Windows error 0xC000000F, -1073741809

Issue with a Windows 7 Boot issue - involving the BCD perhaps

First of all, thank you to whoever reads this. I'm getting pretty upset and worried about the fact that my desktop is now definitely not booting into Windows 7, which it was very nicely before I was an idiot and used Boot-Repair (the linux tool, in an attempt to get [...] read more

\Boot\ BCD Status: 0xc000000f error

I am getting the following message whenever I start my laptop: Windows Boot Manager Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer. 2. Choose your language settings, and then click [...] read more

Windows 7: "The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible 0xc000000f"

I have a problem with my Acer 3820TG machine running Windows 7 (and dual booting with Ubuntu 10.04). When I try to boot Windows 7 I see this error: Windows Boot Manager Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: [...] read more

SCCM 2012 R2 - unknown PC boot over PXE - bcd file error

When I want to boot an unknown PC over PXE an error comes after it starts the boot\x64\pxeboot.n12 file. The error looks like a Windows 8 bluescreen and contains: Recovery Your PC needs to be repaired. The Windows Boot Configuration Data (BCD) file from the PXE Server does not contain [...] read more

Windows 8 EFI boot issue

I've got a simular problem as described in How can I repair the Windows 8 EFI Bootloader?, but with some different details. When I tried to change the bootsequence of my harddisks (of which 1 SSD) in the BIOS (system=Medion Akoya P5306 F), I got the following error when I [...] read more

Windows 8 "Please wait" screen

I enabled AHCI mode for SATA (and virtualisation) in my BIOS and rebooted to Windows 8. This failed, so I switched it back. I realise now that something like this is required to change to AHCI mode. After switching back I am stuck at the "Please wait" screen forever. This [...] read more

grub4dos not booting on Windows Vista/7

Here are the following steps to experience this problem. 1) download grub4dos 0.4.4 here: http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/ 2) copy grldr, grldr.mbr, menu.lst to C:\ 3) some commands here: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Grub4dos_tutorial#Booting_GRUB_for_DOS_via_the_Windows_Vista_boot_manager 4) execute following command in cmd.exe and note the guid in the output e.g. {234325-bla-bla}: bcdedit /create /d "Start GRUB4DOS" /application bootsector 5) [...] read more

Windows 2012 BCD process to boot from replicated LUN for Boot from SAN

For our infrastructure we have a production site and a disaster site with SAN-based replication for the LUNs on the Windows servers. So for our proof of concept we have one server on the production site on one storage array whose boot disk is replicated across the SAN (block-level copy) [...] read more

Hooking NtQueryDirectoryFile can't hide files

I want to hide files (in my program). I decided to use NtQueryDirectoryFile. But the files are not hidden, the code does not work. I don't use a driver, I use user mode. Can anybody help me please? The code snippet: typedef NTSTATUS (WINAPI * NTQUERYDIRECTORYFILE) (IN HANDLE FileHandle,IN HANDLE [...] read more

How to fix Windows 10 "The boot configuration data for your PC is missing or contains errors"?

PROBLEM: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Screenshot1 [https://i.stack.imgur.com/YWZOc.jpg] * My laptop [Acer Aspire VN7-592G] doesn't have an optical drive, so Windows 8.1 was installed via an external DVD drive; upon finishing the installation, it was not removed as the first boot option in the BIOS and while I believe this is a non-issue, could [...] read more

Fix cloned Windows problems (laptop system-recovery, memtest, Windows recovery environment)

BACKGROUND/CAUSE Several months ago, I upgraded my laptop's hard-drive to an SSD. The SSD is smaller than the hard-drive, so I freed up enough space for it to fit and cloned the drive to the SSD, with the only changes being that I shrank the laptop-recovery partition that contains the [...] read more

How can I get back in to locked partition?

I have a Compaq laptop with Windows 7 Professional pre-installed. I recently dual boot installed Windows 8 on it. I partitioned my hard drive, using Partition Wizard Bootable, in to 3 parts: C: (Where Windows 7 is installed); D: (An empty drive) and E: (Where Windows 8 is now installed). [...] read more

Windows 7 clean install becomes corrupt after reboot (repeated many fresh installs)

My laptop keeps crashing on boot after clean Windows 7 install. Computer: Samsung NP900X3C-A04HK (256GB SSD, 8GB RAM) OS to install: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (not from Samsung, own fresh Windows) I purchased this laptop about a year ago, never booted it into the Windows Home that was installed on [...] read more

