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How to fix Windows 10 error 0xc000000e – Your PC needs to be repaired

I got this error message after cloning a 1TB hard drive to a 256GB SSD.

Recovery Error code 0xc000000eYour PC needs to be repaired, indicates an incorrect drive configuration or a possible hardware failure, and may be accompanied by different error messages like:

  • A required device isn’t connected or cannot be accessed
  • Required device is inaccessible
  • The selected entry could not be loaded
  • The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt
  • The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.

If you try the usual fixes but keep getting an “access is denied” error then try the following.

  • Boot from your Windows 10 Installation Media
  • Select Repair Your Computer
  • Select Troubleshoot
  • Choose Command Prompt
  • Type diskpart and hit enter
  • list disk & enter (Note which disk is your Boot disk mine is Disk 0)
  • sel disk 0 & enter
  • list vol & enter (Note which volume is the EFI partition mine was 3)
  • sel vol 3 & enter
  • assign letter=v: & enter
  • then exit & enter
  • v: & enter
  • [To ensure that you have actually selected your EFI partition, type in dir /a /b /s v: you should see v:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ … listings]
  • After you have assigned a drive letter with Diskpart to your EFI partition, you can now format that partition
  • format v: /FS:FAT32 & enter [FS = File System]
  • Finally bcdboot c:\windows /s v: /f UEFI & enter

You should now be able to boot

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