How To Fix Boot/BCD 0xc000000f Error Windows 7
This article is specific to Windows 7 but similar errors occur on Vista and Windows 2008/R2.After rebooting your computer you receive the following error:
Windows Boot ManagerYou may receive a similar error which lists the error code as 0xc0000034 or missing file: \windows\system32\winload.exe instead.
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1.insert windos cd and run a repair your computer option.
File: /boot/bcd
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
You may also receive further errors after trying to repair the bcd store using bootrec and bcdedit as follows.
The requested system device cannot be found.
The “Windows Boot Configuration Data File is Missing Required Information
The “Windows Boot Configuration Data File is Missing
An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data
Cause and Fix
The most likely cause of this error is that you tried to dual boot two operating systems and then later decided to remove one. This inadvertently may have deleted the bcd boot store. The trick here is to run the above commands in the right order and set your boot partition to active. Let’s get started.Make sure your boot partition is set to Active
Boot from your DVD and choose the repair option. From the recovery console type “diskpart” and press enter and then type “list disk” to get a list of physical disks installed.Repair the MBR and boot sectors
From the recovery console run these commands in this order:- bootrec /fixmbr
- bootrec /fixboot
If you have any additional operating systems you want to add use the bootrec /scanos command.
If you still have issues you may have a system with a GPT disk. In this case you will have an EFI sytem partition that must always be active. See the following if you get Failure when attempting to copy boot files or suspect you have an EFI system.
2.
Download a copy of GPARTED or a similar partition manager - GPARTED is fine normally.
Burn the ISO to a CD / DVD -- your choice -- a re-writable one is fine - then you can re-use the medium again if you want. You can also create a bootable USB too if you don't have a DVD drive.
Boot your DELL machine from the GPARTED disk.
Change the Active partition to just Primary.
Change the Boot (small partition) to Active -- Don't confuse the Hidden partition with the BOOT partition -- GPARTED will usually show you which is a Bootable partition.
Re-boot -- should work fine.
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