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Error appears during boot up following attempted re-installation of the OS: Windows Boot Manager appears and prompts to use the installation disc to attempt repair, displays the above noted "winload.exe." message. No other peripherals installed besides noted parts with the exception of 1 Lite On DVD R/W and 1 Samsung DVD R/W. Previous attempts in Safe Mode after install showed the volsnap error that was repaired via the Repair Option. (?) Multiple attempts to use the installation disc for repair but only goes into an endless loop with no resolution. Booting to Install/Repair option  and choosing install, deleted the Disk0 Partition 2, deleted Disc 0 Partition1 -System Reserved volume - and again attempted a 'fresh' re-install of the OS.  Installation completes the 'Copying Windows files' but 'Expanding Windows Files' fails with this message 'WIndows cannot install the required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available and restart the installation. Error code 0x

Eliminated all previous partitions using a XP mini-disc to see the partitions in disc management and reformatted the HD. Then reinstalled the OS as a clean install,  successful

Hi, · When exactly do you get this error message? · Are you able to initiate the installation? · Does the error occur during the installation? · Were you able to complete the installation and then you received this error? Method 1: I would suggest you to unplug all the external devices except mouse and keyboard if you have connected any devices and then check for the issue. Method 2: If the error occurs while booting to Windows, then I would suggest you to perform startup repair from Win RE and check if it helps. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/startup-repair

Is this where you download the 8.1 ISO from? "Create installation media for Windows 8.1" http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media A similar Tutorial which may also assist you "Create Installation Media for Windows 8.1" http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/create-installation-media-windows-81 In the first screen of this very simple wizard, you need to choose the following: Language. English – en-us if you're in the United States. Edition. Windows 8.1 (Core), Windows 8.1 N, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro N, or Windows 8.1 Single Language. Architecture. 64-bit (x64 ) or 32-bit (x86). _______________________________________ " How to Create a Bootable USB or DVD with a Windows 8 or 8.1 ISO" http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2227-create-bootable-usb-dvd-windows-8-iso.html Warning This will not work to install Windows 8 or 8.1 for UEFI . For that, see this tutorial below instead. UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windows Cheers.

now i am using ubuntu.how to make usb bootable with ubuntu 14.10.

im doing a clean install by wiping HDD. ya toshiba supports and supply 8.1 drivers.i'm using windos for 3 years.now it showing this problem after instling win 10. it was dead slow.coz of that i reinstall win8.1 from that time this problem presisit.ater instaling win8.1 for two days it dont have any prblm.bt after that it will become dead slow and shows winload exe error anda restarts by itself.

Hi, Are you doing a clean install, a reinstall, or an upgrade? Does Toshiba support and supply 8.1 Drivers for that Model? More information is required. Cheers.

You have to use a Windows 7 or above machine to use the 8.1 Media Creation Tool to download the 8.1 ISO. You are out of luck with Ubuntu as it won't do it.

Hi, See if this information by SpiritX MS MVP assists you: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-system/boot-error-status-0xc000000f-winloadexe-missing-or/2394ddb8-b461-4e5e-bdf5-d82b120f0171 Cheers.

oh when i try to load it

where do I look that up?

What is the make and model number of the computer? Did Windows come preinstalled on it?

To access the System Recovery Environment in Windows 7, simply boot your PC, just before the system loads the Windows operating system; hit the [F8] Function 8 key on your keyboard which will launch the Advanced Boot Options menu. There you will see a new option 'Repair Your Computer', select this option and hit 'Enter' on your keyboard. If the problem persist, try booting into Safe Mode, boot your PC, just before the system loads the Windows operating system; hit the [F8] Function 8 key on your keyboard which will launch the Advanced Boot Options menu. Select Safe Mode. If that does not work, try the following: Method 1: =============== 9. Type Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All, and then press ENTER. Note: In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows 7 installation media is located.

gateway. The thing is that my son did used it without my consent and I am trying to fix it before my husband gets home on saturday.

I cant boot my pc, and i cant find the installation cd. Any other option?? I have no ideia where the cd might be. I cant boot my PC either and I don't have the CD, but I do have my PK. Is there some place I cant download an ISO for it? I don't want to have to buy win XP when its going out of support cycle and I just need to recover some file from the hard drive.

Judging from your last replies, it would probably be best to leave it alone and let your husband deal with it when he gets home. Anything you try might make things worse than they already are and you could lose important files that your husband doesn't want to lose. Not only that, your husband may know what to do to take care of it.

I used method 3.. i am dual booting windows 7 and 8 but now win7 works fine but 8 only boots in safe mode

I cant boot my pc, and i cant find the installation cd. Any other option?? I have no ideia where the cd might be.

Hi, This issue can occur if the bootloader cannot find Windows 7 boot sector or boot files. Follow these steps: In Vista, open an elevated command prompt, Type( or copy and paste these if you like). cd /d f:\windows\system32 then press enter bcdboot f:\windows /s c: then press enter. Close command prompt. Restart the pc. See this link - http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/30572-problem-dualboot-vista-7-winload-exe-error-2.html

Hi Stefan2012, You can use the tool "Dual-boot Repair" that comes with Visual BCD . It is a 32-bit app and runs on XP, Vista and later. "Automatic Repair" option chooses and installs the latest Windows NT6 boot environment (Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8). For manual repair some knowledge is needed. One cannot expect not to run into errors if there is no idea what is going on using system tools. System tools are for advanced users !

ram problem RAM SELECK NO PROBLEM

I have already answered to the same post on www.sevenforums.com some hours ago. The problem is that the boot environment has been mixed up - some of the files are from Vista others from Windows 7. The parameter for the root of the operating system must be the root of Windows 7 ! so the command should be: bcdboot  /s (active partition) The same command is issued from the StartUp Repair tool part of "Visual BCD Editor" package - http://www.boyans.net . Important corrections to the boot environment when done manually must be done VERY CAREFULLY !

And what if your vista is 32 bit and other systems are 64 bit, I get error in cmd that it's not compatible.  My other systems are windows 7 and windows 8 in 64 bit mode

Hi Chandan, I see that you have problems with recovery option in Windows 8. I will help you with this issue. 1. What is the make and model of the computer? 2. Which security software is installed on the computer? 3. Did you make any changes to the computer recently? In Windows 8 use File History : Repair & recovery http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/windows/repair-recovery-help#repair-recovery-help=windows-8 Hope it helps. For any further Windows related assistance, feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help.

What if there isn't am option to run the repair utility because you aren't able to boot the drive and the recovery disk wont allow you to run the refresh because you have to load HDD drivers (PCIE SSD) before you can do anything with the windows install disk? Basically, the only option I have when using the install disk is to go to custom install and "Load Drivers" and then do a custom install.  My Win8 drive doesn't show up until I click load drivers.  All I want to do is use the Recover - refresh option. Thanks. (From what I have gathered is this is a shortcoming in the windows 8 repair tool, it looks like someone forgot to add the ability to load HDD drivers prior to running the recovery tools, this is a very poor oversight)

Hi, 1) What is the exact/complete error message? 2) Are you able to boot to the operating system? Also, refer the following article: How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

Hi, Were you able to contact our Answer Desk team? If not, we suggest that you do so. Here's the link again for your reference. If you have other concerns, feel free to post.

Hello. Let's look into this concern. Have you tried the steps provided by Kate Li in this Support article ? Try them and let us know if it helps.

Yes it does. I did everything possible to fix and my PC is still broken.

Contacted Answer Desk but they did not reply.

Hi, If the issue still persists even after the troubleshooting steps you've done, we suggest that you contact Answer Desk through this link .

If you think Automatic Repair helps fix the problem, you are 100% wrong because it only returns a blue screen or "Startup Repair couldn't detect a problem" message, making it completely helpless, pointless, and a waste of time because it changes nothing. I really want to see if there is any other stuff that will help fix that superannoying 0xc0000225 winload error. And it is much more serious because it is winload.exe that is missing so that it can't even try to load the data from winload.efi.

Hello, To isolate the issue, when did you start experiencing this? Have you done any recent changes on your device prior to the issue? Also, what troubleshooting steps have you done so far? Regards.

Don't forget to put the solution to the problem in your answer. It does require Windows 10 recovery media. I have no recovery media, I will use the installation media, and choose repair your computer. What must I do to fix this problem?

Hello, To isolate the issue, when did you start experiencing this? Have you done any recent changes on your device prior to the issue? Also, what troubleshooting steps have you done so far? Regards. Actually, I have run Automatic Repair and Startup Repair. Both didn't work. I tried system restore. No restore points were there. System image recovery. No system images. Go back to previous build. Cannot go back to previous build. Refresh your PC. There was a problem. Reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing. Command prompt, and diskpart, to fix the drive partition problem. Still not help. Command prompt to restore system file / SFC. Failed. Startup settings > safe mode. Still did not fix the problem. I did NOT do any changes so I'm assuming that I kept shutting down the Surface Pro 3 the wrong way. I didn't do it. It was my PC doing that because first it was not responding, then it was shut down to protect data, until the file got corrupt, while the system was writing data to

I did every single fix but my computer still halts at the error Sounds like a BCD problem.  Does your statement include that repair?

Thank you andre ... the problem was because of cruppted iso ... i downloaded the new one and it was ok and i installed that ... Thanks for everything

Looks like its a corrupt installation media. Could also mean the .ISO file you downloaded is corrupt. Download a fresh copy and try again: Download: Windows 10 9926 English: x86 | How to migrate from Windows 10 Preview Releases: Dual Boot Setup and Protect Accumulated Data How to: Reinstall or Restore your original Windows installation after evaluating the Windows 10 Previews

Hi Pedram, Thank you for your interest in Windows 10 Technical preview. I suggest you to reinstall the Operating system using the disk and check if it helps. Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

i used andre's method and it was worked perfectly ... and thanks to you Giridhar

Hi, I have a problem, and wondered: when you re-installed windows 10, did you lose your activate product key? Or did you buy a new one?

Thank you for letting us know.

Thank you 1. Laptop was running slow 2. Windows 8 was preinstalled abd activated prior to upgrade to windows 10 (upgrade was installed on day of release) 3. Windows diagnostic tool.

Hi, To better understand the query, please answer the following questions: 1. Are you facing any specific issues that requires you to reset or refresh the computer? 2. Was windows 10 activated after you upgraded to Windows 10? 3. What exactly is the "diagnostics" that you are referring to? Do get back to us with more details about the issue for further assistance.

Hi, Sorry for the delay in replying. Some system files and settings might be broken or corrupt. Suggest you to repair your copy of Windows and check if that helps. If need be then you may want to download the Windows 10 ISO file on a different computer and use it. How to: perform a repair upgrade using the Windows 10 ISO file: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-perform-a-repair-upgrade-using-the-windows/35160fbe-9352-4e70-9887-f40096ec3085 Note: Performing this can repair broken operating system files while preserving your personal files, settings and installed applications. Keep us informed to help you further.

I guess nobody can help then.

Hello dreamsndigital, This error occurs when either of the following conditions is true: · The Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr) entry is not present in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. · Let  us know if this helps you either way. Make it a great day! "In the End The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make"

Hello, The C! thank you so much for your help, I truly appreciate it!I finally got the pc up and running again, you're a lifesaver!:-) Hope you have a good weekend! Dreamsndigital

Hello dreamsndigital, Your Welcome! Glad to hear your issue was resolved. Make it a great day! "In the End The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make"

Hi steven111, You may try to rebuild BCD store by following the below steps and see if that can resolve the issue. Before you follow the steps mentioned, make sure you backup your data. Note: Please ensure that the DVD-ROM is the first booting device. If you are unsure how to change this BIOS setting, please contact the computer manufacturer for more information. Modifying BIOS/ complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of BIOS/CMOS settings can e solved. Modifications of the settings are at your own risk 1. When prompted to press a key to boot from the CD or DVD, please press Enter or the space bar. 2. Click "Next" and click "Repair your computer". 3. Highlight the item related to Windows 7 and click "Next". 4. In the dialog-box titled "System Recovery Options", click "Command Prompt" and type in the foll

Hi carze, Welcome to Microsoft Answers. To assist you in solving the issue you will have to answer a question as - Are you able to view the hard disks in the RAID BIOS? If you are not able to view them in the RAID BIOS then the issue remains with the driver. Then in this case you will have to install the right driver to resolve the issue. You can also try and connect one RAID drive, then install Windows 7; after the installation is done you can connect the other drive and check if it works. Hope this helps. Let us know the results. Thanks, Meghmala – Microsoft Support Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think

Dear Syed, Thanks for your reply. I have attempted to install Windows 10 from the Installation Disk, as described in your previous post. During the instalation process I get the following error message: 'Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x8007045D'. What steps can I take to fully install Windows 10? Thanks for your help. Kind regards, Wouter

Hello, Thanks for the update on the issue. I appreciate your efforts and time in resolving this issue. This issue occurs when the installation is corrupt. You may try to download Windows 10 again and install it on your PC. You may refer to the article mentioned below for downloading Windows 10. Download Windows 10 Let us know the results. We will be glad to assist you further.

