn.microsoft.com
 
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This is a trick I used years ago when I couldn't boot into Windows because the boot partition was on a drive I removed. I was dual booting two different Windows version on different drives. I tried all of the suggestions I found and nothing work. I used a bootable Macrium flash drive to make an image of my drive. After that I did a clean install of Windows. I made sure Windows booted OK. Once I knew it was working I booted Macrium from the flash drive and restored the image of the old C: partion over the new C: partition. I can't say it will work for you but it did work for me.
 

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Your BCD is corrupt! You need to fix it with the following commands:
Code: 
bootrec /rebuildbcd
 

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    --- My Windows PE testing environment lies here, (because I like retro), but I CAN and HAVE run beta versions of Windows 11. 21996 was the version. Also, I have lots of experience of Win11 and 10, and know how to deploy the OS. ---
Wrecking your WinRE isn't cool. Use this link to get a fresh copy WinRE (FRESH) so you don't get errors attempting to run commands. Your WinPE .wim file is probably corrupted since that drive isn't very healthy.
Boot into that but remove the
Code: 
/LimitAccess
parameter when running that DISM command, it makes it readonly
 

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    --- My Windows PE testing environment lies here, (because I like retro), but I CAN and HAVE run beta versions of Windows 11. 21996 was the version. Also, I have lots of experience of Win11 and 10, and know how to deploy the OS. ---
That also contains PowerShell and internet access (which you NEED to get the install.wim file)
Go to Microsoft's website and download a fresh ISO: here
and select x64 and Download.
Open the ISO file and then use DISM to install from the ISO [CD]:\Sources\Install.wim (after burning it)
 

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