#Unable to boot into Windows

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Hi everyone, after updating CachyOS yesterday, I am no longer able to boot into Windows 11. I suspect that the Windows EFI partition may have been corrupted or overwritten by Linux. I would really appreciate any assistance from the experts here.

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to boot into recovery...

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# compact trench Hi everyone, after updating CachyOS yesterday, I am no longer able to boot into ...

Here's how to repair it:
Boot into WinPE or WinRE (if accessible), or even use a windows installation media (open CMD via Shift + F10), Now run mountvol Z: /s which mounts the efi partition as 'Z:', if this doesn't work, go to diskpart, select disk 0, and list the volumes to see if the EFI partition is there (labled as 'EFI' or 'SYSTEM' and use assign letter=z to assign a Z: letter), Anyways, to rebuild, you need to run bcdboot C:\Windows /s Z:\ /f UEFI (change UEFI to BIOS if you have BIOS legacy / CSM mode, but i don't think you have BIOS legacy), make sure the drive letters match up (such as windows partition needing to be C or the EFI partition needing to be Z:)

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