Corrupt boot file during Win 10 ISO build

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  1. Posts : 6,345
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
       #11

    None of the drives are GPT.

    You didn't answer my questions:
    - You were upgrading to Win 10 Pro from what Win version? Did you run Setup.exe on the USB drive?
    - Are you sure that drive 0 is your windows drive? Why it doesn't have a System partition?
    - What do you have on drive 2 (149G)?

    Boot from a Win 10 installation drive and at the Windows Setup screen, press Shift+F10 simultaneously to open a command line prompt and type:
    Diskpart
    list vol
    exit (to exit diskpart

    Take a picture and post it here as an attachment.
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  2. Posts : 223
    Win 10 Pro 64bit v 21H1 build 19043.1166
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       #12

    This all goes back to trying to get the Win 10 Pro drive ready to upgrade to Win 11 Pro. The original drive was MBR because it was created years ago on an upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10.

    I used Macruim Reflect to make a backup of the C: drive so that if the upgrade failed, I could at least restore the original drive. The backup completed successfully. I went to verify the backup and came up with a corrupted file so any restore would not work. I decided to reinstall Win 10 (keeping user files, etc) and it was during that install that the power failed near the end.

    I have no idea what the smaller partition is. Drive 0 should be the Windows drive because of the size.

    Here's the pic:

    Corrupt boot file during Win 10 ISO build-20231026_090922.jpg
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  3. Posts : 6,345
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
       #13

    Is drive 0 a SSD or a HDD?
    You have a bigger problem. Partition C: and G: are RAW, they aren't formatted.
    You can try to fix it with @jumanji help (don't try to fix by your own) or just do a clean install loosing everything on drive 0.

    What do you want to do, try to fix it or do a a clean install loosing everything on drive 0?

    For what I can see, drive 2 has a letter E: assigned to it and a label Storage.
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  4. Posts : 223
    Win 10 Pro 64bit v 21H1 build 19043.1166
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       #14

    Would really like to retain the data on the C: drive but if the only option is a clean install, I'll go that route.

    Disk 2 is an old, old storage drive, nothing that was used for the OS.

    What can @jumanji do that hasn't already been tried?
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  5. Posts : 6,345
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
       #15

    Is drive 0 a SSD or a HDD?

    @jumanji is the drive expert. He can give you instructions to try to fix the drive.

    You can do a Win 11 Clean install.
    I suggest you build the USB Win 11 22h2 installation drive using MCT

    Reset BIOS or load defaults.
    Set Disk mode to AHCI, not RAID
    Select OS mode = UEFI
    Disable fast boot and secure boot (you can turn it on after installation)

    Windows can be installed in two ways: Legacy-MBR or UEFI-GPT
    To install as Legacy-MBR you must boot the installation drive as Legacy
    To install as UEFI-GPT you must boot the installation drive as UEFI.

    As you have a UEFI BIOS, you should install as UEFI-GPT
    Detach any other drives (SATA or Power cable) from the MB.

    During POST, press F12 to launch the boot menu. You will see two options for the USB drive. USB UEFI (Name) and USB (Name). Select USB UEFI (Name) if you want to install as UEFI-GPT or select USB (name) if you want to install as Legacy-MBR.
    Go to install and delete ALL partitions on the main drive till you have one and only one unallocated space and then proceed.

    If you want to use a local account What is "oobe\bypassnro" | Windows 11 Forum
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  6. Posts : 223
    Win 10 Pro 64bit v 21H1 build 19043.1166
    Thread Starter
       #16

    Well, it looks like I'll try the clean install to a new ssd and keep the old one to try with @jumanji and see what works best (the most optimal one would have been to be able to restore the C: drive from the macrium backup but I have nothing yet from Macrium on this issue.
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  7. Posts : 6,345
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
       #17

    rzn6jw said:
    Well, it looks like I'll try the clean install to a new ssd and keep the old one to try with @jumanji and see what works best (the most optimal one would have been to be able to restore the C: drive from the macrium backup but I have nothing yet from Macrium on this issue.
    That is a very good solution. For now, detach (SATA or power cable if SATA) or uninstall (If NVMe) drive 0.
    When doing a Clean install, make sure that the only drive attached is the target drive.
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  8. Posts : 223
    Win 10 Pro 64bit v 21H1 build 19043.1166
    Thread Starter
       #18

    Just a quick question. I tried to install a clean Win 11 Pro via a USB Media Creation Tool to a new 2Tb ssd. The installation failed saying the needed Windows files were missing.

    Should I try again with an ISO DVD?
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  9. Posts : 6,345
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
       #19

    - You boot from the USB Win 11 installation drive as UEFI.
    - Go to the install wizard and delete all partitions on the main drive till you have one and only one unallocated space and then proceed.
    - It begins to copy all files and then reboot.
    - It begins installation
    At what phase did you see the message that needed Windows files are missing?

    I don't know what's wrong with yours USB Win 11 installation drive. It can be many things, from drive format to missing drivers.
    Let MCT create the USB Win 11 installation drive.
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  10. Posts : 223
    Win 10 Pro 64bit v 21H1 build 19043.1166
    Thread Starter
       #20

    Boot PC to USB drive.
    Click Install.
    Select drive to install on.
    Info: Very briefly shows copying Windows files.
    Info: Getting files ready for installation.
    Info: Windows cannot install the required files.
    End of install.
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