Problems with getting PC to always boot

macnab · 01 Mar 2021

Windows 10 64-bit V2004 19041.804
16GB RAM
Intel i3-3220
Gigabyte motherboard.

I have a PCi card with 2 SATA slots on it - used for data discs.
I use Macrium Reflekt to clone my boot drive, so I have 2 boot drives. Can't detect any difference in the boot problems between the 2 drives, so problem is unlikely to be them.

So far haven't seen any difference in problem between boot and wake from hibernate.

If the boot process gets as far as "Please wait" the boot is always successful.

Here is a list of the usual scenarios.
It says Press Del or F2 to enter setup. No further activity.
It says Press Del or F2 to enter setup. I press Del, it says Entering setup, but it doesn't.
It says Press Del or F2 to enter setup. After 30 seconds get the 4 windows and the busy circle and disc activity.
It says Press Del or F2 to enter setup. After the normal 2 or 3 seconds it goes ahead with booting.

Sometimes it says Preparing Automatic Repair (after I press reset.)
I have had at least one instance of 30 minutes of disc activity, and then a successful boot.

In all cases disc activity ceases after anything from 2 seconds to 30 seconds.
When disc activity ceases it ceases forever - gave it 5 hours once.

Whenever disc activity has ceased for more than 5 minutes I press reset.

It can take anything for 3 to 8 attempts to get it to boot.

Once I had a successful restart, but only once.

When it does boot, every thing is fine.

Paul Black · 01 Mar 2021

Hello @macnab,

[1] Have you tried this Tutorial? => How to Run a Startup Repair in Windows 10
[2] The below will obviously apply once you have been able to Boot . . .

SFC and RestoreHealth

[1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
[2] Highlight ALL the commands below.

IMPORTANT:

It is recommended when running SFC that Fast Startup is turned OFF [ Turn it back ON when finished ] => How to Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 10
If SFC finds any ERRORS that it can NOT repair, run SFC again upto 3 more times, Restarting after each to allow any pending actions to be implemented.
DISM will initially try and Repair ANY Corrupted or Missing files using the Component Store.
If this is NOT possible, DISM will use Windows Update. Therefore, Internet access is required.
If you are NOT connected to the Internet, you will receive a Error: 0x800f081f.

[3] Press the Ctrl + C keys together.
[4] Right-click inside the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Paste.
[5] Press Enter.

Code:


sfc /scannow
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow

When the above has finished processing . . .

[6] Right-click on the title bar of the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Edit > Select All.
[7] Right-click on the title bar of the Administrator: Command Prompt Window again > Edit > Copy.

Paste the results into your post using the [CODE] tags . . .

[8] In your post, click the Hashtag icon #.
[9] Click INSIDE the [CODE]Here[CODE] tags and press the Ctrl + V keys together.

In your post it will look like this . . .

Code:


<<< Results here >>>

I hope this helps.

macnab · 01 Mar 2021

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.804]
(c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan.  This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.746

Image Version: 10.0.19041.804

[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.
The operation completed successfully.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan.  This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

As a side note, seeing as your instructions are so detailed and complete, I found that with the final sfc /scannow I had to press Enter to make it run.

Paul Black · 01 Mar 2021

Hello @macnab,

macnab said:

As a side note, seeing as your instructions are so detailed and complete, I found that with the final sfc /scannow I had to press Enter to make it run.

The results are absolutely fine.
Thanks for pointing that out, it is appreciated.

macnab · 01 Mar 2021

The results are absolutely fine

Does that mean we are running out of ideas?

Paul Black · 01 Mar 2021

Hello @macnab,

macnab said:

Does that mean we are running out of ideas?

Did you look at Option 1 in my post above?

zbook · 01 Mar 2021

Please run:

DiskParInfo.bat - Click here to go to the BSOD batch repository to download and run this batch file.

Tuneup.bat - Click here to go to the BSOD batch repository to download and run this batch file.

V2: (1) BSOD - Posting Instructions - Windows 10 Forums (tenforums.com)
(3) How to Upload and Post Screenshots and Files at Ten Forums | Tutorials
Open msconfig > post an image of the boot tab.
(4) How to Enable or Disable Snipping Tool in Windows | Tutorials (tenforums.com)

macnab · 01 Mar 2021

Trying it now.