Dear Jayant, Thanks for your response. Since my last response I have copied my last files to USB and now want to install a clean version of Windows 10, using the disk I have created. When I attempt to reinstall Windows, under recovery options and choose to keep my files and settings, I get an error message saying there is a partition error. When I attempt to install Windwos 10 from the root menu of the installation disk, I am asked for a serial number. Is it okay for me to enter my Windows 7 serial number at this point? Or do I skip this step? Please help, it is much appreciated! Kind regards, Wouter

Hi Divya, Thanks for your quick response and support. I have completed the steps that you have outlined in your response, however I have been unable to repair the system. When I attempt to perform the Repair on this computer, I have followed steps a through c. However, when I click on 'Advanced options', the option 'Automatic repair' is not visible. The options that are visible are shown in the screenshot below. When I attempt to repair perform a 'Startup repair', I get the error message that this option is not supported (as shown in the below screenshots). What steps could I take to get Windows working? I appreciate your help. Best regards, Wouter

Dear Jayant, Thanks for your help so far. Unfortunately, following the steps you indicated in your previous message, has not resolved the issue. I am now getting a similar error message, this time with the code 0x000000e9. During the process you described, I also got a funny error message. When I performed the Bootrec /rebuildbcd in DOS, it completed with the error message that there are 0 OS installed on the system. It seems best to me if I do a clean install of Windows 10. Before I do this with the installation disk that I have burned as suggested in Divya's post above, I would like to know if there is any way I can move a dozen or so documents from the C:\users\myname\My Documents folder to an external USB drive. Is there any way to do this in DOS? Or are these files locked? Your help with this issue is truly appreciated. Kind regards, Wouter

Hi, Thank you for your response. I would like to inform you that, once your device upgrades to Windows 10 using the free upgrade offer and activates online automatically, an entitlement is registered to your PC’s hardware for the edition of Windows 10 you upgraded to in the Windows 10 Activation service. So you can upgrade or reinstall Windows 10 anytime on your computer. If you have already upgrade to Windows 10, you may skip this step. However, you cannot manually enter the previous Operating System product key to activate Windows 10. You may refer the follow help article and check if it helps. How to Activate and resolve common Product key issues in Windows 10 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-activate-and-resolve-common-product-key/33f31475-93b3-4d1c-812f-4b21fbd807a7 Hope this information is helpful. For any further information, feel free to contact us. Thank you.

Hi Wouter, Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities. I will be glad to help you with the issue you have with the computer. I understand the frustration when things don't work the way it should. I suggest you to create a Windows 10 installation Disc and perform a repair on the computer. To create a please find the below link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Please let us know if you need further assistance. Thank you.

Hi, Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Based on the issue description I can understand that you are getting a yellow screen on startup. This might happen because of the graphics card loading the drivers slowly or error while loading the content. Safe mode is a diagnostic mode where windows loads with minimal set of drivers and all the third party application will be disabled, in other words windows loads in VGA mode in safe mode and it will not use graphic drivers in safe mode. Hence I would suggest you to try going in to Safe mode with networking and see if the issue persists. If not I would suggest you uninstall and reinstall the graphics card driver and see if it helps. Please follow the steps below to uninstall: 1. Right Click on Start , Select Device Manager. 2. Find and double-click the category of device whose driver you wish to uninstall, the graphics card would be listed under Display Adapters. 3. Right - click the device, and click Uninstall . 4.Windows will prompt you to co

Hello Wouter, Thank you for keeping us posted. As per the description, I understand that you are experiencing issue with Windows 10 winload.exe error 0xc000000f on the system. I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you. I really appreciate all your efforts in trying to fix the issue. I would suggest you to refer to the suggestions provided in the following Microsoft Community link and check if that helps. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_repair/file-windowssystem32winloadexe-error-code/d64439a9-17ca-49b6-8d63-b41fa78bb608 I hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you. Thank you. Jayant

Dear Sahil, Thanks for your help. I have created a new install disk and managed to complete the Windows 10 installation. At the end of the installation, the message "please restart your computer in order to complete installation" appeared. I pressed on "okay" to restart. Since then, whenever I start up the PC I get a yellow screen. Please see the attached screenshot for more information. I can still boot from the installation CD, but can no longer start Windows normally. Thanks for your help so far, and hope you can assist further! Kind regards, Wouter

Contrary to what you might think, I backed up most of my data. Unfortunately I've been very busy lately and haven't gotten around to backing up some pretty important stuff. Anyway, pressing F8 took me right back to the error screen. I already tried it.

As I said, I don't have an installation CD/DVD. Would buying one be an option at all or do I have to format it and attempt to recover data after formatting? Do not under any circumstances format the disk before retrieving the data! Did you consider asking a friend to burn a Repair CD for you? If you tell me whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit machine then I'll upload a copy of this file to the cloud. Whether it will work I do not know because it's in German instead of English.

Pressing F8 took me right back to the error screen. I already tried it. The next option consists of booting the machine with a Windows 7 Repair CD or Installation DVD. Again it lets you invoke System Restore but it does not require a password. Unfortunately it has to be a Windows 7 CD or DVD. As I said, I don't have an installation CD/DVD. Would buying one be an option at all or do I have to format it and attempt to recover data after formatting?

Is there anything I could do to restore my data? -> Your question suggests that you belong to the very large group of people who defer the implementation of a robust backup scheme until they suffer a major disaster. On this occasion you're safe. Your data can be retrieved even if Windows refuses to boot up. If System Restore is active on your machine then you can use it to restore the missing file. Tap F8 rapidly at boot time, then boot Windows into Windows Repair Mode. Now use System Restore to set Windows back to a point when it worked as it should.

Pressing F8 took me right back to the error screen. I already tried it. The next option consists of booting the machine with a Windows 7 Repair CD or Installation DVD. Again it lets you invoke System Restore but it does not require a password. Unfortunately it has to be a Windows 7 CD or DVD.

Hi, It has been a while. We'd like to check on you if you are still experiencing the issue. If so, you can insert your installation disc or recovery drive and select Repair your computer from the options. If the issue persists, see if you can select System Restore. Reinstalling Windows 10 should affect your license. Since it was upgraded from Windows 7, it should have a digital entitlement which should be linked to your Microsoft Account. Same goes with your Office license. Check these articles for your reference: Activation in Windows 10 . Download and install or reinstall Office 365 or Office 2016 on a PC or Mac . Download and install or reinstall Office 2013 on a PC . With regard to other third party licensed applications, you may inquire about it from the software developers. Let us know how it goes.

And now you know why even John McAfee has disowned McAfee. 😒

One more thing, based on my research.  This does have licensed McAfee installed on it.

Let us know how it goes. Well, I needed to use my laptop this past week, so I reinstalled the old HDD.   Unfortunately, the HDD died and I had to just clean install Windows 10 onto the SSD.  I purchased a Windows 10 license from NewEgg to be done with it. Thanks for the suggestions, but I try not to post until I have performed all possible fixes I can find.  My plan was to uninstall McAfee and copy the partition over again to see if that would fix the access denied issue, as, I feel sure it would have been the issue.  Most people report that the Bootrec commands fix their issue.  Also, I didn't state it above, but the "Repair my computer" option couldn't even find a copy of Windows to attempt to fix.  This is odd, in my book, as the Windows 10 install informed me there was a copy of Windows which would be renamed to Windows.old.  Since there were no drivers needed in order to access the HDD, I feel fairly sure it was Anti-virus having locked out the bootrec /bootfix command.  I did con

Move to regular Windows forum as this is for those Insiders Testing Windows 10 Preview builds not released to the public.

From the Command Prompt of Recovery Console or a Vista boot disk. Try Typing drive letter e.g. C: otherwise you will get locked drive or drive write protected errors might help someone bydefault you are on X:\ sometimes so change it to appropriate drive letter before running commands C:\sfc /scannow C:\ chkdsk /f /r Regards and then SFC /scannow Hit enter and then chkdsk /f /r (Spaces after C and / and k and /  and  f and / )

Yup. A screen even comes up saying"Booting from CD / Press any key to boot from CD" or something like that, but when I press a key the next screen is the same black screen with the 0xc000000f error.

I have same problem after I installed HP officejet pro 8500 full software downloaded from hp site. my errror states "\$windows.~bt\windows\system32\winload.exe corrupt or missing.

Yes that definitely sounds like hardware so a shop visit is required. Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

This worked!!! Thanks!

Hi, Just to be sure - you have set it in Setup/Settings (BIOS/CMOS) as you boot up (often F2) to boot from CD/DVD 1st in order? Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

Thanks for the reply. Figured I'll probably have to take it to a shop since there doesn't seem to be much I can do when my computer won't boot from any disk or bootable drive I've tried, including my Vista install disc.

Hi, You probably have hardware issues and need a good computer shop (not leeks and peeks at a Best Buy or big box store) or technical support from the System maker.. Try Startup Repair - This tells you how to access the System Recovery Options and/or use a Vista Disk Hope this helps and Happy Holidays! Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

Hi, You can make Repair Disks for Free. NeoSmart - 32 bit and 64 bit Vista and Windows 7 Repair Disks http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/ How to Make a Bootable Disk in Vista - also applies to Windows 7 using the links above http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/7050.aspx How to Create a Vista Recovery Disc http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-create-recovery-disc.html How to Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html Hope this helps. Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

Hi, · When did the issue start? · Who is the manufacturer of the laptop? Step 1: You may boot the computer in ’Last Known Good Configuration’ and check if the issue persist. For more information, refer: Using Last Known Good Configuration: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Using-Last-Known-Good-Configuration Step 2: Perform start-up repair if it is pre-installed. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Startup-Repair-frequently-asked-questions If not, contact the manufacturer of the laptop for more assistance.

You could always download the current insider build or purchase win 10 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewadvanced

I tried this for my device (acer) and it doesnt work, nd neither do to recovery disks, instead this has come up

Hi, Here are the Key/s to press at Boot to start the Recovery Process back to Factory Settings (new condition). Under each Manufacturer in the list below are the instructions in the respective links for you to follow on how to use their Recovery Partition Acer – Press Left Alt + F10 Keys. http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2631 http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/System-Recovery-and-Recovery/How-To-Perform-system-recovery-Windows-7/ta-p/279643 Cheers.

What error does it give you when you change the Boot Order to Boot from the disk?

I'm also facing the same problem... is there any step by step problem solution from Microsoft? it would be very, very helpful.... I CANNOT DO MANY OFFICIAL WORKS FOR THIS PROBLEM...THIS IS SERIOUS MICROSOFT.... previously, my problem sequenced as... Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt. :c I don't wanna get a new hd because of this Q_Q

It cost me $49 to be told to turn my computer off and on. To call this a ripoff is an understatement. You might want to think for a moment how a flat charge of $49 per call works out in practice. Since you were unable to find the solution during your search, it is not a well-known problem. The support engineer used her professional expertise, which was not free.

It cost me $49 to be told to turn my computer off and on. To call this a ripoff is an understatement. You might want to think for a moment how a flat charge of $49 per call works out in practice. Since you were unable to find the solution during your search, it is not a well-known problem. The support engineer used her professional expertise, which was not free. I beg to differ. If you Google the problem you will find dozens of references indicating that the problem is common. The Microsoft technician I talked to knew immediately how to fix it. It angers me that Microsoft chose not to publish that solution.

