Has anyone else had boot issues after trying to upgrade from Windows 10 to 11? M?

ivyCG · Post by **ivyCG** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 12:53 am

I had the same problem. For me, it was a driver conflict with an old SSD.

CQyhlLty · Post by **CQyhlLty** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 4:22 pm

This. You could also try booting from a Windows 10 USB and using the startup repair tool.

zEbBIT · Post by **zEbBIT** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 5:54 pm

Yeah, that startup repair is a good next step—did you also check if your BIOS is set to UEFI mode and not Legacy?

wq123943479 · Post by **wq123943479** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 10:51 pm

You could also try booting from a Windows 10 USB and using the command prompt to run a startup repair from there.

hz60720 · Post by **hz60720** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 1:56 am

Yeah, that startup repair trick can really help. One extra tip: if you have any external drives or USB sticks plugged in, unplug them before trying to boot—sometimes the system gets confused looking for boot files on the wrong device.

8963fxp · Post by **8963fxp** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 2:28 pm

Yeah, You could also try booting into safe mode and rolling back the update from there. Hope that helps.

kDvpq7Oi · Post by **kDvpq7Oi** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:22 pm

This happened to me. I got that exact error and had to use a Windows 10 USB drive to get into recovery and restore from a system restore point.

Hjrs1245jr5 · Post by **Hjrs1245jr5** » Wed Jan 14, 2026 12:42 am

I had the same problem. I ended up having to disable Secure Boot in my BIOS to get it to finally load.

bv3406073 · Post by **bv3406073** » Thu Feb 05, 2026 6:22 pm

Can confirm. This happened to me too. I fixed it by turning off a setting called "fast startup" in Windows 10 before trying the upgrade again.

YREIjUmDOdxW · Post by **YREIjUmDOdxW** » Fri Feb 06, 2026 12:19 am

Yeah, You could also try booting from your Windows 10 install media and using the startup repair tool. Another option is to check if your storage drivers need an update before upgrading.