Windows update failed on me once again, and once again, the Windows Recovery Environment messed things up worse than before.
I updated my PC to 1903. After leaving the PC alone for hours to finish the updating, I was unable to get to the login screen. Keyboard lights were on, but no display (seems to have been an issue with Windows 10 and NVidia drivers, which apparently has been reported by users since early 2015).
I managed to get to recovery console and, after trying to uninstall Nvidia drivers without success (seems you can't uninstall video drivers in safe mode), I entered the recovery environment again and selected "uninstall recent updates". Windows immediately said it was unable to do so for some reason, and I restarted again. This time however, the PC immediately boots to an error screen which states
Your PC/Device needs to be repaired The boot configuration data file doesn't contain valid information for an operating system
Interesting, because the BCD was perfectly fine until Windows attempted its "fix". Before it tried to rollback the updates, I was able to get into safe mode without issue.
It tells me to insert recovery media and at the bottom it lists two options- F1 to enter recovery environment or Esc for UEFI Firmware Settings. Pressing either Esc or F1 does nothing at all.
After about a minute the PC resets and the process starts over.
Please assist in helping me figure out what specifically I need to do in order to begin using my PC again. Should I use the 1903 Media Creation Tool to create a recovery USB? What options should I select when in the Recovery Environment? From an 1809 recovery USB I was able to run sfc /scannow on the drive in question, but no "integrity violations" were found.
System Details:
· OS - Windows 10 x64
· Original installed OS - Windows 8 Retail
· Age of system - ~5 years
· Age of (most recent) OS installation - Dec 2017ish(?)
· CPU - Intel i7-6800K
· Video Card - EVGA GTX 770
· MotherBoard - Asus x99-Pro
· Power Supply - PowerCooler 750watt
· Custom-built desktop
