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I have gave up on my main machine for now and restored old backup.. and moved experimenting into Vmware virtual machine, here i connected this machine as MBR disk, its not UEFI / TPM machine, its single partition install, but its failing exactly the same way Only difference is that on such simple setup, automatic start up repair worked right away, i mean that Windows bootloader started, without fidling with bcd files.. and still not ntbtlog.. so its something really ugly, i have tried to run lots of live antivirus and antimalware stuff, it ran for ages, because i have like like 6 millions of files on my disk.. i got some malware / adware reports, but i found say false possitives, because other tools not reported them.. I disabled them anyway, no change. I also found out that i could enable / disable drivers through dism+ .. but without any clue is really hard to find out the root of this problem.. and it seems to be same for a lot of people which encountered it.. I wonder there is msconfig mode to enable MS services Only, im not sure if different from safe mode, but i there wonder some way how to set it on.. i found try it.. i can probably disable services / drivers one by one, its problematic..

Well it would be nice, if they would provide some simple tools to analyze boot process - without some server / developer only blob and better error code handling.. ntbtlog.txt is far from good too, especially if they removed classic installation repair from the boot media.. and automatic registry backup is also disabled by default - as far if its not included within restore point itself. I dont even speak about bcd disaster.. which is really not good idea.. as its complicated object tree, unable to handle multi EFI parititon system, multiple files with Ids (1x boot\bcd, often cloned to windows partition too ; 3x (rescue bcd + rescue.xml) once on EFI partition, once in C:\Recovery and once in recovery Partition )., full of ids which are just made up from thin air, instead of using real partition IDs as Grub2, which at least had one text config file and more only if you are using autogenerating templates and its config files in etc/default/grub.. is not Otherwise if understand that diagram downgrade to MBR non UEFI and TPM install actually provide better logging.. I wonder its possible to use MBR booting - winload.exe instead of winload.efi on disk which is actually GPT? If i remember correctly i was using this with Windows 7 for quite a long time, but i tough that UEFI would be upgrade. It should be better with newer versions not worse, but they rather aim on start button position and new not backward compatible user interface API. So only real solution is make system partitions often.. with is not better in these days too, because every second application creating zillion of small cache files, instead of some big cache file.

I find out where is the problem with ntbtlog.. Its created later after some basic files are loaded: Before it only some other log is created its named mesasured log, but i need to find some way to parse it.. I have desibled TPM device in BIos and set Secure boot to Custom, becaues there is only Enabled and Custom option in bios, but its the same only measured log is created and not ntbtlog.txt.. Measured log : https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rhtyws3f4ijupuovje3q4/0000000124-0000000000.log?rlkey=xghuhxtpsoix41huprm471lvj&st=5uw1s653&dl=1 I have tried but so far im failing, to get more that header. MS has article about analysis these logs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/windows-security/decode-measured-boot-logs-to-track-pcr-changes It needs some big ADK package, or compile the code for PCPTool.exe . I dont really dont understand why its not distributed as executable, maybe it needs some machine specific variables in exe, but i doubt it. I have tried to find some VS online compiler, but i have failed, i found only single C++ compiler.. There was some preview of Visual Studio compiler, but links are dead.. First solution use Hardware drivers kit for change require Windows server - but i need only 1 executable from it probably not whole driver debugging enviroments. So MS debugging tools for debubing these boot problems really sucks, when i add not classic install repair in Windows 10, its really bad design all is hidden, in comparision to Linux when booting process progress is transparent.. There is also bootstat.dat, which is something like flag that something is wrong with booting and it seem its can cause boot repair loop.. For some reason i hit situation when even for valid BCD i was getting 0x0000001 error when i tried to star Win10, it seem there is some broken install flag somewhere, its unclear how to remove it. I found out that is Autoruns from Window PE / other Windows install - load offline log, to edit drivers and services, only problem is seems that it could enable /disable only some items for other it reports error and i have log hive and edit it manually by using registry path form autoruns. Otherw way to edit drivers+service is be Dism+ utility, it has some updates uninstall options too, but its failing for some for some reason. There is also MS Dart which is some WinPE cds. I now decided to try other approach recover old back and try to add files from current broken install.. to merge it. Does someone experience with this way on fixing?