Hi Sean, Thanks for replying to us with the status of your issue. We appreciate you for trying the troubleshooting steps. As the issue still persists, it might be an issue related to the WD Raptor HDD, I suggest you to contact the WD Raptor HDD support and check for the latest firmware updates. Refer to the below link: http://supportdownloads.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?DL Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

Greg, Thank you for the answer.  I have read thru it this morning and I started with disassembling the raid. I have disabled the raid in bios and disconnected all but one HDD.  The BIOS doesn't support AHCI. Now Windows doesn't even see a HDD.  It is present in BIOS as first SATA Master. I only have one 74GB WD connected - I know it is small but it is the fastest. I'm running ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE ACPI BIOS Revision 1015 w/ Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Any recommendations? Update: I reset the BIOS to default and installed a larger 320GB standard 7200rpm drive and it picked it right up.  Windows is installing as I type. After some searching apparently WD Raptor HDD and Windows don't play well together. Would still appreciate some guidance as I don't want this to be the solution on my other computer.

Well, what's immediately obvious is the RAID.  In six years helping tens of thousands of consumers in forums I've never seen a good report about RAID, just problems including almost always losing all data if a single drive fails - so it isn't even redundant which is the first letter of it's name! And there's really no appreciable benefit or need now that there are SSD's, drive imaging and huge drives. So what I'd immediately recommend is breaking the RAID, set SATA controller at AHCI with only the fastest hard drive or SSD attached, then do a Clean Install Windows 10 Upgrade making sure to delete all partitions during the booted install to get it cleanest as illustrated in the link. As long as you stick only with the steps, tools and methods in the Wiki then there's nothing that can cause the problems you describe once you get rid of the RAID.

Hi, Please see this thread which details all the troubleshooting steps you will need to follow for the Missing OS loader. I am thinking that is going to be the most important thing to go after first. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/automated-startup-repair-fails-cannot-find-os/81789756-858e-4adc-a25b-2c0d0c234e0d

I have tried bcdedit. It says their is no "BOOT" folder Please help What I did was I didn't select the type in EasyBCD.

Hi, 1. Did you add a Windows XP entry without setting the "Type" drop-down box? To resolve the issue with Windows 7 try the steps provided in the link below. How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392 To resolve issue with Windows XP: If you added a Windows XP entry without setting the "Type" drop-down box in EasyBCD to Windows XP then Delete this entry, go back to the Add/Remove Entries section, and re-create it. This time, make sure to set its type to Windows XP before doing so.

thanks for your help Can you please tell how to delete the entry, how to go back to Add/Remove Entries section, how to recreate it and which entry.

Hi, This error usually occurs if the Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr) entry is not present in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store or the Boot\BCD file on is damaged or missing. If this is a recently built new PC and you are unable to boot in normal mode, let’s try the following steps booting from an installation disc or USB and check if it helps. Method 1: Let’s perform startup repair and check if that helps. Regards, Guru Kiran

click “format” - then click next on the the main drive it makes

After formatting the drive, the install said that it couldn't find the partition or the partition was bad. reset the ISO on the usb drive and now it's not booting. going back to windows media creator.

So when you get to the screen with your partitions, I’d click on all of them and “delele” - leaving you with one drive of unallocated space, like the photo I’ve attached. Then click new, and let it do its things, and try to install again. We’ll figure this out. Good luck, and let me know! - C

I did follow your instructions and when I clicked "new" I got primary on drive 0, which is where I am trying to install Win 10. Then if I click next it is still saying couldn't create partition or locate an existing one. Sorry the second pic is upside down.

Hi Carl, Let’s try this, only with a slightly different path. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo... Download the iso above ( you may already have it) and then use one of these apps below to create the media (I like them both, but Rufus is my favorite) https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-us... https://rufus.akeo.ie Note: These are a non-Microsoft websites. The pages appear to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the sites that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it. Once you build the media, go ahead and boot to it, (do you need anything on your PC?) if not, format the drive, and then reinstall windows. Let me know, we’ll try to figure this out! - C

I was able to fix this error by using the command bcdboot c:\windows /s c:

Hi, Thanks for sharing the information. Glad to know that the issue is fixed. If you have any concerns regarding Windows, i would suggest  you to post in Microsoft Answers Forums.

Hi i fixed this all i had to do was install windows again with the disc but dont format the HDD like i did some files survived so if you install windows again things should go back to normal (i had a back up so i was fine with it!)

Sorry for my English grammar but i meant was that i copied my files from my laptop not the acttually operating system but anyways i found something my hard disc has been partitioned by its own! and now via the windows 8 installation disc i can see that it has been splt into 3 total partitions: C Drive now says system reserved (the actual drive) Local Disk is now named (D:) D drive and apart from the CD drive there is one that says Boot named the X drive(X:) I hope this can help me and bythe way i can see that my files folder (my documents etc are still there) i am sorry for the lack of detail in my previous answers ihope this can shed some light on the answer!

If you copied the Win 7 OS from your laptop to your PC, that is the problem.  You must use the original Win 7 disks to install Win 7 on your PC then do the upgrade.

Dump File? And i have already tried the refresh but it says the drive where windows is installed is locked and how do ii get the dump file? sorry im a newb to this topic. BTW there is a system restore partition i this fits in because before the crash i had a semi powercut in my area and rebooted my pc then this mess happened.

It would be advisable for you to send us your dump file for analysis. If you have the Win 8 installation disk, boot from the disk and chose Troubleshoot then Repair.  If you choose Refresh, all 3rd party apps will be lost but your personal files will remain.  But like I said above, it is better to first send us your dump files.

If Win 8 was preinstalled on your computer, you could use the restore partition to put the computer back to original factory condition.  You will have to reinstall your 3rd party apps and you have lost your personal files, I hope you had a back up of your files.

My PC i bought had no OS on it and i put windows 7 ultimate inside. the data by transferring data from my laptop to my pc`s hard drive then upgraded to Windows 8 Pro later when it was released any suggestions? BTW the restore partition only occured after the crash as viewed via my Windows 8 disc

hi wrong forum this is vista install, not windows 7 install here is the windows 7 installation forum link http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install?page=1&tab=all and read this Windows 7 upgrade advisor http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15 Windows 7 system requirements http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/system-requirements

Hi, Did you make any software or hardware changes on the computer prior to this issue? Let’s follow these methods and check if it helps. Method 1 You may try to boot into ‘safe mode’ and check if you are able to boot to the desktop. It will start Windows 7 with a limited set of files and drivers. Startup programs do not run in safe mode, and only the basic drivers needed to start Windows are installed, follow the steps to boot the computer in safe mode: a. Restart the computer. b. Start tapping F8 key. c. You will get advanced boot option window. d. Select the option “Safe mode”. Start your computer in safe mode Method 2 You may boot the computer in ’Last Known Good Configuration’ & check if the issue persist. For more information, refer: Using Last Known Good Configuration Hope the information helps. Please post back and let us know.

Hello Debleena S, I tried the method one but did not resolved the issue. and still trying method 2 *First thing I did was I change the cpu: from Pentium 4 531 3.0Ghz Prescott  to Pentium D 945 SLQ2QB 3.4 Ghz/4M/800/05A * After the Change of CPU, Four out of 4HDD does not boot any more, and 0 disk 160Gb WD Caviar SATA 3G/s : installed software XP Professional SP2 32bit . with 2 partion 1 disk 80Gb WD Caviar SATAII 3G/s : installed software Windows Vista Ultimate, with 2 partition. 2 disk 250 Gb WD Caviar IDE :  installed 2 partion and 2 Operating System ( Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Business ) 3 disk 500 Gb WD Caviar SATAII 3G/s: After installing XP Professional 64 edition the whole system won't boot any more, when I start up it hang up under the "Windows Boot Manager" all of the OS shown. and the problem started I cann't boot any of those OS. So what I did, I change it to original CPU the " Intel Pentium 4 531 3.0Ghz.again. Until I deleted the existing OS and make new part

Hello Connor, Thank you for posting your question on Microsoft community forum. I would like to know some information about the issue so that we could help you better. 1. What is the make and model of your computer? 2. How did you reinstall Windows? Did you use a recovery image or an installation disk? It is possible that hard drive might have bad sectors. To repair them, I would suggest you to run check disk and see if it helps. You may use suggestions from this article to open system recovery options. Refer: What are the system recovery options in Windows? http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-are-system-recovery-options#what-are-system-recovery-options=windows-7 You may then follow these steps: a. Open command prompt from system recovery options screen. b. Type the following command in the command prompt and press Enter. chkdsk /f /r Check disk will take some time to complete. Note: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive wh

My computer is custom built, and i reinstalled windows from the installation disk. when i did the check disk it said the type of the file system is ntfs cannot lock the current drive windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected i googled the issue and a fix was chkdsk c:f/r/x it ran until it said failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50.

Hello Connor, Thank you for your response. I hope that your issue is resolved after running chkdsk c:f/r/x. If issue still persists, you may refer to suggestions from Judd - Support Engineer replied on May 12, 2009 and check. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-hardware/failed-to-transfer-logged-messages-to-the-event/0eacd1bf-4357-4a47-b135-e96f1177eec1 (Also applies to Windows 7) Note: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost. I hope it helps. Thank you

Hi Fredwhocares, Method 1: Note this issue is caused due to the boot file corruption and in order to troubleshoot this issue we will run chkdsk from  Win RE (Windows Recovery Environment )mode and check for the issue, to do that follow the below steps. To run check disk, you have to have Windows 7 DVD, boot the computer to Win RE from the elevated command prompt, and try to do a CHKDSK. You can follow these steps to run CHKDSK : Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

I have tapped the F8 key but nothing is displayed

windows/system32/winload.exe no found error windows 10

Restore Point: Try tapping F8 at startup, and from the list of startup selections, select Safe Mode by using UP Arrow Key to go there > then hit Enter. Try a System Restore once there, to pick a Restore Point before your problem.. Click Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore > pick a different time > Next > etc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If Restore does not work and you do not have a Microsoft Vista DVD, make a Bootable Repair Disk to do a Startup Repair: Download the ISO file at the supplied link, and make a Bootable Startup Repair Disk from it. Go into your Bios/Setup, or Boot Menu, at startup, and change the Boot Order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the Boot Order, then reboot with the disk in the Drive. At startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, to go into Bios/Setup, or F12 for the Boot Menu. When you have changed that, insert that Bootable Disk you have made in the Drive, and re

Hi, You can download and create your own Windows 8.1 Installation Media to refresh/reinstall the Operating System with on a Windows 7 or above machine.. "Create installation media for Windows 8.1" http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media A similar Tutorial which may also assist you "Create Installation Media for Windows 8.1" http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/create-installation-media-windows-81 In the first screen of this very simple wizard, you need to choose the following: Language. English – en-us if you're in the United States. Edition. Windows 8.1 (Core), Windows 8.1 N, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro N, or Windows 8.1 Single Language. Architecture. 64-bit (x64 ) or 32-bit (x86). _______________________________________ " How to Create a Bootable USB or DVD with a Windows 8 or 8.1 ISO" http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2227-create-bootable-usb-dvd-windows-8-iso.html Warning This will not work to install Windows 8 or 8.1 for UEFI . For that, see th

Hi, You can download and create your own Windows 8.1 Installation Media to refresh/reinstall the Operating System with on a Windows 7 or above machine.. "Create installation media for Windows 8.1" http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media A similar Tutorial which may also assist you "Create Installation Media for Windows 8.1" http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/create-installation-media-windows-81 In the first screen of this very simple wizard, you need to choose the following: Language. English – en-us if you're in the United States. Edition. Windows 8.1 (Core), Windows 8.1 N, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro N, or Windows 8.1 Single Language. Architecture. 64-bit (x64 ) or 32-bit (x86). _______________________________________ " How to Create a Bootable USB or DVD with a Windows 8 or 8.1 ISO" http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2227-create-bootable-usb-dvd-windows-8-iso.html Warning This will not work to install Windows 8 or 8.1 for UEFI . For that, see th

I only gave you that information as you said you never had the Media: If you don't have any installation media  (like a USB device), contact your system administrator or PC manufacturer. I dont have it, so please help i ran out of thing to do Test the Hard Drive: Go to your Computer Manufacturer's website > look for your Computer's specifications > find out brand of Hard Drive > go to Hard Drive Manufacturer's website > find and download Hard Drive Diagnostic software and make a Bootable disk from it on the Computer you are using to get here, following their instructions > test your Hard Drive to see if it has failed. And you can also use this Method to test your Hard Drive: "SeaTools for DOS" http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ " SeaTools for DOS tutorial " http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/201271en

This not a winload corruption. This is a problem with the BCD. The database gets corrupted and Windows incorrectly reports the problem is winload.exe. After booting into safe mode and opening a command prompt this is what gets displayed with a bcdedit command C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit Windows Boot Manager -------------------- 3. Can this somehow be made part of a KB article. It seems once the "device" and "osdevice" are "unknown" then the repair process should try to reset those. Hope this helps someone.