- - - Updated - - -

DiskParInfo

Code:

Disk 0 : HDD. It has 3 partition(s). Model: WDC WD10EZEX-22MFCA0   
    Disk 1 : HDD. It has 1 partition(s). Model: ST1000DM010-2EP102    
    Disk 2 : HDD. It has 1 partition(s). Model: ST1000DM003-1CH162    
    Disk 3 : SATA. It has 1 partition(s). Model: SAMSUNG HD103SI   
    Disk 4 : SATA. It has 1 partition(s). Model: ST2000DL 003-9VT166   
    Disk 5 : SATA. It has 1 partition(s). Model: ST2000DL 003-9VT166   
    Disk 6 : HDD. Error: It is not valid. Model: Backed Virtual Msft Virtual Disk

    The script has found the above 6 storage device(s) in total.
=======================================================================

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.610

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: DESKTOP-H659SQ8

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          931 GB   691 GB         
  Disk 1    Online          931 GB      0 B         
  Disk 2    Online          931 GB  1024 KB         
  Disk 3    Online          931 GB      0 B         
  Disk 4    Online         1863 GB      0 B         
  Disk 5    Online         1863 GB      0 B         

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0         System Rese  NTFS   Partition     98 MB  Healthy    System  
  Volume 1     C   BOOT         NTFS   Partition    239 GB  Healthy    Boot    
  Volume 2                      NTFS   Partition    531 MB  Healthy            
  Volume 3     E   Classical    NTFS   Partition    931 GB  Healthy            
  Volume 4     F   Movies       NTFS   Partition    931 GB  Healthy            
  Volume 5     G   Sitcoms 1    NTFS   Partition    931 GB  Healthy            
  Volume 6     H   Sitcoms 2    NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy            
  Volume 7     I   HD Movies    NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy            

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

WDC WD10EZEX-22MFCA0
Disk ID: 5A8CDB86
Type   : SATA
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F02)#ATA(C00T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : Yes
Pagefile Disk  : Yes
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : Yes
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0         System Rese  NTFS   Partition     98 MB  Healthy    System  
  Volume 1     C   BOOT         NTFS   Partition    239 GB  Healthy    Boot    
  Volume 2                      NTFS   Partition    531 MB  Healthy            

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary             98 MB  1024 KB
  Partition 2    Primary            239 GB    99 MB
  Partition 3    Primary            531 MB   239 GB

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

Partition 1
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: Yes
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 0         System Rese  NTFS   Partition     98 MB  Healthy    System  

Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

Partition 2
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 103809024

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 1     C   BOOT         NTFS   Partition    239 GB  Healthy    Boot    

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

Partition 3
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 256837156864

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 2                      NTFS   Partition    531 MB  Healthy            

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

ST1000DM010-2EP102
Disk ID: B581F410
Type   : SATA
Status : Online
Path   : 1
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F02)#ATA(C01T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 3     E   Classical    NTFS   Partition    931 GB  Healthy            

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            931 GB    31 KB

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

Partition 1
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 32256

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 3     E   Classical    NTFS   Partition    931 GB  Healthy            

Disk 2 is now the selected disk.

ST1000DM003-1CH162
Disk ID: 959F61EC
Type   : SATA
Status : Online
Path   : 2
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F02)#ATA(C02T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 4     F   Movies       NTFS   Partition    931 GB  Healthy            

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            931 GB  1024 KB

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

Partition 1
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 4     F   Movies       NTFS   Partition    931 GB  Healthy            

Disk 3 is now the selected disk.

SAMSUNG HD103SI
Disk ID: 61C33051
Type   : SATA
Status : Online
Path   : 3
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F02)#ATA(C03T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 5     G   Sitcoms 1    NTFS   Partition    931 GB  Healthy            

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            931 GB    31 KB

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

Partition 1
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 32256

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 5     G   Sitcoms 1    NTFS   Partition    931 GB  Healthy            

Disk 4 is now the selected disk.

ST2000DL 003-9VT166 SCSI Disk Device
Disk ID: 7DAF3975
Type   : SATA
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1C00)#PCI(0000)#ATA(C00T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 6     H   Sitcoms 2    NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy            

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary           1863 GB  1024 KB

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

Partition 1
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 6     H   Sitcoms 2    NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy            

Disk 5 is now the selected disk.

ST2000DL 003-9VT166 SCSI Disk Device
Disk ID: A7E5A711
Type   : SATA
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 1
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1C00)#PCI(0000)#ATA(C00T01L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 7     I   HD Movies    NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy            

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary           1863 GB  1024 KB

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

Partition 1
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 7     I   HD Movies    NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy            

===============================================================================

Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:

    Windows RE status:         Enabled
    Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition3\Recovery\WindowsRE
    Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: c9e7ac69-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9
    Recovery image location:   
    Recovery image index:      0
    Custom image location:     
    Custom image index:        0

REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
    
===============================================================================

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {c9e7ac66-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9}
displayorder            {current}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 0

