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PC/device needs repair Error Code 0xc000a004 when trying to boot off a system restore USB.

Anonymous
2023-10-09T04:04:17+00:00

PC/device needs repair Error Code 0xc000a004 when trying to boot off a system restore USB. This is going onto a new SSD, the previous answers appear for those who are attempting to reinstall on a drive with a recovery partition already there

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-10-31T19:40:35+00:00

    Dave,

    I was using a scandisk 32GB USB3 USB stick. I created the restore USB using the MS create a recovery USB process. I created this USB just before I started the process. Also it took almost 10 Hrs to create the Recovery USB

    2> No, there was no other drive connected at the time. Just the SSD

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-09T06:37:32+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

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    What type of USB are you trying to use on that new SSD, is that a bootable Windows 10 USB or some restore USB you have created from the previous installation and if so, what method did you use to create that USB?

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    Is there an other drive connected to the PC that contains the old Windows installation?

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