Hi. I would suggest you to login to any other computer and create a Windows 8.1 installation disk. Using that disk you can perform the following troubleshooting methods. You can create the installation disk form the steps given here. How to create installation media for a PC refresh or reset: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media Method 1: Booting to Recovery Environment with Windows 8.1 installation media After you perform System Restore your documents and files will always remain to their previous state. Feel free to write to us if you still face any issue. We will be happy to assist you.

Hi, Thank you for sharing the information with us. Glad to know you resolve the issue on your own. To answer your question; it's not necessary to clean up BCD settings but if you may try running bootrec /rebuildbcd if necessary. Do you have two Operating Systems listed under Boot Menu options? Here is an article which will help you 'Removing and deleting a boot entry in Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista'. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff541231(v=vs.85).aspx#removing_a_boot_entry_in_windows_vista_and_later I am not sure if you have already come across this article; this explain the bootrec commands and also how to export, rename and rebuild BCD. This article applies for Windows 8 and 8.1 too. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us Hope the information helps.

Per my original post I have already tried the installation media. I have tried a repair and there are no restore points to use. In fact when i do a bootrec /scanos it says no operating systems were found. Yet I can boot into safe mode and all my files and apps are still there. This is just the most frustrating thing in the world.

This question is a bit advanced for the Windows Answers Forum.  We don't often deal with RAID-involved problems (especially those where access is being denied by normal methods).  The above was my best effort but being a RAID 1 system, it didn't work as I had hoped.  I recommend you repost in the Technet Forum at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/itprovistahardware/threads where people who are somewhat more technical will be happy to assist you. Good luck! Lorien - MCSE/MCSA/Network+/A+ --- If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Mark as Answer" or "Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.

You will need a disk to boot to to get to a command prompt. If you don't have a disk, you can make a bootable Recovery Disk using http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/ along with burning software like: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/active-isoburner.html Good luck! Lorien - MCSE/MCSA/Network+/A+ --- If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Mark as Answer" or "Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.

Thank you for your time John

Sorry this took so long, I did as asked and I could not access the c: drive.  As I said before this is on a raid 1 array and I could not get the recovery console to see the array...thus not the c: drive partition.    When I try to make sure the drivers work on the install side, the installer sees all of my raid 1 arrays and all the partitions. Help John

Hi, Possibly all the data can be saved by putting the drive into another computer as 2nd or using an external USB drive case. Then if the data can be accessed it can be copied to removable media such as CD, DVD, or USB drives. =========================================================== Hope this helps. Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

Hi, Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am sorry to know that you are facing issues with Windows 10. I do appreciate your efforts and time, and will assist you with the issue. I suggest you to run SFC scan and check if it helps. Summary System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files. This article describes how to run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) to scan your system files and to repair missing or corrupted system files in Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista. If a Windows Resource Protection (WRP) file is missing or is corrupted, Windows may not behave as expected. For example, some Windows functions may not work, or Windows may crash. System file check works on Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Win 8.1, and win 10 I suggest you to try the steps provided, in the link below in order to run SFC scan on your computer.

Hi icthem2, I’d suggest you to perform system restore from system recovery options to a restore point when the problem did not exist. The System Recovery Options menu contains several tools, such as Startup Repair, that can help you recover Windows from a serious error. This set of tools is on your computer's hard disk and on the Windows installation disc. What are the system recovery options in Windows 7?

ive tried these...thanks..none of them worked...apparently system restore was turned off,and when i tried these options..it just stated the if couldnt find any....its looking like i will just have to buy the os and do a clean install...i cant even get to the start up options to try safe mode or what have you...egghh...$$$$$$$

When I start my notebook nothing happens. But when i insert usb drive with original window it loads and then it shows blue screen with error message and when i try to get it recovery mode with usb it does the same.

Hi Azmaar, Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. 1) When do you get this error? Do you get at the time of starting the computer or while using any application? If you are able to boot into desktop, I suggest you to perform startup repair by getting into safe mode and check. Safe mode in Windows 10. Open the Settings menu and go to Update & security > Recovery > Advanced startup. Clicking Advanced startup will restart your PC in recovery mode. You'll see a light blue screen with three options: Continue, Troubleshoot, and Turn off your PC. You are now in recovery mode. Click Troubleshoot to see your advanced options. In the Troubleshoot menu, click Advanced options . The Advanced options menu will give you several options: System Restore, System Image Recovery, Startup Repair, Command Prompt, Startup Settings, and Go back to the previous build. Click Startup Settings to change Windows' startup behavior. In the Startup Settings menu, click the Restart button to restart your PC. Yo

Hi Azmaar, Thank you for all the information provided. I will certainly assist you with this query. I suggest you to refer the following article on Blue screen error that has the troubleshooting steps for such issues and check if that helps. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/troubleshoot-blue-screen-errors . I hope this fixes the issues. If you have further queries please feel free to write to us, we will be glad to assist you.

Hello Kino, Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. You may download the Windows 10 ISO and create a Media Creation tool and then perform Startup Repair. Refer to the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 (Refer to the section " Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool " in the above article for creating the tool). Once you have the installation media, follow the steps: Start your computer from the installation media. Insert the disk or USB stick and restart your computer. If you see a message asking you to “Press any key to boot from DVD,” do so. If you don’t see the message, you might need to change the boot order in your computer's BIOS settings so that it first starts from the disk or USB. When you see the 'Install Windows' page, tap or click 'Repair your computer' link to start the Windows Recovery Environment. In the Windows Recovery Environment, on the Choose an option screen, click 'Troubleshoot'. Click, ‘Advanced

Thanks That did the trick

I have the same issue. I have already down everything on the above list but did it all again to make sure i had not missed anything. I re-loaded Win10 but the problem error continues. If i have done all the above and it has not helped, what next?

I also have exactly the same problem I start my hard drive and get 0xc000000e Error. System32/winload.exe Not working. I have made a DVD copy of windows 10 when starting using that I have manged to get the pc started but at end of step 3 get start up cannot repair. Please can you tell me what do I do next?

Hi Martin, Thank you for the update. Glad to know that the issue is fixed. Please revert if you face any issues with Windows in future.

Thanks for the advice but it didnt work, (unlike for martin). Mine is not a Win7 or 8 machine. It used to be a Win 7 OS but when we upgraded to Win 10 we elected not to keep the old OS in place or on a sep drive. After i followed yesterdays instructions (CMD Prompt) the situation became even worse, more errors and the machine getting stuck in endless loops. At this stage it looks like we will have to 'nuke' the entire hard drive and start from a moonscape base.

Hi Martin, Thank you for the update. Please check the link mentioned below and see if it helps. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-update/pc-needs-to-be-repaired-file/5db06fb1-d8cc-47e0-b801-e5e341983e1a Do get back to us for any issues pertaining in the future. We will be happy to help.

Hi, 1. Are you able to boot to the desktop? 2. Have you made any recent software or hardware changes on the computer? STOP: C0000221 unknown hard error" STOP c000221 unknown hard error normally occurs if you install an inappropriate driver for your hardware. Reinstalling Windows should definitely fix this issue. However, since you continue to receive the error message, a hardware problem may exist. One possible cause could be a bad memory module in your system. Testing your memory will either identify a problem or clear RAM of any responsibility. If you are able to boot to the desktop, follow the steps to run a memory check. Press Windows logo key and C a) Click on search b) Click on settings c) Type Memory d) Select the option Diagnose your computer for memory problems e) Follow the on screen prompt If you are not able to boot to the desktop, then you will need to insert the Windows 8 installation DVD. Restart the computer and choose repair your computer and select the option run Memo

Hi Stephen, This error usually occurs if the Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr) entry is not present in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store or the Boot\BCD file on is damaged or missing. If this is a recently built new PC and you are unable to boot in normal mode, let’s try the following steps booting from an installation disc or USB and check if it helps. Method 1: Let’s perform startup repair and check if that helps. Hope it helps. Feel free to post back if the issue persists and we will be glad to assist you further.

Hi Stephen, We've noticed the post has been inactive for 48 hours now, may we ask if you still need assistance regarding your concern? If the steps or procedure given to you resolved your issue, we encourage you to inform the Community by marking the post as an answer or by clicking on Helpful. Let us know if you have other concerns.

Is your windows licensed? If so, contact your Administrator from whom you obtain the disk about obtaining the appropriate architecture for your processor.

Hi Jeevs, Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Based on the information you have provided, I understand that you are getting error code “0xc0000428” Windows cant verify the digital signature for this file in Windows 7. I will certainly help you with this issue. 1. Have you followed the steps from this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392 ? 2. Were there any changes made to the computer prior to the issue? If you followed the same steps from the above mentioned link and still the issue persists, I would suggest you to perform custom install of Windows 7. Refer to the link. Installing and reinstalling Windows 7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/installing-and-reinstalling-windows-7 NOTE: Before starting the installation of Windows 7, please make sure you backup all your data. Once the installation of Windows 7 is completed you will have to install all the software installed on your computer. If you face any more issues while working with Windows do post on

I am afraid none of the steps you described worked in my case. I ended up using Ubuntu to backup all my data (thank goodness the data was not impacted!) to an external 3TB hard-drive, and then had to completely wipeout my hard-drive, and install Windows 7 from scratch... What a pain, but glad that I was able to recover all my data... Thanks for your suggestions and help!

Me too :(( I own a HP 4600 workstation too with the same problem :((

Thank you for providing more details about the issue. Based on your description, there is a possibility of hardware failure. We recommend contacting the manufacturer of your computer so that they can run hardware diagnostics on your PC. Let us know if you have additional questions.

I find the way to fix it !!! I try to use older windows 10 version . That's from Jan 2016  ! Then , I update for the last version of windows 10. It  work perfect with me ! I don't know why :))) Version 1511 (OS build 10586.679) I think you should to try that version! Now , I'm updating to the last version to check Winload problem . It's oke with version 1511. Waiting for me to check the last version ! I will tell you my test soon. Because I have used windows 10 still good before i come back to windows 7 .  I think the new version anniversary have problem about it ! I'm not good in English . I just find the way to fix it. Thanks Edited After updated to the lasted version (version 1607 (OS build 14393.447) ! My computer is working without Winload.exe ! It's Work Step 1 : Find and Download Older Windows 10 version ( (Under) Version 1511 (OS build 10586.679)) and install or ghost (When finish ! we can shutdown and power on to check winload.exe problem ( I have tried in 3 PCs HP xw4600 and

Hi Pieter, To isolate the issue, please provide the following information: What specific action were you trying to perform that resulted to the error message? Were there any changes on your computer prior to the issue (e.g. installation of new software, installation of new device or hardware, etc.)? What specific troubleshooting steps have you done so far? Regards.