Error 0xc000000f when trying to boot Windows 10

OK, I have 3 entries in my BCD. They are: 1. Windows 10 Insider Preview 2. Windows 10 (Recovery) 3. Windows 10 (ISO) The 1st one is my primary entry. The 2nd one is ONLY used if the 1st one fails to work (I'm using the 2nd one to post [...] read more

Unable to boot from USB drive; boot configuration for pc is missing or damaged

When I tried to install slackware on my pc (Dell optiplex 780 with a Kingston 240gb ssd and a Hitachi 250gb hdd), along with windows 10, I got an installation error. Lilo Linux wasn't able to install. I tried to install it in the master boot record. When I restarted [...] read more

Windows won't boot in UEFI mode, issue with the BCD

I received a new Clevo P650SE laptop. The laptop only had a 500GB 7200RPM HDD to begin with, so yesterday I added my Samsung 840 EVO SSD. As I wanted this to now be the primary drive, I made another new installation of Windows onto here. After doing this, the [...] read more

April 2015 Windows 8.1 Update: winload.efi error 0xc000000f

I have an Acer V3-772g: Intel i7 4712MQ, NVIDIA 750m 4 GB I installed the newest Windows 8.1 updates a couple days ago; however, the update failed. I left the computer to update and then went to work, so I wasn't able to see where the computer left off and [...] read more

EFI GPT Windows 7 boot-loader/manager issue and grub

My computer(asus N76VM 64 bit) with windows 7 (64 bit home professional) pre-installed got in a bad state while partitioning from a later installed Ubuntu environment. This had lead me to run testdisk and copy every seperate partition onto a backup HDD. I managed to get it al back onto [...] read more

Unable to load Windows after using EasyBCD to Reset bcd

My windows installation was working perfectly fine until i clicked "Reset BCD" in EasyBCD in Windows 8. After clicking that EasyBCD told me to add Win 8 entry via Add Entry Menu so i did. After restart, win 8 would not start. Neither would recovery F11. ATTEMPTS I MADE TO [...] read more

SymELAM.sys missing or corrupt Windows 8.1

I have a Toshiba Satellite e45t with Windows 8.1, and whenever I boot up, it says that SymELAM.sys is missing or corrupt. I read that it was related to Norton Anti-Virus, which I have. I've ran chkdsk /r. I also cannot boot into safe mode, either. Here is the error [...] read more

Windows not booting after deleting hiberfile.sys

I had problems with my SSD and I had to check and repair the disk through a Linux live USB. To do it I encountered the problem it could not run fsck because of windows hibernation, so I deleted the hiberfile with mount -t ntfs-3g -o remove_hiberfile Disk repair went [...] read more

Windows 7 cannot boot after Ubuntu install

I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on an unassigned partition, but Windows 7 cannot reboot after choosing it, saying Windows Boot Manager error. Windows Boot Manager Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart [...] read more

How to fix "File \Windows\System32\drivers\stornvme.sys is missing" BSOD on Windows 10 (code 0xc000000f)

My Windows 10 keeps trying to auto repair, and fails loading. Important note: I used to change motherboard since I initially installed the Windows. Maybe this hardware change is related? From what I read this could be related to Windows fast hibernation. Windows partition can only be mount under Ubuntu [...] read more

Windows 10 boot error

I recently created a bootable USB it using Rufus on a Windows 10 laptop in order to install Windows 10 add alongside Ubuntu for a dual boot on my desktop. I created the USB in Fat32 format. My empty partition on my desktop was also Fat32. When I entered my [...] read more

Second partition with Windows 7 unmountable

I'm using GRUB2 to dualboot Ubuntu and Windows 7. I installed Windows 7 some days ago and rewrote GRUB2 to cope with the dualboot. Everything went fine till yesterday - I could boot into both OS. Since this morning my laptop restarts every time I choose Windows 7 from the [...] read more

Windows 8.1 error 0xc000000f on boot - tried everything without positive result

* Operating system : Genuine Windows 8.1 * Updates : All installed up to date including additional ones except one that caused some random slow downs. > PC Specs : > > 1. CPU : Intel i3 2x3.3 GHz (LGA 1155) > 2. Mobo : Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 (rev 2.0) > [...] read more

how to resolve Windows 7 boot failure (0x490)

One day my Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) pc failed to boot. So far I've been unable to fix or even identify the problem, and I'm looking for help diagnosing the issue. I'm uncertain whether it's a configuration, software, or hardware problem. When I let the machine boot normally, the [...] read more

Windows 8.1 - Won't boot (0xc000000f), bcdedit fails

I’m pretty much stuck at this point. So, backstory: Windows was installed on one of the SSDs currently in my tower. I bought a new SSD to install Windows (8.1 64 bit) on. Windows installation went fine, booted up, and formatted the old SSD from within Windows (this seems to [...] read more

