Sunday, June 7, 2015

Windows 10 boot failure

Had bsod. Mini dump file indicated memory corruption. Subsequent attempts at rebooting resulted in Windows attempting automatic repair unsuccessfully.


Memtest x86 identified one of two 8 GB stick of memory was bad. This was removed and the remaining 8 GB tested good.


The boot behavior of the computer did not change. Srttrail.txt showed


root cause found:
boot critical file D:\boot\resources\custom\bootres.dll is corrupt.


And it was unable to repair the file.



I've tried restore points which were unsuccessful. I tried doing a repair reinstall with an ISO image of Windows 10. Apparently, since the image could not confirm that I had a working version of Windows 10, it would not allow that process to occur.


I ran chkdsk /f and sfc scannow.


I examined the folder reference in the error message in what I think is the boot volume by entering the command prompt after the failed recovery. That file does not exist in the referenced folder.


It does exist in C:\boot\resources\ (one folder up).


Any suggestions appreciated.

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