Hi Pieter, To isolate the issue, please provide the following information: What specific action were you trying to perform that resulted to the error message? Were there any changes on your computer prior to the issue (e.g. installation of new software, installation of new device or hardware, etc.)? What specific troubleshooting steps have you done so far? Regards. Dear JohnRod, given the fact that I have posted my question on februari 19, I have gotten used to my little workaround:  after switching on my computer I wait until the HP screen appears and then i press CtrlAltDel. after that the computer boots without problems. This leads me to believe that there is a kind of timing problem between the SSD I Installed, and the boot process. In reply to your questions: It happens every time I switch on the computer (cold boot). I installed a Crucial M4 256GB SSD when I still was running Windows7. It worked like a dream. Before upgrading to Windows 10 I upgraded my memory from 6 to 8 Gb. Aft

Hi thanks for coming back. I am pretty sure I held on to XP until MS offered Win8 as an online upgrade.

At this point, I'm going to hand you over to the Microsoft-sponsored (but not necessarily free) support offered via the Answer Desk => http://answerdesk.microsoftstore.com Good luck! ==================================================== DISCLAIMER: Posted AS IS with no guarantees. MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft.

Windows 8 wasn't offered to WinXP computers as an online upgrade, hence my question. You may have done a clean install of Windows 8 but you didn't upgrade the WinXP computer to Windows 8.

My recall may not be precise as it was a few years ago. From memory I had to reinstall apps/programmes. If that is indication of a clean install then I guess that was it rather than an "upgrade" as I termed it. Thanks

How did you upgrade the WinXP computer to Win8?

Hi mailegirl2, At what stage of installation of Windows, you get the error code 0xc000000f? Let’s follow these methods & check if the issue persists. Method 1 If you have any external device connected to the computer, unplug them & try to reboot the computer. Method 2 You may also run the Bootrec.exe tool from Windows Recovery Environment to repair Windows Vista & check if you are able to boot normally. How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Hope the information helps. Please post back and let us know. Regards Debleena S Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

Hi Debleena, We did method 1 last night, her computer stalled at the windows  login, same as before.  The problem yesterday was she tried to go to safe mode by pressing  F8, advance menu, and system kept doing a round robin, going back to f8 and stalls at login. she say this is whats been going on a while (2 months). We'll try method 2 today, if she can get to that option! DE

Hello, Thank you for keeping us updated with the status of the issue. The resolution that you have shared, will help other community members facing similar issues. In future, if you have issues related to Windows, please feel free to write us and we will be glad to help you. Thank you

Hello, Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I understand that you have issues installing the Windows 8 in the computer. You may follow the steps mentioned in the thread mentioned below to fix the issue. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/windows-7-8-81-upgrade-winloadexe-missing/6e54ae3d-f83e-45a0-9ca2-92f7d2e8cc81 You may try to download the Windows 8 once again and then when it finishes the download, you will see three options: - Install now. - Install by creating media. - Install later from your desktop. To download Windows 8 follow the link mentioned below: Upgrade to Windows 8 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/upgrade-to-windows-8 I would also suggest you to refer to the link for details regarding Backup and check if it helps: Set up a drive for File History http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/set-drive-file-history Hope this helps. Otherwise, feel free to write us back and we will be glad to help you

Problem solved. Memtest86 reported some errors in one of my memory modules. After removing it, I could install Windows.

Hi, Thank you for posting your query at Microsoft community. Could you provide us some additional information? How was Windows 10 installed? Was it upgraded or a clean installation? Have you created an installation media? If not I would suggest you to download and create the installation DVD and perform a repair of the operating system using the DVD. Thank you.

The first time I installed Windows 10, I was upgrading from Windows 8.1. The winload.exe problems started after the upgrade, so I put Windows 10 onto my USB drive to use as installation media. I formatted my drive that contained Windows 8.1 and did a clean install of Windows 10, but that did not seem to solve anything.

I have similar problem in one of my PCs. When I do a "cold" start, I get this error. When I reboot while having this error on screen by pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL, everything works normally. Also, if I restart from Windows PC boots normally. This only happens from power off state. Changing the fast start setting has no effect. Chkdsk, sfc -> no errors. HP xw4600. Any idea how to fix this?

Hi , Are you doing the system recovery using the Computer manufacturer’s disk or recovery partition? If you do not have any important data stored on the computer, I would  suggest you to format the partition and try to perform a system recovery and check if it helps. If you have a Windows Vista Recovery disk boot the computer from the recovery disc and try to perform a recovery after backing up the data and formating the partition. If the above steps do not help, you may have to contact the computer manufacturer to check if they can help you to perform a system recovery. Note: Before you perform a system recovery, make sure you backup all the important data. Hope this helps. Let us know the results. Thanks and Regards, Srinivas R Microsoft Support. Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

Hi Zachary, 1.  What happened when you try to repair using repair disc? 2.  Have you made any changes to your computer prior to the issue? I would suggest you to follow the steps and check if it helps. Method 1: To know more about “System Restore” visit the following link: System Restore frequently asked questions

Hi, What happens if you only use the new 4 gig in the machine, or even just 2 of it at a time. Sounds like one of the sticks is not matched properly. It probably works with 6 because the new stick might be slower so when it is put in last the slowest memory in used last. Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

If I put the new 4gig in the machine it works o.k.  All four of the 2gb sticks have the same specifications.

Hi, I am a volunteer and if this were a Vista issue it would be well known. Virtually has to be hardware related. Sounds like all your issues could be hardware - did you check with those maker's? Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

I tried swapping six different memory sticks in numerous combinations and the result was still the same - Vista would not boot.   It sounds to me like you either work for Microsoft, or you are a big fan.  It is obvious to me that Vista is the problem as a person should not have to exhaustingly swap memory modules in the hope that Vista will boot.  Vista is obviously incompetent at running four 2gb memory sticks as an upgrade from two 2gb memory sticks.  Vista should be able to function with four memory sticks without problems.  I have used four identifical memory sticks.  If you are telling me that they 'might be different' then Vista should compensate for that because nearly everybody would have memory sticks that 'might be different'.  My hardware, BIOS, chipset and memory controller are all fine.  I would appreciate it if you would not try to pass the buck onto my hardware as being faulty. The only problem here is Vista will not boot with the memory.  Everything else is working corr

Hi. I have been desperately trying to upgrade my PC from 4GB Ram to 8GB.  Whenever I install the extra 4GB Ram I get the error message 'windows failed to start' and it refers to '\windows\system32\winload.exe' being missing or corrupt.  When I use my 4GB Ram it works fine.  The extra 4GB ram is definitely not faulty as I have checked it and it registers in the bios O.K.  The weird thing is if I install just an extra 2GB Ram (making it 6GB) the computer boots up fine and loads Windows Vista.  It is only when I install the added 4GB (to make it 8GB) that I get the errors.  The error also refers to a checksum not matching. I am using Vista Home Basic 64-bit. I had the problem too. My mother board is GA-EG43M-S2H THESE boards will only accept 2x 2ram or 2x 4ram. Not 4x 2ram like other NORMAL mother boards. your mother board maybe the same! Vince

Hi, You might also check with System or Motherboard maker and their forums if any for known issues. Possibly it needs a BIOS or low level chipset updates. Try reversing the 2 new ones in the machine by themselves as possibly the one in last now is actually slower than the other one. To test RAM check here - let it run 4+ hours or so. www.memtest.org For the Vista Memory Diagnostic Tool Start - type in Search box ->  Memory - find Memory Diagnostics tool at top of list - Right Click - RUN AS ADMIN follow the instructions Windows Vista: How to Scan / Test your RAM or Memory with Windows Vista Memory Diagnostic Tool http://www.shivaranjan.com/2007/11/01/windows-vista-how-to-scan-test-your-ram-or-memory-with-windows-vista-memory-diagnostic-tool/ Test Your Computer’s Memory Using Windows Vista Memory Diagnostic Tool http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/test-your-computers-memory-using-windows-vista-memory-diagnostic-tool/ Hope this helps. Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

thanks for the reply this problem. the action of reloading the windows 8 or 7 etc wouldn't work. I have down loaded the mother boards manuals and it makes it clear that it maximum it can take is  4GB I can put in 4 x 1 GB OR 2 X 2GB OR 1 X 4GB BUT I can't go over 4GB The mother board is just limited to 4GB- It was manufactured that way when I do the computer will not start- full stop. Vince.

Hi. There are no known motherboard issues.  To clarify the RAM issue, I went out and purchased 4GB of ram which is identical to the ram I already have.  The error is still the same so the problem is definitely something to do with Vista.  The PC boots to the bios with no problems and all the ram is registered there.  But when I try to boot Vista the error message referring to '\windows\system32\winload.exe' being missing or corrupt appears.  When I take out 2GB of memory leaving 6GB in the machine the PC boots with no problems to Vista. I've since tried to solve the problem by scanning the disk for errors (no errors) and using 'repair windows' from the vista CD (but there was nothing to repair). I then tried to boot the PC with the 8GB memory and the error message was 'windows failed to start', 'file:\windows\system32\winload.exe','status: 0xc000221','info: the file is possibly corrupt.  It's header checksum does not match the computed checksum'. I then tried to boot from the Vista DVD

The answer is still as I showed above. There maybe a motherboard or BIOS issue. Some of the RAM, though appearing identical, could have speed or other mismatching issues - this is not a rare problem. To see if that is the issue you need to swap the memory in an out in all combinations and check though memory checking does not alway find mismatched memory problems. This is not likely to be a Windows problem, its hardware or BIOS or low level chipset or memory controller problems. Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

Hi dace2929, As you are not able to boot and the Windows 7 DVD provided by Toshiba is not working you may have to contact Toshiba for further support from the following link. http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp Hope this information helps.

Thank you Andre Well I did clearup the startup and did the checkdisk, but still it happens. The setup does not proceed from after the first restart. During the bootup (at this first restart) I get the option to select an operating system, Vista or Windows 7 Setup..When i select the windows 7 setup, this error message comes. Now after this installation the error msg has got different. It says that some driver is missing and the winload.exe error does not appear anymore. Any idea what's going on here?

Are you able to boot into Windows Vista and load the desktop? If so try the following: 1. Disable any security software before attempting to upgrade or do a clean install. 2. Make sure your computer is updated (devices and applications) 3. Disconnect any external devices before installing. 4. Check your hard disk for any errors: Click Start Type: CMD, from the results, right click CMD Click 'Run as Administrator' At the Command Prompt, type: chkdsk /r /f When you restart your system, your computer will be scanned for errors and attempts will be made to correct them. 1. Click Start, type msconfig in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. User Account Control permission If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue. 2. On the General tab, click Selective Startup. 3. Under Selective Startup, click to clear the Load Startup Items check box. 4. Click the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check b

Hi, The issue that you’ve encountered regarding the error code on your Windows 10 computer may be caused by some files or components that are broken or missing on the system. To sort out your concern, we’d like to know the following information: Were there any changes that happened prior to the issue? What troubleshooting steps have you done so far? On the other hand, we suggest that you run the System File Checker (SFC) tool . This process will automatically scan and correct if there’s a possible integrity violation on the system. To do this, you may follow the steps provided on this link . Once you’re on the page, you may expand and proceed with the steps from the Windows 10, Windows 7, or Windows Vista option under the Run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) section, and then complete the process. After completing the steps, you may check if the issue persists. We’re looking forward to your response.

This is not the answer and the answer is incorrect since  you need to get into Windows !  When you get this error message means that Windows is missing a very important   Configurations and therefore windows cannot be opened !  How in the worlds name  Will you be able to go into a commando prompt  when you cannot even open windows   The problem is above as  described  !  Only solution to this problem  is  To either get a dvd or cd-rom  and Run  your windows through that in able to get  Your windows back  and repair  The broken file  ! If you do not have a Windows recover disk , you are doomed and forced to buy a whole new windows 10 disk or pc !  It is also very necessary to tell that this incident as above mentioned ,  is also happening through endless times of trials  to update  1709  which applies to about 100 billion people  of Windows users  constantly  trying to update this specific Windows update   Met with   That Windows cannot update  it  after hundreds of times trying to upda

Hi, I would also suggest you follow the below link and check Method 01: Startup Repair http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/startup-repair What are the system recovery options in Windows 7 ? http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/What-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7

eh... i know what you mean and i also know the system repair。but i want to install the win7 system from my U disk！

Hello Jianhui. Guo Fist you will need to create a flash drive that is boot-able then enable USB booting in your bios of the system. As for the bios part you will have to contact the manufacture of the motherboard to get those instructions. For creating a boot-able USB drive click on the link below and follow the instructions. Thanks. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx

Create a boot disk using this tool http://www.livetut.com/2011/07/24/how-to-boot-windows-7-from-usd/ Blogger at http://www.livetut.com/

all done well except on the last command for c drive got this: updated ntfs filesystem bootcode. The update may be unreliable since the Access is denied other drives d and e updated without problem, after restart same problem missing winload.exe error

1. Put the Windows Windows 7 installation disc into the disc drive, and then start the computer. 2. Press a key when the message indicating "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD …". appears. 3. Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then click Next. 4. Click Repair your computer. 5. Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next. 6. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt. 7. Type BOOTREC /FIXMBR, and then press ENTER. 8. Type BOOTREC /FIXBOOT, and then press ENTER. 9. Type Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All, and then press ENTER. Note: In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows 7 installation media is located.