Accidentally deleted partition table, got it back, but now can't boot Windows

I'm dual-booting Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 10. I accidentally deleted the partition table for my main HDD, but was able to recover it. Now, I can't boot Windows. Thankfully, it was easy to reinstall Grub and boot Ubuntu. When trying to boot Windows, there is an error message on a [...] read more

Windows 8.1 UEFI x64 is not able to boot-up UEFI Images

The question appeared after asking this one. It seems that the Win8.1 UEFI x64 Boot Manager is unable to boot anything other than the windows itself (winload.efi). Trying to launch any other UEFI image (.efi) from it gives the error code 0xC000007B and I'm pretty sure that this isn't because [...] read more

0x00000e9 error on boot Windows 10

Recently when booting up my computer, the OS (Windows 10 Pro 64-bit) failed to load. When booting off of my primary drive, I received the following error: > 0xc000000e A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed. You'll need > to use recovery tools. If you don't have any [...] read more

Windows 10 Anniversary Update fails with error 0xc000000f

I enrolled my machine in the Release Preview ring of the Insider program. The update downloads, prepares to install and then requests a restart. It 'prepares to configure Windows' (I believe), and after the reboot it blue-screens: > RECOVERY > > Your PC/Device needs to be repaired > > A [...] read more

Windows XP covered up by Windows 7 Bootloader

I have two hard drives in my system, one for Windows 7 and one for Windows XP. I had to reinstall Windows 7, and after the re-install, the Windows 7 boot loader started showing up. This did not show up before the re-install. I usually use Windows XP for defaults [...] read more

Windows 8.1 boot error

I tried to install linux on a second partition of my hardrive, and now I can no longer boot into either system. The error I get when booting is: The Boot Configuration for your PC is missing or contains errors. File: \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BCD Error code: 0xc000000f I have tried automatic repair, [...] read more

Windows 8 disk errors

So yesterday, I forcibly restarted my Windows 8 PC. VMWare Workstation was having some trouble with the guest Linux Mint OS. It wasn't responding for some time, so I tried suspending it September 28th or perhaps even before. It wouldn't suspend -- I forgot what the window looked like, but [...] read more

MDT messed up BCD file settings/location when PXE booting, error 0xc000000f

I have a MDT setup here which worked fine until I updated the Windows image to 1903 recently and made some other changes. Now the PXE boot on clients fails with error "0xc000000f", missing boot configuration data files in folder \Tmp\ of the remote installation share. File names are <architecture>{<some [...] read more

Booting WDS Capture image on VM Gen2

Have problem booting capture image, created by Microsoft WDS management console. I have functional boot image (boot.wim) taken from WinServer 2012 R2 iso. This image works fine on Hyper-V Gen2 VM. But when I create capture image from working image, I am unable to boot and start the capture image [...] read more

Error reading boot configuration data on primary hard drive Windows Web Server 2008 R2

I have a root server on Hetzner which is running Windows Web Server 2008 R2. I am facing an issue with boot up. The server hangs up for some reason and when I issue an automated restart from Hetzner's control panel it doesn't boot. I got the KVM access and [...] read more

My PC !!! Wont Boot , says '\Boot\BCD status:0xc000000f '

Having a terrible time. I am using Windows 7 Home Premium, on a Toshiba Satellite CF53. I recently purchased an Adata SP 600 64GB SATA3 SSD. Previously had a 500GB HDD. Everything was working fine. The C partition took up 25.3 GB. My SSD has 59.6GB (formatted capacity). I used [...] read more

Click inside DirectX game while window is in background without bringing it to foreground

i'm currently trying to send input ( mouse currently, keyboard soon :D ) inside a DirectX game but i have no success. From my current tests, i've only managed to get it clicked if the window is in front. Here is the code ... using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; [...] read more

Wireshark Filters: Getting the packet that was sent before the filtered one

I am trying to create a filter in Wireshark that will grab all SMB responses that return "Error: STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE". I would also like the be able to grab the packet before the filtered ones. Here's an example: No. Time Source Destination Proto. Length Info 26482 24.832997 192.168.1.62 192.168.1.4 SMB 288 [...] read more

Grub4Dos and /boot/bcd error

I am running Ubuntu 13.04 on my laptop (SSD drive) and recently bought another HDD (second drive) installed in place of CD-ROM. What I want to achieve, is to have Ubuntu as primary OS and ability to boot to Windows 7 ocasionaly. My desired setup is this: * hd0,0 - [...] read more

