Windows failed to start 0xc000000f

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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 while attempting to read the boot configuration data.

I've tried most of the solutions I could find:

  1. Using the /fixmbr and /fixboot commands.
  2. Using /bcdboot D:\Windows.

I can boot normally if I insert the Windows Installation disc, select to boot from it and skip the button press.

The SSD is C: and the HD is F:. However, on the Repair System menu, the Local Disk (SSD) appears as D: and the HD as C:.

Also, there was a SSD partition named D:, which was active, but I deallocated it and set C: as active, because there was a missing bootmgr problem previously.

Computer Management screenshot: enter image description here

UPDATE: I disconnected the HDD and ran the Repair System again. It automatically detected the error and repaired the boot data. I reconnected the HDD after that and now everything is fine. Thanks.

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asked on Super User Nov 8, 2013 by Ikuzen • edited Nov 8, 2013 by Ikuzen

2 Answers

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Looks like your boot partition is not marked as "Active" See if these steps work:

  1. Boot into GParted live CD.
  2. Locate the correct disk and partition. You wont see C:/F: and and all here. So, go by disk and partition sizes.
  3. Locate your boot partition(Usually the first partition on disk where your windows installation resides. Not necessarily the one which has windows files). Mark the partition as active and boot.
  4. Reboot and see if it works.
  5. Also post a screenshot from GParted if it does not work.

And as with all disk related stuff, do anything at your own risk(Although I dont see any risk here).

UPDATE
Disconnect WD drive. Boot to windows using windows disk. Re-write the boot configuration using say EasyBCD Free version or BCDEdit. See if this works.

answered on Super User Nov 8, 2013 by tumchaaditya • edited Nov 8, 2013 by tumchaaditya
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Sounds like your HDD is in the boot order before the SSD.

In your BIOS ensure that the SSD is ahead of the optical drive and the HDD, in the boot order.

If the item in the boot order list is "Hard drive" or something generic like that, look for a separate (Hard) Drive order section and ensure the SSD is ahead of the HDD in there as well.

Also, you may want to disconnect the HDD from the system completely, boot from your Windows install disk, and do a repair.

Once that's done and you can boot into Windows, stick the HDD back in.

answered on Super User Nov 8, 2013 by Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007

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