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {3518c786-7b77-11e2-9df9-ffbb3d71f462}
device                  ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\3518c786-7b77-11e2-9df9-ffbb3d71f462\Winre.wim,{3518c787-7b77-11e2-9df9-ffbb3d71f462}
path                    \windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Recovery Environment
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
osdevice                ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\3518c786-7b77-11e2-9df9-ffbb3d71f462\Winre.wim,{3518c787-7b77-11e2-9df9-ffbb3d71f462}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
winpe                   Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \WINDOWS\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 10
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {c9e7ac69-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9}
displaymessageoverride  Recovery
recoveryenabled         Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \WINDOWS
resumeobject            {c9e7ac66-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9}
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype    Auto

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {c9e7ac69-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9}
device                  ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume5]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{c9e7ac6a-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9}
path                    \windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Recovery Environment
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
displaymessage          Recovery
osdevice                ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume5]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{c9e7ac6a-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard
winpe                   Yes

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier              {c9e7ac66-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \WINDOWS\system32\winresume.exe
description             Windows Resume Application
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {resumeloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {c9e7ac69-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9}
recoveryenabled         Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
filedevice              partition=C:
filepath                \hiberfil.sys
bootmenupolicy          Standard
debugoptionenabled      No

Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier              {memdiag}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
path                    \boot\memtest.exe
description             Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess         Yes

EMS Settings
------------
identifier              {emssettings}
bootems                 No

Debugger Settings
-----------------
identifier              {dbgsettings}
debugtype               Serial
debugport               1
baudrate                115200

RAM Defects
-----------
identifier              {badmemory}

Global Settings
---------------
identifier              {globalsettings}
inherit                 {dbgsettings}
                        {emssettings}
                        {badmemory}

Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
identifier              {bootloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}
                        {hypervisorsettings}

Hypervisor Settings
-------------------
identifier              {hypervisorsettings}
hypervisordebugtype     Serial
hypervisordebugport     1
hypervisorbaudrate      115200

Resume Loader Settings
----------------------
identifier              {resumeloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}

Device options
--------------
identifier              {3518c787-7b77-11e2-9df9-ffbb3d71f462}
description             Ramdisk Options
ramdisksdidevice        partition=C:
ramdisksdipath          \Recovery\3518c786-7b77-11e2-9df9-ffbb3d71f462\boot.sdi

Device options
--------------
identifier              {c9e7ac6a-b2af-11ea-a3a6-e0469a1900d9}
description             Windows Recovery
ramdisksdidevice        partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume5
ramdisksdipath          \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi

zbook · 01 Mar 2021

Open disk management > by default some columns are compressed > widen each Status and Volume > make sure the contents within the parenthesis are in full view and that none of the characters are cutoff > view disk 0 > widen this row as needed so that all of the characters are in full view > post an image into the thread
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...creenshot.html

Download and install Minitool Partition Wizard > click launch > post an image of the results into this thread
MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download
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macnab · 01 Mar 2021

TuneUp has basically been done above.

chkdsk results:

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.804]
(c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /scan
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is BOOT.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
  1034240 file records processed.
File verification completed.
 Phase duration (File record verification): 25.58 seconds.
  17916 large file records processed.
 Phase duration (Orphan file record recovery): 0.00 milliseconds.
  0 bad file records processed.
 Phase duration (Bad file record checking): 0.65 milliseconds.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
  37813 reparse records processed.
  1248552 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
 Phase duration (Index verification): 1.97 minutes.
  1 unindexed files scanned.
 Phase duration (Orphan reconnection): 0.00 milliseconds.
    Found lost file "\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions_1.0.20875.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxMetadata\AppxBundleManifest.xml <0xc,0x86913>"; requesting reconnection to index "$I30" of directory "\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions_1.0.20875.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxMetadata <0x43,0x51158>"
was not able to send command for self-healing due to lack of memory.
  0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
 Phase duration (Orphan recovery to lost and found): 16.23 milliseconds.
  37813 reparse records processed.
 Phase duration (Reparse point and Object ID verification): 164.40 milliseconds.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
 Phase duration (Security descriptor verification): 62.29 milliseconds.
  107157 data files processed.
 Phase duration (Data attribute verification): 0.67 milliseconds.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has found problems that must be fixed offline.
Please run "chkdsk /f" to fix the issues.

 250716159 KB total disk space.
 117889168 KB in 456521 files.
    376500 KB in 107158 indexes.
         0 KB in bad sectors.
   1116891 KB in use by the system.
     65536 KB occupied by the log file.
 131333600 KB available on disk.

      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
  62679039 total allocation units on disk.
  32833400 allocation units available on disk.
Total duration: 2.50 minutes (150043 ms).

C:\WINDOWS\system32>