sss proOk found solution, so its possible to upgrade Windows on USB to lastest WIn10 version fine. Microsoft will never warns you about it anywhere, but because stupid approach a parsers, i needed to adjust disk partitioning to expected one.. so its again all about partition and bcd hell. You need: - it means first parttition EFI FAT 32 260 MB+ and second MSR(Disk Genius can do it if you prefer GUI as me) Raw filysystem - 128+ MB for all possible MS features and disk bigger than 2 TB, other source claims that for basic usage 16 MB should be enough - primary partition with Windows - recovery partiton - you can copy it fine from other machine and refresh BCD entries, or i found as Hidden folder windows partition. If you set right UEFI entry throuhg some UEFI menu editor you can even boot it right from the Bios by targeting Recovery partition by its partiton number.. all partiton has to be right flags to diskpart sel disk X will print them with right names.. EFI - SYstem, MSR-System, Windows - Primary, Recovery - its possible to set all flags through diskpart and sel partition X and after help gtp.. and gpt=0x4....1 etc numbers.. check partition info by detail partition command and after diskpart ; list disk ; select disk X ; list part; select part X .. of course list command are not needed if you know disk number and partition numbers... list volume - its a mess it prints all partition on all disks similar to Linux blkid .. and its mapping which parttition on is on which disk not intuitive.. To assign letter by assign letter:X: after diskpart; sel disk X; sel parttition X; you can alternative to diskpart partition letter assignment is assigning lettter is mountvol command and after that probably all BCDs have to be adjusted to point right data and params for it means EFI BCD boot store, if there is EFI on primary windows partition there are main store in Boot and Recovery store BCD too.. and at the last there is BCD on recovery parititon.. Print bcdedit /Store PathToBCD /enum to see all variables and use bcdedit /store pathToBCD /set {entriID} nameOfParameter Value // logic, the often are osdevice and device parameters broken and has Unknown value Bcdedit bootrec /rebuild often not working because of more than none EFI partition on you disks, there is not any targeting parameter or even right error message.. (by the book, it should be enough have EFI folder on EFI /Recovery partition if you plan to use it, but for some backup you can have it on the main partition .. osdevice is always main partition with C:\Windows even in case of EFI BCD ), you can set them offline from diskpart or temporary use different partition type id through partition manager or dispart sel disk X, sel part X setid.. or disconnect them, so Bioses have possibility to disable disk per port, but not NVME very often.. If you are on some good WinPE or other Win installation, you can use simply Device manager disabling.. Because of BCD parsing error, you may need to recreate bcd through like 7 commands through bcdedit /Store PathtTOBCD subcommands.. 7magic commands to avoid stupid parser errors like - Failed to find installation it needs valid bcd store, /invalid path or identical partition problem without changing partition type id on secondary GPT disks with EFI partition.. if bootrec / scanos or bootrec /rebuild are not able to find your windows installation - its because broken BCD too , you use them from live WinPE, recovery mode or other live installation.. or running install.. Yeah all Win EFI boot files are in C:\Windows\Boot\EFI folder too.. There some graphical EFI /BCD utilites, but all of them are quite flawed.. its not rocket science, but such is situation almost 20 years later after VIsta EFI introduction use Clover boot loader fo Hackingtosh could be simpler workaround instead of fighting with UEFI settings, EasyBCD is better to avoid it using its own loader, which mess with standart settings.. Some these files and folders are hidden.. Ids using by BCD are fully virtual made up, used only in BCD internaly they are not connected with physical partition numbers as in grub, that is why its so fragile and unstable. For debugging is good idea duplicate present entry by bcdedit /Store PAth /copy {ExistingBCD id from bcdedit /store path /enum command or /enum /v all helpers objects} bcdboot C:\Windows /s S: /f UEFI // S is EFI partition on BCD disk ren S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD BCD.bak (backup) bcdedit /createstore S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD bcdedit /store S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD /create {bootmgr} /d "Windows Boot Manager" bcdedit /store S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD /set {bootmgr} device partition=S: bcdedit /store S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD /create /d "Windows 11" /application osloader xcopy C:\Windows\Boot\EFI\*.* S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ /E /H /Y bootrec /fixboot

One more clue, this crashing short after i hear some sound card initialization sound.. So its probably in driver inicialization phase, but in otherhard its strange that there is not ntbtlog.txt without is enabled and i would expect that it would be created when drive loading phase started..

I was experimenting with NVME-USB install, this time and recovered only main windows partition and used EFI partition adjusted by lots of experimenting and this time it booted fine. Right before partition recovery i tried to boot, so did nothing new with EFI partition to make system bootable. I can also say that its crashing before graphical BCD metro menu with multiple enteries its loaded, its loading for while, its not quick crash, like 10 second.. I have multiple BCD enteries because of my experiments. Im not aware that i did something extra with WIndows install on main parition its stuck to 1803 version, because USB version upgrading problem, some security roll up updates where installed, also constant upgrading update which is failing its running.. and i installed a few "normal" problems to make it more usable, nothing suspicious, i also doubt that i have some virus and same one on my 2 machine. It has to be something ugly. Only thing which i read online about this error is that it could be related to winlogon.exe and csrss.exe but when DISM and SFC run fine, they should be fine. If someone know how Windows 10 UEFI boot sequence is working step by step, it may be helpful. I have bad memory but i maybe tried to set number of processors through msconfig to make boot a bit faster before it broke, i saw it some video.. but because i recreated EFI partition if its some parameter there it should be gone, unless its something saved in registry or other system file. But i have tried the same thing with NVME-USB and its still booting, so its probably not it.. im not sure if WIndows boot its by default multithreaded. When i removed bcd experiments to avoid BCD menu, whole boot is now like 15 second vs 10 second crash before, it be in more advanced phase of booting, but even when bootlog is force for every boot entry and i use textstyle bootmenu instead of metro one, its still crashing the same way.

