Hello !

I have prepared a UEFI USB flash drive installation for Windows 8.1, as described in this link : http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-make-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-to-install-windows-8/

The computer is on UEFI mode.

Now the computer boot from the USB flash drive, but after some seconds, I get an error message on a blue screen:

Your pc need to be repaired
The application or operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file is missing or  contain errors

File \windows\system32\boot\winload.efi
Error code :0xc0000359"

Its strange because the hard drive has no partitions, and the USB flash drive doesnt have a path path like \windows\system32\boot\winload.efi.

What is happening and what should I do?

Thank you !

this can be caused by bad iso image, do you have another iso files to test?

did your PC got ODD to install from disc?

• Edited by britishdhez 23 hours 20 minutes ago

The same USB , booted with Legacy , install the windows perfectly ( of course with MBR scheme ).

this can be caused by bad iso image, do you have another iso files to test?

did your PC got ODD to install from disc?

• Edited by britishdhez Monday, March 16, 2015 7:59 AM

this can be caused by bad iso image, do you have another iso files to test?

did your PC got ODD to install from disc?

• Edited by britishdhez Monday, March 16, 2015 7:59 AM

Hi,

When install Windows on UEFI mode, you need to convert your disk to GPT firstly. Therefore, please check if your disk was already converted to GPT partition style.

On the other hand, you can access to the link below which talking about how to install Windows using UEFI partition style.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn336946.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

The HDD was empty without partition.  I think that the partition may be created during setup.

But why I'm getting this error message ?

Hi,

Please refer to the content of the link below for more details:

Windows Setup: Installing using the MBR or GPT partition style:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn336946.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Is the ISO you are using 64 bit? This error will occur if you use 32 bit installation media on a 64 bit UEFI system.

Brandon
Windows Outreach Team- IT Pro
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