My system/boot drive is using Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update.
A few days ago, my computer would no longer boot. I received the Stop Code "Page Fault In Non-Paged Area." I tried to boot several times, and the same Stop Code kept appearing.
On some reboots, I received a message like "Attempting automatic repair," followed by another message like "Windows could not automatically repair your files."
After that, it offered me Troubleshooting options, but I was confused because it did not offer me the In-Place upgrade option so that I could keep all of my apps & settings and files too. Instead, it only offered me the option of "keep your files but you will have to reinstall your apps" or "keep nothing."
Out of frustration, I chose the "keep your files but you will have to reinstall your apps" option, even though I really wanted an In-Place upgrade only. Then the GUI did nothing except offer me an option such as "Exit and continue" (I assume selecting this option should trigger the reinstallaton, but I'm not sure?). However, after I chose that option, then my computer restarted and I again received the exact same Stop Code as mentioned above.
So, to summarize, I cannot boot into Windows at all, ever (it doesn't matter how many attempts I make), and I also cannot reinstall Windows using the options described above.
I suspect that this boot problem may be caused by my BestCrypt Volume Encryption software which I used to fully encrypt my system/boot volume. I used that software without any issues for about a week. I have read some other uses reporting problems with FDE and the Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update. But I'm not sure if that is the cause or not.
So I tried running my BCVE Rescue disk to decrypt my my system/boot volume, and it gave me the message "decrypting with the Rescue file is slower than normal decryption and may take significant time."
After letting my computer decrypt for about 36 hours, the amount of sectors completed only equaled about 13.83%.
Before I let it run for 36 hours in a row, I tried to let it run for 3 hours and then changed my mind to try a reinstallation instead (as described above). Then when that failed and I ended up restarting the Rescue disc decryption process, it started from 0 again.
Another thing to keep in mind is that I made an image of my hard drive with Macrium Reflect about a week prior to these boot failures, which is saved to an external hard disk.
My goals are:
a) ideally, to make my computer boot again with all the settings, apps, and files intact. Or failing that,
b) load into a new installation of Windows somehow, and then restore the back-up hard drive image.
So my questions are.
1. Why does Windows 10's "Troubleshoot" screen not give me the option to select an In-Place upgrade as my repair installation option?
2. Is my encryption software likely to be the cause of this problem?
3. Should I continue to let the decrypting process run even though it means that I will be unable to use my computer for another 10-12 days?
4. Or is there a better/faster way for me to accomplish my goals?
A few days ago, my computer would no longer boot. I received the Stop Code "Page Fault In Non-Paged Area." I tried to boot several times, and the same Stop Code kept appearing.
On some reboots, I received a message like "Attempting automatic repair," followed by another message like "Windows could not automatically repair your files."
After that, it offered me Troubleshooting options, but I was confused because it did not offer me the In-Place upgrade option so that I could keep all of my apps & settings and files too. Instead, it only offered me the option of "keep your files but you will have to reinstall your apps" or "keep nothing."
Out of frustration, I chose the "keep your files but you will have to reinstall your apps" option, even though I really wanted an In-Place upgrade only. Then the GUI did nothing except offer me an option such as "Exit and continue" (I assume selecting this option should trigger the reinstallaton, but I'm not sure?). However, after I chose that option, then my computer restarted and I again received the exact same Stop Code as mentioned above.
So, to summarize, I cannot boot into Windows at all, ever (it doesn't matter how many attempts I make), and I also cannot reinstall Windows using the options described above.
I suspect that this boot problem may be caused by my BestCrypt Volume Encryption software which I used to fully encrypt my system/boot volume. I used that software without any issues for about a week. I have read some other uses reporting problems with FDE and the Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update. But I'm not sure if that is the cause or not.
So I tried running my BCVE Rescue disk to decrypt my my system/boot volume, and it gave me the message "decrypting with the Rescue file is slower than normal decryption and may take significant time."
After letting my computer decrypt for about 36 hours, the amount of sectors completed only equaled about 13.83%.
Before I let it run for 36 hours in a row, I tried to let it run for 3 hours and then changed my mind to try a reinstallation instead (as described above). Then when that failed and I ended up restarting the Rescue disc decryption process, it started from 0 again.
Another thing to keep in mind is that I made an image of my hard drive with Macrium Reflect about a week prior to these boot failures, which is saved to an external hard disk.
My goals are:
a) ideally, to make my computer boot again with all the settings, apps, and files intact. Or failing that,
b) load into a new installation of Windows somehow, and then restore the back-up hard drive image.
So my questions are.
1. Why does Windows 10's "Troubleshoot" screen not give me the option to select an In-Place upgrade as my repair installation option?
2. Is my encryption software likely to be the cause of this problem?
3. Should I continue to let the decrypting process run even though it means that I will be unable to use my computer for another 10-12 days?
4. Or is there a better/faster way for me to accomplish my goals?
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