Hi, im struggling for quite a long time with 0xc00021a Windows 10 boot error, its UEFI version of WIndows 10, if it matters and i have only EFI partition and one 1 machines not Recovery partition and not ESR 128 Mb service partition, i never needed it for anything and when i upgraded install it was not create, its probably not mandatory same as Recovery partition, because recovery enviroment is in C:\Recovery hidden folder too. I have tried a lot of things, sfc - is fine, dism is fine. Error description is for lots of source of this error.. I have tried to enable ntbtlog.txt, but it seems that its happening before log is create, so i dont have any clues to fix it. It seems to new bug. It happened after some update, i might get out of space during updating, because of app generated 30 GB error file. I had some restore points, but during restoring i got error, maybe because of now enough space and after restore point data disappered and my last full backup is quite old. I have tried manaul BCDedit fixing, all boot fixing utilities which i found - Paragon, EasyUS, Aomie, Dual boot repait, VisualBCD, Bootice, Lazesoft. Bootsec, Hasleo Easy UEFI, including deleting and rebuild EFI partition. I haved tried all boot modes - enable logging, safe mode, recovery, autorepair - there is error hardisk not found.. What is more interesting, i even managed to replicate error on Windows 10 togo on USB-NVME driver, on different hardware.. (intel Z370 + AMD 450 - Ryzen 2600 )Its probably again cause by some recent update, or by some BCD change, because some tools are updating try to fix, all connected BCD by mistake... and im unable to fix it even on USB-NVME install on other computer. Hardware is ok for sure, because its happening on multiple devices, liveCD are booting fine. Im quite sure that is not because some virus. Only thing which im able to ""fix" it is restore whole NVME-USB installation EFI + System partition, restore EFI partition alone is not enough its somehow connected. I googled alot, but found only generic tutorials for classic - sfc/dism / bcd fixing.. Disabling some addional disk or disconning devices is not helping too. I did not found success stories, just people who git complete reinstall or machine reset. Its possible somehow repair WIndows 10 without losing system settings - installed programs, registry settings and normal files? I saw some /auto setup.exe settings, but when i tried setup.exe /auto othre commands, i always get unknow option /auto error.

Yeah sector is right name for it not cluster, these terms where allways a bit fuzzy for me.. i allways after some time forget where is difference. So this is another dead end. How these 2 TB+ unlockers from Gigabyte and other did the trick, its not definitelly through changing firmware and was for MBR disks. I have found something else if are in the mood to continue research: https://archive.org/details/paragon-gpt-loader-10.0.16.12944-8.0.1.2-driver-update There are 2 interesting things, 1) Reg file fix for xp with some magic values, without any description. 2) GPT loader v8.x - but its described as unofficial, maybe someone somewhere did some fixing.. PAE is not mentioned.

Ok, i used it without PAE back in the day, for sure.. But there is not just 1 PAE patch, but multiple flavours of it.. some may work with PAE and GPT loader fine. Also i wrote with Win2000, i got crash after GPT loader - not 8.x.x install, even without GPT disk connected. Im not aware of PAE patch for Windows 2000, it would be handy, i case of Win2000 im using only /PAE boot.ini switch for Advanced server version because DataCenter is problematic and advnaced server license is limited to 8 GB, datacenter is 32 GB.. PAE patches for WinXP+ are 64 GB or 128 GB. Thanks for testing, its allway good to know and test, dead ends too. Ok there seems to be and the way after all.. There is more than 1 variable.. Used PAE patch there is multiple flavours of it. Chipset / Sata controller drivers, could matter were already know that Intel AHCI is not go.. Its make boot bluescreen on WIndows 2000 even with extended kernel and without PAE and GPT loader 10 - not 2015, even with not GPT disk connected. There could be also disk cluster size dependency.. if there is hardcoded limti for 2TB and number of clusters, maybe using bigger cluster size could bypas it, and especially some external 2TB HDD could came with some clever preformating.. Back in the day, i was using Dybay version of PAE patch i my memory serves, or version from Rayer site.. https://web.archive.org/web/20191108052121/https://ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10547

Thanks, well its strange that system is keep pushing just update, if it would not supported ok. I quickly checked PCwelt article, but there is not much info about upgrading and reinstalling because of WIndows 10 version upgrading is not way for me, i would have to use of these half working PC to PC migration tools.. Second article make sense old unsupported solution trick.. Migrate to Virtual machine, set emulated disk as sormal sata disk make upgrade and pray, that after migration to USB it will able to find USB boot drivers again, it seems pretty straight forward. I have found some new logs, i will give one more try to some BCD rebuild experiment before i will maybe later try virtual migration.