So, is there a way to fix this short of re-loading the OS? Steve

I had the same problem with a previous build. This may not work for you, but I got out of it by booting up to my Win 7 installation disk and installing a copy on a spare partition. From there I was able to edit the Bootloader. I used EasyBCD for this. I now run Win 10 on a VM.

So I decided to screw around with the date and time on my device today. It restarted after I had done that so I thought "Oh it's probably updating again". Nah, it was just destroying the boot file of the entire operating system. Now I can't even get my installation USB to run. Any help on ways to get my data? Hi If you set the Expiration Date beyond the date for the version of the TP you are using, this would be the normal results that you would expect. Regards

I'm having the same issue. I'm going to check the disk for errors now. PM

Hi, · What is the make and model of the computer? · Were there any recent changes made on the computer prior to the issue? Resolving Stop Blue Screen Errors in Windows 7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Resolving-stop-blue-screen-errors-in-Windows-7

To start i am using windows 7 with all the latest updates. My problem is that recently my computer will blue screen after about 10-15 min of it being idol. The reason is that if "forgets" the hard drive which I have my os on. If the machine "forgets" that it has a hard disk after being idle for some 10 minutes then you probably have a disk that is on the way out. Here is what you could do: Back up all your data files to an external medium. Have the disk checked out at a place of service. Replace it if it turns out to be unreliable. Order a Factory Restore DVD from the supplier. Reload Windows. When you purchase software from the Internet next time, take these standard precautions: a) Make a note of all purchasing details, especially the product key. b) Back up the software to an external medium, e.g. a backup disk.

Method 1: Didn't work Method 2: Step 1: Same problem in safe mode Step 2: Same problem with clean boot Method 3: Going to try this next once i get a windows 7 cd Method 4: The article's tips didn't work

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/blowing-away-bloatware-a-guide-to-reinstalling-windows-on-a-new-pc/ this link can download any win7 iso image preinstall as long you have key or oem hope it help you from Troy

ok so when i run bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd it says windows installations found:0.  Any other suggestions? My computer is custom built: 860 i7, 8gb Ram 1600mhz, gtx 570, 120gb corsair ssd "the drive that is giving me trouble"

Hi jayany, I don't have the CD of windows 10 because i installed windows 7 and when the windows 10 released, i upgrade it to win 10. Actually, the installation was upgrade from win 7 to 10. But i can download windows 10 iso file and burn it to DVD/USB flash drive Can it work for your help ?

Hello, Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and providing us with the detailed description about the issue. As per the description, I understand that you are experiencing issue with blue screen and getting error message: winload.exe is corrupted on the system. I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you. I would suggest you to Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you. Thank you.

please help

Google or Bing is your friend: From Wikipedia: The Windows Boot Manager invokes winload.exe —the operating system boot loader —to load the operating system kernel ( ntoskrnl.exe ) and (boot-class) device drivers. In that respect, winload.exe is functionally equivalent to the operating system loader function of NTLDR in prior versions of Windows NT. See here for more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_startup_process

1. No hardware changes were made before the GPU stopped working properly. The only kind of hardware change I made before the winload error was flashing the BIOS trying to sort out the GPU. I did not install anything new or open the case. 2. It's a PC, do you want the individual components? 3. I cannot boot to desktop on Volume 2. As I said, the recovery media did not work at all until I set the disks as RAID. Only then I could install and boot on volume 5. Should I attempt the thumbdrive recovery again...?

Hi , I will be glad to help you with the issue you have with the computer. I understand the frustration when things don't work the way it should. From your issue description I understand that you are getting a error code 0XC000000F. To assist you better I would appreciate if you could answer the following questions: 1) and select the operating system. Hope the information provided is helpful. If you need further assistance regarding Windows, please let us know we will be happy to help.

This didn't help me, unfortunately. Any advice?

I have the same problem when installing Win 7 too. May I ask where can I download the ISO file?  Thanks.

It sounds to me like you have a corrupted ISO file, and should try to download it again.

It's true, I've downloaded the ISO file againg an I could install without problems. Thanks.

Hi Sujin, Were there any changes (hardware or software) made to the computer prior to the issue? Last Known Good Configuration is a Windows startup option that uses the most recent system settings that worked correctly. Every time you turn your computer off and Restart the computer. Please reply if you have any questions.

If the message is accurate, it would appear the Boot system is directing the boot to a place which does not contain the necessary file or it is corrupted, as the other post mentions. I would start by booting into a Recovery Drive or the Install Media and check the system for partitions and folders/files on the OS partition which normally contain that file.  Maybe you have done that and the file is present in the Windows\System32 folder. You will need to be in the Command Prompt window so while there, also run the command below to make sure you can get a listing.  If you have some storage space available you might be able to direct the output to that storage device. bcdedit /enum all Have you done anything to the system to change the partition layout?  Is this a upgrade from another OS or a Win 10 OEM system? If a Repair would actually work, it may take several reboots.

This is one of three type of situations which will keep a system from booting and possibly related to updates.  The winload.exe if for a Legacy install so if your install was UEFI that might be your problem. Sorry to say, the only poster I have seen repair this error was someone who had a backup copy of his OS partition.  After he replaced the problematic one his system booted again.  If there was a way to replace the winload.exe file that might help but dealing with the permissions would be a bucket of worms.   If a System File check was run from a Boot disk, it might find and replace the file.  I see you ran it but do you remember exactly what command you used to do so? Also, not really sure why you would show drive letters of K or E if you had just booted into a Recovery drive or install media. Once a system shows reverting to a previous version, I have no idea exactly what configuration that system is in.

My install is a legacy install on a PC built late 2010. Too old to have UEFI . I have ran sfc /scannow command, it goes to 100% but then says "unable to finish" (I don't remember the exact wording). I tried using DISM, but cannot do so with /online parameter because that only works from within Windows. I tried /image parameter but I get error messages about a temp folder being read only in the boot media ram disk (X). Would you be able to help me with this command? As regards to the drive letters, I have 4 internal HD drives installed, each with multiple partitions. I think the way I installed Windows 10 (clean install after installing a new HD drive and wiping Windows 7 partition) has led to the bootmgr, boot folder and BCD being located in one drive (E) and then Windows installed in the first in the first new partition created (K). Of course, within Windows the OS portion is C to make it all more confusing. I don't understand what you mean by "reverting to a previous verison" ?

Hi Saltgrass , I'm not the original poster, but our problems sound similar. I get the same winload.exe missing (0xc000007b). I have checked the full listing in BCD and the windows installation is shown on drive K (bootmgr drive E) and I have verified that \Windows\System32 and winload.exe exist on drive K. I haven't changed the partition layout or upgraded the OS (apart from any updates that were installed last week). I have put specific details in my own question thread here . Thanks.

Hi Daniel, Let us make your computer up and running again. Kindly download the Media Creation Tool again. Most probably the file that you have downloaded is corrupted. Before you start again, remove all external media including your printer. To download the latest Windows 10 ISO, refer to the link below and follow Andre's article: How to download Official Windows 10 ISO files using Media Creation Tool If you decide to perform a clean install, refer to the link below: How to perform a clean install of Windows 10 Let us know what happens.

Hi, is it the same as my problem ? https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/unable-to-boot-windows-10-winloadexe-missing-or/3ca27597-e205-4412-88cb-4dba048b0e0b

If you wanted to check out your install, you could attach a picture of your Disk Management picture. If I have the correct information, I think Winload.exe is sometimes used to keep an expired system from booting.  Did you have any problems with your install being activated or was there an older install also on the system at the same time. I don't think an expiration is the only reason for a winload.exe error but I don't know what else might be picking on that one file, which is essential to the boot process.

Hi Michael, To address your concern regarding the error you're getting, you can follow the steps provided by Parth P Patel on this thread . A community user on that thread confirmed that Method 2 worked for him. Let us know how it goes. Regards.

Hi Kevin , To provide the appropriate resolution, I would need more information from your end. 1. When exactly you get this error message? 2. Are you able to boot the computer normally? 3. Did you make any recent changes on the computer prior to this issue? Method 1: If you are able to boot the computer try these steps. I would suggest you to check if the issue occurs in Safe Mode or not. If the issue does not occur in Safe Mode, set the computer in clean boot and check if it helps. Step 1: To start the computer in Safe Mode follows the steps in the link. Start your computer in safe mode: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode Step 2: Let's set the computer in clean boot if the issue do not occur in Safe Mode. And check if it helps. How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista and Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135 Note: After clean boot troubleshooting step, follow the section " How to reset the computer

To add to the above, I went ahead and added Windows Vista to the bootlist using bootrec /rebuildbcd. Now when I select Windows Vista from the bootlist, it has me log on and tells me it's preparing my desktop. Whatever step it takes then stalls. The screen that displays "Preparing Your Desktop" with the hourglass fades to a blue screen that remains blue. If I hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, it takes me to the log-off window that allows me to select Task Manager. There are no applications running but it shows various process and services (some services are shown as running, many as stopped).

Hi, Rebuild BCD (Boot Configuration Data) store and check for the issue. a. From the system recovery options mentioned in this article, select command prompt. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7 b. Type Bootrec /RebuildBcd, and then press ENTER. Ø If the Bootrec.exe tool runs successfully, it presents you with an installation path of a Windows directory. To add the entry to the BCD store, type Yes. A confirmation message appears that indicates the entry was added successfully. Ø If the Bootrec.exe tool cannot locate any missing Windows installations, you must remove the BCD store, and then you must re-create it. To do this, type the following commands in the order in which they are presented. Press ENTER after each command. Bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old Bootrec /rebuildbcd c. Restart the computer. Also refer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

Hi, Azmaar. Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Before we proceed, I would like you to provide the information below: How did you format c: drive? Are you able to boot your system? Did you install two Windows OS before performing the format? Your reply is very important for us to ensure a proper resolution. Please get back to us with the above information in order to assist you accordingly.

Are you going to help me? because its been two days you guys didn't give me any response.

I had only one window which was window 10. And i am unable to boot. I de attached my hard disk and copy my data to other laptop and format c drive and the I re attached it.

EDIT: I don't know what I did but the recovery discs are working now... Glad you solved your problem. Cheers.

See Divine Logix's post on this thread if it would help: winload.exe is missing or corrupt (no it's not!) http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itprovistasetup/thread/c99dc573-6842-4e28-8ec0-a63c61495308/

Download the ISO file at the supplied link, and make a Bootable Startup Repair Disk from it. Go into your Bios/Setup, or Boot Menu, at startup, and change the Boot Order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the Boot Order, then reboot with the disk in the Drive. At startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, to go into Bios/Setup, or F12 for the Boot Menu. When you have changed that, insert that Bootable Disk you have made in the Drive, and reboot. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial148.html Cheers. Mick Murphy - Microsoft Partner

Hi, Your question is beyond the scope of these Forums Kindly post your question in the TechNet Server Forums. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/home?category=windowsserver TechNet Forums: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home MSDN Forums: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home Cheers.

