Windows 11/10 Boot Repair: Fix UEFI Boot Issue on Windows 11/10/8/7

How to do Windows 11/10 boot repair? What are the most useful ways? Read this tutorial and see how to troubleshoot.

PAGE CONTENT:

Fix 1. Use Startup Repair
Fix 2. Use Command Prompt
Fix 3. Change BIOS Settings
Fix 4. Add Disk Driver
Fix 5. Change the SATA Mode
Fix 6. Repair Hard Disk Partition Errors with Qiling Partition Master
Fix 7. Create Windows Bootable Media with Qiling Partition Master

Sometimes, Windows 11/10 fails to boot because there is a problem with the master boot record. In these cases, the master boot record needs to be repaired to restart and run. When you want to do Windows 11/10 startup repair, you can use the Windows 11/10 recovery environment includes an automatic option to accomplish this task. If this does not work, you can do it manually with Diskpart command prompt and other effective solutions. In this article, you'll find step-by-step methods to guide you to fix computer UEFI boot errors in Windows 11/10/8/7. Read on to find out how. Before you start, you can clone your boot drive to another drive with Qiling Partition Master. Then, follow these steps to fix Windows 11/10 boot repair.

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Method 1. Use Startup Repair for Windows 11/10 Boot Repair

Windows Automatic Repair is a built-in tool for users to apply and try to fix some normal errors on Windows PC. And you may also try this method to repair Windows 11, 10, 8 or 7 UEFI/EFI boot error:

1. Boot Up Windows from Installation Media

Step 1. Insert Windows 11/10/8/7 installation disk or USB to your PC.

Step 2. Restart PC and boot from the disk or USB.

2. Enable Automatic Repair Option

Step 1. Click "Repair your computer" at the Install now screen.

Step 2. Click "Troubleshoot" at choosing an option screen > click "Automatic repair".

Step 3. Choose an account from the list to continue at the Automatic Repair screen and wait for the process to finish.

When the process completes, you can restart your PC, and then you should be able to use your computer without any problems again.

Method 2. Use Diskpart to Fix UEFI Boot Error in Windows 11/10

If you are a Windows 11/10 or 8 user and you prefer free methods to fix UEFI boot error, you may follow below two solutions to solve this issue now:

1. Enter Command Prompt from Advanced Options

Step 1. Insert Windows 11/10/8/7 installation disk or installation USB into PC > boot from the disk or USB.

Step 2. Click "Repair your computer" or hit F8 at the install now screen.

Step 3. Click "Troubleshoot" > "Advanced options" > "Command Prompt".

2. Run Diskpart to Set Partition ID and Assign a Drive Letter

Step 1. Type below command and hit Enter each time:

diskpart
list disk
sel disk 0

Step 2. When the message "Disk 0 is now the selected disk" shows up, type list vol and hit Enter.

Diskpart will now show the full list of volumes on your PC, find UEFI volume from the list: UEFI partition will be on Volume 2.

Step 3. Type below command and hit Enter each time:

sel vol 2
set id=c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Or SET ID=ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7

Step 4. Assign the drive letter by typing below command and click Enter:

assign letter=G: (Note: G shall be a unique drive letter which cannot be already used.)

3. Repair the Boot Record

Step 1. Open Command Prompt as an administrator, enter below command:

cd /d G:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ (Note: G is the drive letter you signed to UEFI partition and remember to replace G with UEFI's partition letter)

Enter exit when the process completes.

Step 2. To repair the Boot Record, open CMD and enter below command line:

bootrec /fixboot

Enter exit when the repair process completes.

4. Rebuild the BCD Store

Step 1. Type each command line and hit Enter each time:

ren BCD BCD.old
bcdboot C:\Windows /1 en-us /s G: /f ALL (Note: c:\ is the drive where Windows 11/10/8.1/8 is installed on.)

Step 2. Type exit in Command Prompt when the process completes and then restart your PC.

Now UEFI boot is fixed, and Windows 11/10/8/7 can be boot up on your PC again.

Method 3. Change BIOS Settings

You need to select the boot mode according to the type of disk on your system. If you want to start an MBR system disk, you can select Legacy support instead of UEFI in boot mode. To start a GPT system disk, you need to select UEFI.

How to access BIOS: Common keys to enter the BIOS are F1, F2, F10, Delete, Esc, as well as key combinations like Ctrl + Alt + Esc or Ctrl + Alt + Delete, which are more common on older machines. You can enter the BIOS interface by holding down any of these keys while booting up on your computer.

Method 4. Add Disk Driver to Repair Windows 11/10 Boot

When you replace the RAID with a different machine or replace the original SATA or IDE disk with a newer NVMe SSD, you may encounter problems starting up. You can use the following Windows command line to add the driver to the restored Windows image manually.