Thx alot, my memory as usually , i forgot that this setting exists in XP. Through Display Propeties - Appearance, this different settings i already set font size to Very large, but it has not scale these fonts. And also as usually its effect of poor GUI, not intuitive design i would search this settings under Advanced->General->Display->Font .. under advanced i found search things like HW acceleration slider and refresh rate force, I will write down note about this settings and next i hope a will remember or find the note. I increased size from 96 dpi to 120 dpi (125%) ts much better and i can go up to 200% HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes - with some of these keys, i was able increase Explorer Status bar font size, but not this basic font. Well i used new resource hacker and Tahoma 8 to 12 as above and boot without Bluescreens, but this basic font was unchanged. Just some example which is meant by basic / shell font.. other text is scalling fine through Appearance settings, this is settings even without restart.. Original: Resized to 120: BTW for work in 640x480 without running proper draphics drivers, would be nice to actually decrease DPI to see more info on the screen, so request to scale it through registry / some dlls hacking. still make some sense, if someone would be able to do it.

I was able to extract Catalyst Control center installer from a few drivers packages- i simply used bruteforce 7zip extaction, structure vary per version.. and maybe even per sub version. Because as i tried the last drivers in some line, they could be actually newer than first driver in new line.. I mean 7.12 could be newer than 8.1, there could be also some different packaging because some newer driver had same package structure as older ones, but there was different structure in the middle of them.. Good new is that something is working and you can use quite old Catalyst Control center with much newer drivers - for my Radeon 3470, best worked have 11.7 drivers. Maybe are some Win 2k natives installer (maybe up to 9.8) which would work out of box and would be possible not installed video drivers or replace them letter i did not tried all combination. I looked into these: 6.5 - installer is in ACE directory installed correctly 6.20 I found Data in ATICC directory, but for some reason it complain about data.cab, which in place - i could somehow damage a package, i need to try it again. 7.12 - i found only a lot of CC parts sub installers, but not main installer 8.12 - i found only a lot of CC parts sub installers, but not main installer 9.9 CCC directory installed correctly 10.2 - CCC directory installed correctly 10.9 - i found only a lot of CC parts, but not main installer, main installer stuck on HW detection 11.X - - i found only a lot of CC parts, but not main installer, main installer stuck on HW detection Summary i found out that newer is not better, at least with my card: 10.2 - very little settings, just some monitor stuff 9.9 - Not native resolution GPU scaling available in comparison is 10.2 6.5 - Actually what i need 3D Graphics option tree settings available (3D Image quality, Antialiasing etc) and all above, maybe GPU scaling has some more limited option.. Good, news is if i installed something, i does not crashed. Im not sure if newer versions had in build some overclocking, but MSi afterburner 4.30 is running fine, maybe even newer will, i not tried it yet GUI drawers for overclocking seems active, i can set new GPU and VRAM speed without crash and GPU-Z 0.67 is confirming new clocks.

I have tried open Shell32 With Resource Hacker 3.4.0- find Tahoma, to lines under it i saw - 8, so i guessed font size, so change it to 12, click on compile script and saved result as shell32xx.dll.. and after i rebooted to different OS and changed dlls, but it ended with bluescreen rigth before login screen..

Its 18 years, but could you share these files? Or its some other way how to increase size basic XP fonts, in Windows explorer? Some total reskin etc? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes->MS Shell Dlg and MS Shell Dlg 2 i have tried to change default Tahoma to another fonts, but change is not applied, or its still tiny.. on my 27 1440p, even 1600x900 is hardly readable as im using it on second left monitor from 110 cm distance.. Im force to use 1024x768 to keep all readable without hasle.

I made BlackWIngCat ATI/AMD drivers working for 3D in Windows 2000 with extended kernel, but they are only barebone drivers.. i would like to set some image quality settings. Here are details, you have to autotranslate it: https://win2k.org/blog/2009/09/30/571484/ BlackWingCat description mentioning Catalyst, but there are not details, im not sure if its possible get only standalone installer, or extract it from XP drivers etc, i have tried some wild kernel of his driver and XP package, but installer crashed, even installer with original driver crashed. Have tried ATI tool, its running but developement ended in 2006 and ATI try tools generate blue screen, right after install.