I managed to finally get into windows, I used Active@ Boot Disk to access my hard drives file system and took out all the extra Winload.exe files and Winresume.exe files (there were about 8 extra each) I then copied Winload.exe and Winresume.exe files from my laptop and transferred them over to my troubled desktop. I then reloaded with the Windows 7 installation disk and rebuilt the boot with these commands in this order. bootrec /rebuildbcd bcdedit /export c:\bcdbackup attrib c:\boot\bcd -h -r -s ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot bootrec /rebuildbcd Afterwards I loaded windows back up and it worked, of coarse I'm now told that my copy of Windows 7 Pro is no longer "Genuine", lol I can worry about fixing that small issue in the morning, now I get to finish off with everything I need to before I format this drive and start fresh all over again. It might be a pain in the **** to do, but when you really need to get back in, and everything else you read about and try

i called geek squad and they said it would be almost 200 bucks to get this problem fixed... and the computer probably wouldnt even be that much.. and its a emachines computer but i cant talk to support without my serial number but i was on a piece of the computer than broke off and i dont know where it is..

i want to try method 2 but when i click on the link you gave me it just shows a small box with a red X and asks if this was helpful.... and when i look online for this they all say i need a disk and i would like to try to get this fixed without a cd....

Hi roberthibberd, Let’s follow these methods and check if the issue persists. Method 1 If possible, you may try to arrange for a Windows Vista disc which should correspond to the same edition as installed on your machine. Thereafter, try to perform startup repair and check if you are able to boot to desktop. You will have to boot from the Vista DVD and get to the Win RE (Windows Repair Environment) and choose Startup Repair from the menu. a. Insert the installation disc. b. Restart your computer. c. If prompted, press any key to start Windows from the installation disc. Note: If your computer is not configured to start from a CD or DVD, check the information that came with your computer. You may need to change your computer's BIOS settings. d. Choose your language settings, and then click Next. e. Click Repair your computer. f. Select the operating system you want to repair, and then click Next. g. On the System Recovery Options menu, click Startup Repair. Startup Repair might prompt y

Hi, See if this assists you. Do a System Restore in Safe Mode to before the problem started. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/restoresysv.html How to access Safe Mode http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-start-windows-in-safe-mode/#vista @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ If it doesn't, try a Startup Repair and / or a System Restore using a Microsoft Vista DVD Manufacturers Recovery Disks do not normally have Repair Options; thay are normally a reinstall to Factory Settings option only. Here is the guide to using the Repair Options while using a Microsoft Vista DVD. If a friend or work acquantance of yours has one, you may borrow and use it for Repairs. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/repair-windows-with-windows-startup-repair/ Table of Contents Overview of the Windows Vista Repair options How to perform an automatic repair of Windows Vista using Startup Repair Advanced Tools overview Conclusion If you do not have or can not borrow a Microsoft DVD there is a download of

Restart keeping the installation disk in the system. when the system restarts press F12, it will show option, select boot from disk system will start reinstallation process...that's it. I had similar problem, and I searched lot of forum for answer...and no answer was useful to me..than I just tried this option and it worked. thanks

Hi Finuch66, Welcome to Microsoft Answers. • During Which phase of installation, do you get the error message? Clean and Examine the CD If you have problems installing the program from the CD, the CD may be dirty or damaged. Use a CD-ROM cleaning kit, or gently wipe the silver side of the CD-ROM with a soft, lint-free cotton cloth. Do not use paper. Paper can scratch the plastic and leave streaks. When you clean the CD-ROM, wipe from the center of the disc outward. Do not use a circular motion. If the disc still does not perform correctly, clean the disc by using warm water or a CD-ROM cleaning kit. Dry the disc thoroughly and then test the disc again. Note : If that does not resolve the issue, it would be better to contact the manufacturer as you are using recovery disk. "How to install Vista" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918884 Diana Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

Hello inkyatari See the below thread regarding Windows 8 Consumer Preview installed on a VM. Hope this helps. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/compatible-vm-products/ff0259e8-42b9-4652-86c9-bd91ac08d86c

Hi, Try the steps listed here: Use Bootrec.exe in the Windows RE to troubleshoot startup issues http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us **FIX** Winload.exe Is Missing Or Corrupt http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/1b2045b9-7fef-47f0-aea3-1e185fb7544c/fix-winloadexe-is-missing-or-corrupt-no-its-not?forum=itprovistasetup

I know what is wrong with my computer but don't know how to go about fixing it. Now, when I installed windows I had formatted the entire hard drive into a single partition and would like to avoid completely wiping the hard drive to reinstall windows. I had used Smart Defrag 3 to defrag my hard drive (obviously), and it tried to move a major windows startup file: winload.exe. That's when my computer crashed and wouldn't startup. When I tried to start my computer, after about 5-10 minutes, the Windows Boot Manager showed up saying that winload.exe is corrupt. I had the installation disk and ran a startup repair overnight, but when I woke up it was still attempting repairs. I thought of another easy fix: getting the winload.exe from another computer onto a flash drive and replacing the corrupt one. I thought that would work until I tried to delete the corrupt file with command prompt; it said the file was corrupt and unreadable, so I wasn't able to replace it. I'm reinstalling Windows ont

I want to avoid completely wiping the hard drive to reinstall. The reinstall is moving the old windows installation to c:/Windows.old. But, the installation hung at Expanding Files 0% so I forcefully shut down the computer and am currently not reinstalling windows. I'm looking at some other threads on the forums but if you could still help me, that would be appreciated.

For future reference: IF the reinstall had not started, this is what you could have tried: You say that you have the installation disk and that you used it to attempt to do a Startup Repair. A Startup Repair normally does not take long at all. When you Boot from your disk you should also had been able to try and do a System Restore to before you used that defrag program. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/repair-windows-with-windows-startup-repair/ Figure 9. Vista System Recovery Options screen

Bill Smithers Sadly, I don't have restore point set up. Smittychat I had actually tried those and the command prompt either said it couldn't find the boot files or the operation can't be performed. I'm actually going to wipe the hard drive and do a clean install. I don't have any information on there I want to save. The only downside is that it will take about 2 days to re-download all my games. I can deal with that. Thanks anyway for your help.

Bill Smithers Sadly, I don't have restore point set up. Smittychat I had actually tried those and the command prompt either said it couldn't find the boot files or the operation can't be performed. I'm actually going to wipe the hard drive and do a clean install. I don't have any information on there I want to save. The only downside is that it will take about 2 days to re-download all my games. I can deal with that. Thanks anyway for your help. Sorry that the Forums were unable to assist you on this occasion. Cheers.

You're welcome and good luck with the fresh install.

My apologies.  I see it was roughly 10 hours between your posts.  Nonetheless, this is a peer-to-peer forum, and the people who help others here are not Microsoft employees, except for the occasional appearance of one.

You need to perform a custom install. How to download official Windows 10 ISO files then How to: Perform a custom installation of Windows

Sorry that didn't help.  The information in this thread may help you fix the BCD store to point to the correct Windows drive. http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/82226-boot-bcd-0xc000000d-unreadable-boot-configuration-data.html

Fix the multiboot with bootrec.exe It will help you rebuild your boot configuration data. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/927392

You're complaining about getting no help after less than two hours from your initial post???

You need to perform a custom install. How to download official Windows 10 ISO files then How to: Perform a custom installation of Windows As I said I have done that -several times-, I also have tried to upgrade to windows 10, I have no problem on installation, the problem is that after installation progress completes, in boot menu I get the winload.exe missing error! (screenshot included in my last post). This happened after 4 installation of windows 7, one installation of windows 8 & 10, all give me the winload.exe missing error after BIOS boot menu.

I found the problem myself after getting no help here... The problem is that my installation drive in windows is D, but in boot's command prompt the same drive letter is E, so the boot file refers to d:windows/system32/winload.exe but actually the file is located in e:windows/system32/winload.exe... I still haven't figured out how to edit my boot file in win 7 but if nobody cared to help me and others here I would post the answer when I find out how.

my first post was at 11/20 8 pm! Still I've got one answer whom didn't even read my question and just wanted to become the first answerer to win the website awards! and the second answer I receive is your complain of my complain. Microsoft isn't a small company, I expected more than these two unrelated & unappropriated answers which is from website's award winners...

Thanks J377, I already have done that with these three commands: bootrec/fixmbe bootrec/fixboot bootrec/rebuildbcd (this command just found a windows.old file and added it to boot menu which it gave me the same winload.exe error!) And with start-up repair in windows RE... still I get the winload.exe error. I also disconnected my external HD, ran windows diagnostic memory, changed my drive letter from D to E but still I receive the same error in boot menu of windows 7 & 10.

Hi, Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. From the description provided, I understand that the upgrade to Windows 10 did not complete. 1. Did you try to upgrade to Windows 10 via Windows Update or an Installation Media. I suggest you to download the Windows 10 ISO and create a Media Creation Tool using other PC and then perform Automatic Repair. Refer to the following link to download Windows 10 ISO Media. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Note : Refer to the section "Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool " in the above article for creating the tool. Once you have the installation media, follow the steps: • Start your computer from the installation media. Insert the disk or USB stick and restart your computer. If you see a message asking you to “Press any key to boot from DVD,” do so. If you don’t see the message, you might need to change the boot order in your computer's BIOS settings so that it first starts from the disk or US

How can I check which version DVD I have....I was sure I have the 32-bit version, it says on the cd 32-bit and 64-bit Thanks again Could never be 32 and 64 bit, Windows 7 32 bit is 2 over GBs, Windows 7 64 bit is over 3 GBs, there is no DVD optical media big enough to hold both. Question, is this volume license media? If so, contact your Administrator from whom you obtain the disk about obtaining the appropriate architecture for your processor. Andre Da Costa http://adacosta.spaces.live.com http://www.activewin.com

How can I check which version DVD I have....I was sure I have the 32-bit version, it says on the cd 32-bit and 64-bit Thanks again

How can I check which version DVD I have....I was sure I have the 32-bit version, it says on the cd 32-bit and 64-bit Thanks again Could never be 32 and 64 bit, Windows 7 32 bit is 2 over GBs, Windows 7 64 bit is over 3 GBs, there is no DVD optical media big enough to hold both. Question, is this volume license media? If so, contact your Administrator from whom you obtain the disk about obtaining the appropriate architecture for your processor. Andre Da Costa http://adacosta.spaces.live.com http://www.activewin.com That's not true. I have two Windows 7 Ultimate DVD's with x86, and 64 bit. I know that a typical DVD is 4.37 GB, but I believe that the data is compressed to fit both architectures on the DVD. This is a fully licensed DVD, by the way...

Windows 7 32 and 64 bit versions are provided on separate disk. The disk has indicated your system is note 64 bit compatible, so you need to obtain the Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit DVD and install that version instead. In addition to that, the minimum requirements to run Windows 7 64 bit is 2 GBs of RAM, 1 GB minimum for 32 bit. Andre Da Costa http://adacosta.spaces.live.com http://www.activewin.com

I face this issue when I wasn't using Visualization feature on my laptop, here is the link to solve this issue. 0xc000035a Error Attempting to load a 64-bit application

Yes must just have the wrong DVD from my tech. Thanks

Hi! Did you check this article? https://www.kapilarya.com/your-pc-needs-to-be-r...

I have not seen this article however I put in my windows 10 disc and never see the first step which is: Plug in the installation media or System Recovery Drive or recovery CD and start your system. You’ll see Press any key to boot from CD/DVD… message. So press any key and you’ll reach the screen shown below. Click on Repair your computer... My computer just restarts as normal without going to the disc. Am I supposed to hold down a button when I restart?

this one very simple clean disk tick all boxes clean restart works fine ha easy

I am not sure this will help with your problem but just for general knowledge; to get into a safe boot click on the windows icon and open programs. Scroll down to Windows Admin Tools and then to System Configuration when that opens click on Boot and that will give you several options for booting.

