Hi,
I was using my computer as usual and suddenly had a BSOD, and then I wasn't able to startup afterwards. It gives me a BSOD of Phase1_Initialization Failed error every time I boot or restart.
The disk is BitLocker encrypted. I have the recovery keys, which I then used to try to boot into safe mode, which failed with the same BSOD error.
Afterwards I tried using the Win11 ISO on a USB stick to do a startup repair, which failed without telling me anything. System restore gives an error that a Windows installation was not selected.
I suspect something related to the disk being encrypted and the win11 repair could not identify the disk having win11 installed on it. I tried using the command prompt to list the disks, and only the USB appeared.
I couldn't find anything, wonder if anyone has an idea how to solve this, or get the repair ISO to read/mount the encrypted disk?
***moved from Windows / Windows 11 / Performance and system failures***
Edit:
I managed to make the repair disk find the windows installation. Apparently the installation ISO does not have the drivers for the hard drive, so I had to download them from another computer and put it on the usb stick, install them from Troubleshoot >> Restore from Image >> Install drivers (When it complains about finding no images). Afterwards, cancel restoring, and more options would show up on the troubleshoot menu. Now I could click on startup repair/command line, then it would ask me about the BitLocker recovery key, which I could enter and do startup repairs.
However, for some reason, the hard drive would be mounted on D:, which then restore from recovery point somehow marks it as C:, and complains that the drive needs checking/repairing and prevents me from restoring. chkdsk and sfc does not work after 2 hours of attempted repair. I went on to reinstall Windows.