"A recently served boot binary is corrupt"

Question

My Windows 10 said it needs to update, so I restarted it. Instead of restarting, I got the following sequence of screens:

• "Preparing automatic repair"
• "Enter the BitLocker recovery key: " [I entered it]
• "Diagnosing your PC"
• "Your PC did not start correctly. Restart or AdvancedOptions"
• When I click "Restart", the same sequence starts again. So I click "AdvancedOptions" and then "Troubleshoot".

In the troubleshoot screen, I tried the following:

• Remove latest quality update: it failed.
• Remove latest feature update: it failed.
• Run "Startup Repair": I got a message "Startup repair could not repair your PC". It also referred me to a log file called SrtTrail.txt.
• I opened the command line, opened the file SrtTrail.txt (using notepad), and at the bottom line, I saw the message: A recently served boot binary is corrupt.
• I tried BootRec /FixMBR - I got the operation completed successfully.
• I tried BootRec /FixBoot - I got access is denied.
• I tried BootRec /RebuildBCD - I got total identified windows installations: 0.
• I tried bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal to boot into safemode, but then rebooted and got to the start of the sequence.
• I ran the Dell Preboot System Performance check, as instructed in Dell Website, and after several minutes I got "success: result code 2000-0000", which means that "Pre-boot diagnostics test passed. No issues were found".
• I ran ChkDsk /r. It told me that there are no problems with my drive. But I still get the same sequence
• I did bcdboot c:\windows /s c:. I got a success message - "boot files created successfully" or something like that. But I still get the same sequence.
• I tried sfc /scannow but got an error "windows resource protection could not perform the requested operation".

What more can I do to fix this error?

Technical details: I have Windows 10 on Dell XPS 9570, BIOS version 1.20.0. No other OS is installed.

Answer 1

Had success with recreating the Win 10 EFI bootloader.

I know it's an older thread, but for those landing here, here's what worked for me in this situation. Ran through a very similar series of steps, but also including purchasing the EasyRE repair tool from Neosmart that is associated with EasyBCD. Didn't work for me.

At http://woshub.com/windows-8-winload-efi-is-missing-or-damaged/ I followed the steps for "Repair BCD and Winload.efi File for UEFI Device" and suddenly it booted!

1. Execute the command: diskpart
2. List the partitions on the disks: list volume
3. Find a partition labeled ESP or EFI with a size of 100 MB. Remember it (the size and name of the partition may differ depending on the version of Windows, but the main thing is that its file system must always be FAT32). If the EFI partition was accidentally deleted, it can be restored as follows;
4. Select this partition: select volume 2
5. Assign a drive letter to the partition: assign letter=Z
6. Exit the diskpart: exit
7. Now you need to re-create the bootloader configuration. Copy the boot files from the Windows directory: bcdboot c:\Windows /s Z: /f ALL (replace c:\ with the drive letter on which you have the Windows installed). If you did everything correctly, the message will appear: Boot files successfully created;
8. Reboot your device and check if the boot problem with winload.efi file is fixed.