12/10/2024

How to fix Windows boot issues (Alienware and Surface 11): cannot load image

What worked on my Alienware Windows 10 and Surface 11 Windows 11:
  1. Use Windows Media creation tool to create a bootable USB Windows 10/11
  2. Boot to repair my computer and start a terminal (After seeing the Language and Country selection, press Shift + F10 to start the terminal)
  3. Run:
    1. diskpart
    2. list disk
    3. sel disk 0
    4. list volume
    5. sel volume 2 ------`#mycomment (The system EFI volume)`
    6. assign letter S:
    7. exit
  4. Run:
    1. S:
    2. cd EFI\Microsoft\Boot\
    3. ren BCD BCD.bak
    4. bcdboot C:\Windows /s S: /f ALL
    5. bootrec /rebuildbcd
    6. exit
  5. Restart the computer and it should boot.
  6. To enter the grub selection screen: after entering the Windows 11 normally, press Shift + clicking Restart, then you have an option to reconfig the boot priority.

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