One of the problems which occur on Windows machines is an impossibility to Reset your PC because of error: Unable to reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing. Why this issue occurs? There are different reasons including corrupted boot configuration, not active partition, faulty HDD or SSD, and others.
This issue occurs on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. We created seven methods that will help you to solve the issue with Reset your PC. In the end, you will be able to Reset your PC. So, let’s start.
Method 1: Mark partition as active
There are two ways how you can manage your hard disk and partitions, including Graphical Unit Interface (GUI) and CMD (Command Prompt). As you know, Graphical Unit Interface requires a keyboard and mouse, and Command Prompt requires only a keyboard. For this method, you will need to use command-line tool named DISKPART which will help you to set your partition as active. You will need to access Command Prompt through Windows Repair mode which was described in the previous method. After that, you will need to follow the next steps.
Method 2: Rebuild the Boot record
In the second method, you will need to rebuild the boot record. For this method, you will need a bootable DVD or USB, too. We will show you how to do it on Windows 10. The same procedure is compatible with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. You will use the same bootable USB you created in previous methods. You will need to access Command Prompt through Windows Repair mode which was described in the previous method. After that, you will need to follow the next steps. We talked about rebuilding the boot record in previous articles, so please check https://appuals.com/steps-to-fix-winload-efi-error-0xc0000001/, by following method 2. If none of these works out for you, it’s recommended to re-install the Windows as it’s possible there are more corruption possible instead of this issue only. Here is the link to Media Creation Tool that you can use to re-install the Windows and fix any partition issues. If you don’t know how to proceed and do a clean install of your Windows you can follow our article for that (here).
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