Windows 10 boot error after disk partition

I attempted to create an 18 GB partition (with 64 GB unused on a 231 GB SSD) with a disk management program (AOMEI Partition Assistant). I pressed Apply which was followed by a restart, which resulted in the following error message thrown by the Windows Boot Manager: Windows failed to [...] read more

Computer Rebooting Constantly on Attempt to Download Windows 10

I'm trying to make a new computer using used parts. The motherboard and CPU were working and transferred successfully. The 2 HHDs used were cleaned through another computer by formatting it in Windows 10. However, upon putting everything together and getting the ISO files on a USB stick, the computer [...] read more

Windows 7 won't boot after last update from January, 2020

I have Windows 7 and Linux Mint (19.3, Cinnamon), both 64-bit as a dual boot on my PC. Windows 7 is installed on my HDD and Linux Mint on my SSD. Today I installed the latest update (from January 14th, 2020). I know that Windows 7's support has ended, but [...] read more

Recover hard drive accidentally reformatted from NTFS to Ext4

So me and my friend were installing Arch Linux on my external hard drive. My external hard drive had no data on it, ready to roll. My friend had partitioned my external hard drive (I am positive that there was no error in this part of the process), but after [...] read more

Windows disk imaging software which can save drivers and boot sector separately during backup?

I tried cloning an SSD from one laptop to a similar laptop. The laptop is running Windows 7 Enterprise. The second laptop has a larger and different model SSD. Both laptops have only a single drive, not USB devices attached. After the restore, the laptop doesn't boot. I get an [...] read more

Will chkdsk and sfc /scannow fix a corrupted winload.efi file?

Super User, I found an iso for my Surface finally... Can I run chkdsk and sfc /scannow to fix a corrupted winload.efi file? I can't reset my Surface because it has a lot of work on it and it is stuck in Recovery. (0xc000000f) I've read running chkdsk and sfc [...] read more

Windows 10 Startup Repair Loop doesn't let Windows to boot [Solved]

Yesterday my desktop froze and I had to tuned it off my pressing the start button. Afterwards, when Windows tried to boot, the Startup Repair popped out and tried to repair the startup with but giving an error and couldn't boot. It gave this rute: C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt . So I got [...] read more

Windows 10 Boot error 0xc000000f

my computer can't boot, I'm gettimg aboot error stating that it meeds to be repairedon Boot/BCD with the same error code that is on the title. I'll be straight honest with the background and how it happened. After I got stuck in a boot loop caused by a failed Windows [...] read more

0xc000000f BCD error in windows 10... Nothings working

Its been a long night... I bought a new computer with no os. I was going to copy my copy of windows 10 pro to a 250gb ssd. While copying the power went out. This usually is just a minor annoyance but for some reason it must have went off [...] read more

0xc000000e after imaging windows 10 disk with dd

So, trying to upgrade to SSD, I mounted my old drive and the new SSD to a second system and copied the disk using dd for windows. After putting everything back, using either drive (old or new), I get 0xc000000e (and 0xc000000f for a while) ('unable to access winload.efi'). Trying [...] read more

MBR Boot sector partition error

After suffering a virus attack on my current laptop there was still found a md5 hash error located on the mbr boot hard drive sector, then I decided to use gparted to perform a new partition on the current installed ssd hard drive and rebuild the mbr boot on whole. [...] read more

How to fix bcd error

Window failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your window installation disc and restart your computer. 2.choose your language,and then click next. 3.click repair your computer. If you don't have this docs , contact your system administrator or [...] read more

After mbr2gpt conversion, Windows 10 system cannot boot

Before I ran mbr2gpt my Windows 10 PC had MBR partition with two volumes: one System Reserve partition (2G), one OS partition(236G). After I ran mbr2gpt /convert /disk:0 /allowFullOS A third partition was created. The running information showed the conversion was completed successfully. When I tried to reboot it to [...] read more

Windows 10 recovery drive (usb stick) breaks after first use

I have some problems with my Windows 10 bootsector (I think I wiped it by accident). I created USB stick repair drive and I am able to go to console to try some stuff. However, if I try command bootrec /RebuildBcd and reboot my PC recovery disk itself doesn't work [...] read more

Error 0xc000000f : Boot failed after I accidentally changed my C drive to active

I was trying to hard reset my computer. I was removing a parallel installation of Ubuntu which was installed alongside Windows. To remove Grub, I deleted the Ubuntu partition and then used the recovery drive (a drive within my computer) to hard reset using BIOS. Its a feature in HP [...] read more

Windows 7 blue screen at start up

I opened my PC and tried to open photoshop , then suddenly my PC restarted itself , so when it booted i tried again to open photoshop. Then i had blue screen and restart.It opened normally,I tried again to open it (after i read why photoshop did that) and bsod [...] read more

