[SOLVED] Unable to finish updates, reverting changes.

[NumberFiveee]

Opened CMD as Admin
Typing bcdedit returns:

The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
Can't find requested system device.

 

[Maxstar]

Original machine was a Fujitsu..
The dell recovery partition is a remnant from the cloning process..

Is the partition HDBR_DRIVER also a remnant from the cloning process?

 

[NumberFiveee]

The HDBR_DRIVER partition is from the original Fujitsu machine Windows installation...

 

[Maxstar]

This was rather a messy cloning process in my opinion...

What we could try is to create a new EFI partition and see what happens.
Boot the computer using a USB-stick into the RE environment and open the command prompt.

1. Run the following commands.
2. Replace 0 with the actual number for the HDD/SSD where your Windows is installed.

diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
list partition

3. Then run the following command and replace 1 with the actual number for the Windows OS partition.

select partition 1

4. The following commands will resize the Windows OS partition and create a new EFI partition.

shrink desired=100
create partition efi size=100
format quick fs=fat32
assign letter=w

5. Run the following commands

list partition
list volume

6. Note the drive letter where the Windows OS is installed, which is displayed after running list volume.
7. Close diskpart with the following command

exit

8. Run the following command: Replace X with the volume letter of the Windows OS partition.

bcdboot X:\windows /s W:

9. Now the BCDBoot copies the boot files from the Windows partition into the EFI System partition and re-create the BCD store in the same partition.

 

[NumberFiveee]

Good Morning,
I'll follow your steps to test it out.

 

[NumberFiveee]

It appears to have worked, update completed successfully.

Thanks alot.
Can be marked as resolved.

 

[NumberFiveee]

Should I just do this procedure every time I clone a machine?
We use Macrium and the machines rarely boot after the cloning process..

 

[Maxstar]

Hi,

You're welcome. Glad to hear the problem has been resolved...

Should I just do this procedure every time I clone a machine?

This depends on how the system is configured and which partition layout is being used, MBR/UEFI.