Dism /Image:X: /Add-Driver /Driver:"y:\z.inf"

Note: X: is the disk character of the restored Windows boot partition, and in double-quotes is the location of the driver. Inf file.

Method 5. Change the SATA Mode for Windows 11/10 Startup Repair

After the older XP system restores, a blue screen or cycle start may occur, you can change to IDE mode to try to start.

If you run into boot problems after upgrading from an older HDD to a newer SSD, check to see if the BIOS is set to boot for AHCI. If you set it up for RAID mode, make sure the correct RAID driver is added to the cloned system.

Method 6. Check and Repair Hard Disk Partition Errors with Qiling Partition Master

Qiling Partition Master offers you the simplest solution to check and fix partition errors in Windows 10, 8, or other Windows OS with one-click. Just download and start Qiling partition management software, locate the hard disk, then run the check file system.

Qiling Partition Master will analyze hard drive errors and run repairs automatically. Now, follow the steps below to easily check and repair hard disk with this free partition manager. This method can also be applied to fix USB drive errors or hard drive errors under different Windows systems.

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Step 1. Choose "Fix boot" in the "Tools and utilities" page to start.

Step 2. Select the HDD that you want to fix. Click "Proceed" to continue.

Method 7. Create Windows Bootable Media with Qiling Partition Master

"Looking for a bootable partition manager that can resize partitions." This is a frequently asked question on the partition manager forums. This approach will walk you through creating a bootable USB drive partition manager using Qiling partition Master.

Qiling Partition Master is the most exemplary partition manager for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems. Qiling Partition Master can generate a partition manager bootable USB device that allows Windows users to boot a PC from the USB drive and safely manage hard disc partitions.

Aside from hard discs and RAID, Qiling Partition Master can also partition external hard drives.

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Step 1. To create a bootable disk of Qiling Partition Master, you should prepare a storage media, like a USB drive, flash drive or a CD/DVD disc. Then, correctly connect the drive to your computer.

Step 2. Launch Qiling Partition Master, find the "Create bootable media" feature in tools page and click on it.

Step 3. Choose USB or CD/DVD according to the device you connect to the computer, then click "Proceed".

When the process finishes, you have successfully created an Qiling Partition Master WinPE bootable disk. Now, you can manage your hard disks and partitions through the bootable drive whenever the computer fails to boot normally.

If you have RAID drives, load the RAID driver first by clicking Add Driver from the menu bar, which can help you add the driver of your device under WinPE environment, as some specific device cannot be recognized under WinPE environment without drivers installed, such as RAID or some specific hard disk.

To Sum Up

Windows 11/10 boot repair is a rather complicated problem. There are different solutions for different causes and problems. The above approaches only apply to common UEFI boot issues. If none of them can repair UEFI boot error in Windows 10, you can contact our technical support team to get specialized services for system boot issues.

If you don't want to risk losing or overwriting your important data during the fixes for Windows 11/10 boot repair, you can recover data from a PC/laptop hard drive that won't boot with Deep Data Recovery, a renowned data recovery tool on the market.

Windows 11/10 Boot Repair FAQs

The following four questions are highly relevant to UEFI boot repair. Check the answers to get you through.

1. How do you repair Windows 11/10 if it does not boot?

For Windows 11/10 UEFI boot repair, you can perform an automatic startup repair or using command prompt to complete. The step-by-step instructions are given each part, check the guides carefully.

2. How do I repair Windows 11/10?

To repair Windows 11/10 boot, you can use the Startup Repair tool. To access Windows 11/10 recovery environment, turn your computer on and off three times. While booting, ensure you turn off the computer when you see the Windows logo. After the third time, Windows 10 will boot into diagnostics mode. Click "Advanced options" when the recovery screen appears. Then, choose "Startup Repair" and follow the on-screen institutions to do it.

3. How can I repair the Windows 11/10 UEFI bootloader?

To fix Windows 11/10 UEFI boot problem:

Insert the Media (DVD/USB) in your PC and restart
Boot from the media
Select Repair Your Computer
Select "Troubleshoot" > "Advanced Options"
Choose Command Prompt from the menu and use the dispart command lines: Type and run the command: diskpart. Type and run the command: sel disk 0. Type and run the command: list vol

4. How do I fix a boot startup problem?

There are many effective solutions to fix Windows 11/10 startup issue and repair your EFI Bootloader. You can:

Fix boot with Qiling Disk Master
Use the Startup Repair tool
Fix BCD errors
Use Diskpart in Command Prompt
Add startup item
Add disk driver
Change BIOS settings
Change SATA mode
Fix MBR
Restore and repair system partitions
more fixes...