Windows boot error 0xc00000e & 0xc00000f

I was running Linux Mint 18.1 and Windows 10. The grub loader was on an hdd with Linux, and Windows 10 was installed on an SSD. When I went to boot I got a winload.exe 0xc00000e error. After running bootrec /fixmbr and /fixboot from an install disc it showed I [...] read more

My Sony Vaio laptop crashed during restoring it to its factory settings

Early this summer my computer caught a virus. My virus protection ran out a few weeks before so I was trying to get rid of it but it kept giving me pop up windows everywhere. I caved in and decided to restore it back to its factory settings. But something [...] read more

Windows 8.1 not booting

It all started when I was playing battlefront and was getting fairly low fps, so I started overclocking my graphics card and processor to see if that would help, but when I was overclocking my processor using Intel extreme tuning utility it asked me to reboot, so I did. But [...] read more

Windows 10 won't boot (Error code: 0xc000000f)

Last night my laptop got a blue screen and when I rebooted it, it quickly flashed a screen that said Preparing automatic repair... and then went into a blue screen that says my PC needs to be repaired. The error message I'm getting says that the OS can't be loaded [...] read more

Ubuntu 13.04 Windows 8 dual boot, won't start Windows nor Recovery on Asus N56

http://paste.ubuntu.com/5688077/ Hello, I need help with this. Installed Ubuntu 13.04 on Asus N56 with preinstalled win8, secure boot off, fastboot off, IVT off, legacy mode not enabled, both in EFI with grub2. I can't enter win or win restore, tried a few things besides boot repair manually and automatically, tried [...] read more

windows 8 boot error

Hi I am using Sony Vaio laptop with windows 8 OS, when I power on my laptop blue screen appears and it says your PC needs to be repaired, a required device not connected or cannot be accessed Error code: 0xc000000f. and it says you will need to use the [...] read more

Windows Installation Files from Root, BCD Error Fix?

I have a situation where I need to take the installation files of Windows 10 off the root of the flash drive and inside a new directory called windows10x64. Old Directory of BCD: /boot/BCD New Directory of BCD: /Windows10x64/boot/BCD Old Directory of Bootmgr: /bootmgr New Directory of Bootmgr: /Windows10x64/bootmgr Drive [...] read more

Lenovo Ideapad U310 encrypted w/ PGP WDE can't get to BIOS or boot menu

The Lenovo U310 Touch with Windows 7 was encrypted using PGP Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3.2. Everything seemed to work fine until I used a windows 7 repair CD to restore an older system image back to this drive. Now when the ideapad starts up, I still get a symentec encryption [...] read more

window startup can't access boot files like winload.exe

I am having a single 450GB drive on my laptop PC. I tried to shrink it using third party app "Minitool partition wizard" as the default disk management tool was saying "Not enough space available to shrink" even after the space was available. I restarted the PC as it asked [...] read more

Windows 7 Failed to boot

I tried to recover my windows 7 64bit after a System Repair Boot Loop but now it fails to boot with error: File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe status: 0xc000000f Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt I tried to add a new boot entry that's [...] read more

Issues installing Kali Linux alongside Windows 8

I am running Windows 8 64-bit with an i3-3230m with 750GB HDD and 8GB RAM. I installed Kali onto a 40GB unallocated partition. (Note: I had to change to Legacy mode in BIOS or my computer would not be able to recognize and boot from the disc.) FIRST ISSUE: After [...] read more

Can't get Ubuntu boot from Windows 7 boot loader

I have a HP Envy Laptop which was shipped with Win 8. Since I am not very comfortable with Win 8, I wanted to install the Win 7 + Ubuntu 14 combination with dual boot option. I have successfully installed Windows 7. After installing Win 7, I installed Ubuntu on [...] read more

Windows failed to start 0xc000000f

I recently bought a Kingston 120GB SSD and installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit on it. I also have a secondary 500GB HDD: Western Digital WD5000AADS. When I try to boot, it freezes and shows the following message: > Windows failed to start. \Boot\BCD Error code: 0xc000000f An error ocurred > [...] read more

Migration Issues with Win7

I have a Windows 7 box that I am trying to migrate over to another box. I tried using Acronis and I ended up with not being able to boot Windows. Error: 0xc000000f The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible. Is this a hardware issue? How can [...] read more

Laptop won't boot from anything except HDD

I have a Windows 7 install disc (official,etc), I tried this in a laptop which would not boot to Windows 7, instead getting stuck on "the boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible", the error code being 0xc000000f I tried putting the disc into the drive and booting [...] read more