Win 8/10 0xc0000185 error winload.efi

[madaxas]

Helo i have a problem with my lenovo laptop so my computer went black screen and i restarted it but after that my laptop wont boot its showing me the 0xc0000185 error with winload.efi i had win 8.1 but i updated it to win 10 long time ag😵bviously i dont have cd or usb with windows...i tried system reovery to the fabric status but it didnt help and now i cant even enter system recovery.as i said after i turn on pc it showing me 0xc0000185 error

 

[Colif]

did the factory reset take it back to win 8 or is it still win 10? I guess you cannot tell with the efi error.

On another PC, download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB << that gets you a win 10 installer

if you were willing to factory reset, I guess you not worried about info on PC?

I would suggest a fresh install using the USB above

change boot order in BIOS so USB is first, hdd second
boot from installer
follow this guide: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html

when you reach the screen asking for licence, click "I don't have a key" and win 10 will continue to install and reactivate once finished

On the screen where you choose where to install win 10, if it gives you an error about GPT drives, delete all the partitions on the hdd and press next. If it still gives error, cancel out of the installer and restart PC and start installer again, it will accept next on that screen this time (some PC just need a restart here)