Hello Mel77084, Thanks a lot for your very detailed reply. I really appreciate very very much the time you took. Yes it is just like an airplane crash and I am so happy to dive into the details surrounding my windows 10 build 16199 crash. I use a free anti virus software called "AVAST" which is very popular. I disable AVAST on each update. I urge you to begin using one of the free programs to make an image of the OS partition after build is installed and, in this new, clean install, after you have installed whatever programs you choose. One that works well without much help is Backupper ... you can google to find it. Just remember to make the rescue media for it, and to save the image on a separate drive, so it won't be lost in case your OS drive fails. If you had such a backup image of your previous build, it would only take a few minutes to restore to that build and all your programs.

this one very simple clean disk tick all boxes clean restart works fine ha easy Hello Techienumber 1, Thank you for your advice. I attempted to follow your advice to the best of my ability. I kept repeating your mantra "ha easy"  "ha easy" "ha easy" =} =} I put build iso 16193 together with Windows Repair Disc including Rufus app on my 32GB usb drive. I booted to "setup" and then selected USB drive to boot to. I selected advanced options I selected repair and Windows image appeared it did its thing chug chug chug. After about 5 minutes, the computer rebooted and I got this error message- Blue Screen of Death File \Boot\BCD Any more helpful advice would be most welcome. Thanks again Techienumber1 jkokes

Hello Fellow Windows Preview Team, I have a been a member of this community for 4 years and this is the first time I am "stuck" I am asking for someone out there who is patient and will get me up and running again. I have been working on this for 3 days now and still get the blue screen " \\Windows\System32\Windows.exe  0xc000000e Machine- Dell Precision M6600 which currently has build 16199 on it. What next ?  =} Thanks again

Put the recovery USB stick in and boot. click on repair - Advanced Options - Command Prompt enter the commands bootrec /scanos - hit enter bootrec /rebuildbcd - hit enter bootrec /fixmbr - hit enter bootrec /fixboot - hit enter and then cross your fingers and reboot. I just noticed you have two other drives open the box and disconnect D and E. When you are trying to fix a problem like always just run the C drive.

I don't see any response to my last reply to you, so presume that you haven't tried what I recommended. If you want to get your computer going again, a clean install will do so for you. To do that, you need to prepare your USB drive so that you can boot to it and follow my instructions to install build 16193, not repair . The website for which I gave you the link explains how to prepare your USB drive to do that. You should begin by having the downloaded ISO on the computer which you will use to do the preparation of the USB drive by using the Rufus tool. You do not simply copy the Rufus tool onto the USB drive in addition to the ISO. When you run the Rufus tool to prepare the USB drive, it will remove whatever is currently on the USB drive , and process the ISO file from the computer, putting it on the USB drive and making it bootable in the process. You then insert the USB drive in the troubled computer, and boot to it. When it boots, select "install now", not "repair your computer".

Hello Mel77084, Thanks a lot for your very detailed reply. I really appreciate very very much the time you took. Yes it is just like an airplane crash and I am so happy to dive into the details surrounding my windows 10 build 16199 crash. I use a free anti virus software called "AVAST" which is very popular. I disable AVAST on each update. Thanks to your explanation, I will always remember on each update to disable AVAST. On this latest 16199 build, when it first booted up here is what happened. The Dell Precision laptop booted up fine and then... 1. The mouse was swirling around on and I could not control it 2. I had 2 mouse trails instead of 1. One mouse trail was jumping around near the start button on lower left corner and other other mouse trail was darting around like a baby bird flying. 2B. Sometimes a random app would launch from shortcut on task bar and float over the desktop. 2C. Erratically, some of taskbar apps would light up as if to launch but then go dim. 3. I had no abi

Put the recovery USB stick in and boot. click on repair - Advanced Options - Command Prompt enter the commands bootrec /scanos - hit enter bootrec /rebuildbcd - hit enter bootrec /fixmbr - hit enter bootrec /fixboot - hit enter and then cross your fingers and reboot. I just noticed you have two other drives open the box and disconnect D and E. When you are trying to fix a problem like always just run the C drive. Hello rmac 3, I wanted to share with you the latest error message for your advice if you would be so kind. I tried everything you suggested and here is the latest update as of Thursday your time 2am. I now have the following- "Blue Screen of Death" when I boot to the C drive. with this message- File  \Boot\BCD error code   0xc000000f Any additional tips you care to offer would be appreciated very much. Thanks. jkokes

Hello Fellow Windows Preview Team, I have a been a member of this community for 4 years and this is the first time I am "stuck" I am asking for someone out there who is patient and will get me up and running again. I have been working on this for 3 days now and still get the blue screen " \\Windows\System32\Windows.exe  0xc000000e Machine- Dell Precision M6600 which currently has build 16199 on it. Specs of machine- Dell Precision M6600 i7 Quad Core 2.5 16GB Ram C Drive 128GB SSD D Drive 128GB SSD E Dr 64GB SSD Present Build on machine at this time-Build 16199 Original Problem- After updating to build 16199 my machine started crashing and misbehaving. I then proceeded to install previous build of 16193 and for the past 3 days have failed to load 16193 back on C drive and keep getting blue screen with error message posted above. Tools I have now- "Windows Recovery Drive" on usb stick, "Windows Media Creation Tool" on usb stick", ISO download build 16193 on USB stick. Also have all these

Step 2: Access Windows Recovery Environment command prompt and execute the following command Copy C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-b..environment- windows_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_6701d52e8fdf8d45 C:\Windows\System32 Note: If you are running 64 bit operating System replace X86 with X64 This is the folder for Vista RTM and not for Windows 7. "A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

Hi Rellif, 1) I would like to clarify if you have setup dual boot on your computer, Have you installed Windows Vista and Windows 7 on two different partitions? 2) Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

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Complete recovery option will wipe the drive clean and the harddrive is brand new 3 months old

Restore your computer to an earlier point in time: Start from the repair disk again. Click the system restore option. Follow the instructions on screen, choosing a date&time that takes place before the issue occurred. The chances of this working are probably best for a restore that this comes before the completion of the last successful startup. system file check: Start from the repair disk again. Click the command prompt option. Type out this command and press enter to run it: sfc /SCANFILE=d:\windows\system32\winload.exe /offwindir=d:\windows

The repair disk or any other disk will not load same message pops up the only way I could solve it was to reinstall a fresh windows while the old windows ws renamed the apps on it ws unusable even if some worked like eg my browser bookmarks and settings are gone

Re-Install a fresh window in your computer or do a complete recovery once then after that run Check disk once in your computer to be sure the hard drive is working fine. Go through steps in order to run recovery http://onlinefixit.blogspot.in/p/recovery-recovery-system-recovery.html

Hi, I would suggest you to try the methods mentioned below and check if it helps: Method 1: Let us run the Startup repair again at this stage, it might fix the issue. Refer to the following articles for additional help on startup repair. Startup Repair http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/startup-repair Method 2: We can try the Last Known Good Configuration option and verify if it helps in resolving the issue. Using Last Known Good Configuration http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Using-Last-Known-Good-Configuration Hope this information is helpful.

Hi Lbohen, Just to verify, what changes have you made prior to getting this issue? To avoid repetition, may we know what specific troubleshooting steps have you done so far? We'll be waiting for you response.

I have the same prob after an regular abort from an w7 installation with w7pro 64 already installed. I hava a Promise FastTrak TX4660 RAID controller with raid=1. I tried with and without w7 installation cd, but the problem persists. With windows repair the answer from system "unable to find system partition". Please help Thanks Frank

Hi JohnRyck, Do you have more than one internal hard disk? If yes, I would suggest you to disconnect all the hard disk apart from which has the operating system on it and then use the startup repair - Follow the below provided steps to perform the startup repair and check if these help you boot the computer properly - Startup Repair from the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) - 1. Insert the Windows 7 installation disc into the disc drive, and then start the computer. 2. Press a key when the message indicating "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD …" appears. 3. Select a language, a time and currency, and a keyboard or input method, and then click next. 4. Click Repair your computer. 5. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, choose the drive of your Windows installation and click next. 6. At the System Recovery Options Dialog Box, click on Repair your computer. 7. Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click next. 8. In the System Recovery Options dialog box

Hello There Browsing the web for an answer to my problem, I came across this web page. I have this problem too on windows startup. However I tried your suggestion to no avail. Kind Regards Phil

I am having the same message on my Windows 8.1 laptop.  I upgraded from a Windows 7 to the Windows 8 and also bought the disc for it. Then I did the free upgrade to Windows 8.1.  Any disc I try it comes and says it is invalid. Then it tells me, this file number is where the problem is.  How do I find this when the laptop cannot display my Window system?  The boot menu will not come up and there is no way I can go on to the internet. Can someone please help me out?

Hi azrikhan, Try booting into the Recovery Console and run the commands listed in the articles below to fix this issue: Fixmbr Fixboot You may also run bootcfg /rebuild command which scans the hard disks of the computer for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP installations, and then displays the results. You can add the detected Windows installations. A discussion about the Bootcfg command and its uses Regards, Divya R – Microsoft Support. Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

How to do a Startup Repair: Method: Perform a Startup Repair. Boot from the Windows 8 DVD a) At the Install Now screen b) Click Repair your computer c) Click Advanced Options d) Click Troubleshoot e) Click Startup repair f) Follow the on screen instructions Let us know if it helps.

I have the same issue and am unable to get past it.  I have no idea what to do. I am also unable to get to F8 boot menu even doing the Shift+F8.  Command is just ignored upon initial boot.  I have also done automatic repair with the same results BUT even clicking continue to windows 8 still gets me no where.

Thanks Andre for your reply, I followed your directions. Did an F8 to get into the "Repair your computer" Selected TroubleShoot Selected Advanced Options There is no "Startup repair" so I tried "Automatic Repair" Then Selected "Windows 8"  operating system Result was: "Automatic Repair Couldn't repair your PC" Then selected "Continue Windows 8" which logged into windows 8 ok. Then restarted computer and got the same result. Windows Boot Manager file: \windows\system32\winload.exe status: 0xc0000428 info: Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file.

Try this: Download the ISO file at the supplied link, and make a Bootable Repair Disk from it. Go into your Bios/Setup, or Boot Menu, at startup, and change the Boot Order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the Boot Order, then reboot with the disk in the Drive. At startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, to go into Bios/Setup, or F12 for the Boot Menu. When you have changed that, insert that Bootable Disk you have made in the Drive, and reboot. Cheers. Mick Murphy - Microsoft Partner

Hi, Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community. I understand your concern I would suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps. Please share the details. 1.What is the make and model of your system? This error usually occurs if the Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr) entry is not present in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store or the Boot\BCD file on is damaged or missing. If this is a recently built new PC and you are unable to boot in normal mode, let’s try the following steps booting from an installation disc or USB and check if it helps. Method 1: Let’s perform startup repair and check if that helps. a. Insert the Windows installation DVD or USB and boot Windows from it. b. In the ‘Windows setup’ page select the ‘language to install’, ‘Time and currency format’ and the ‘keyboard or input method’ and click on‘next’. c. Click on ‘Repair your computer’ and select ‘Troubleshoot’. d. Click on ‘Advanced options’ and select ‘Automatic Repair’ and select the opera

Hi, What is the make and model of the computer? I would suggest you to contact your computer manufacturer or visit the manufacturer’s support website to find instructions on how to set the boot order in the BIOS and then try to perform startup repair using the Windows 8 DVD. If the issue persists after performing startup repair using the Windows 8 DVD then, it is possible that the PC might be experiencing hardware issues, then you may run diagnostics to make sure the hardware is working fine.

i am having this issue too but i installed from from desktop ...i have been using windows 8 for about a month now and i love it ...after update 7/20/12. Update for Windows 8 Release Preview for x64-based Systems (KB2730450) Installation date: ‎7/‎20/‎2012 11:56 AM Installation status: Succeeded Update type: Important Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

Hi, 1. Which operating system are you using? 2. Have you made any changes to your computer? Method 1: I would suggest you to follow the links and check. Startup Repair http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/startup-repair Startup Repair: frequently asked questions http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Startup-Repair-frequently-asked-questions Method 2: How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

Hi Ignance, Welcome to Microsoft Community and we appreciate your interest in Windows 10. Before I help you to fix the issue. P lease provide us more information, t o understand the issue better. What is the make and model of the computer? When do you exactly get this error message? Which anti-virus program are you using? Awaiting your response for further assistance.

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Hi, This issue can occur from Winload.exe or Windows Boot loader corruption. As an initial troubleshooting step, we suggest rebuilding the Boot Configuration Data protocol and see if the issue will persist: Download Windows 10 Media Creation tool Performing a Repair Upgrade can repair broken operating system files while preserving your personal files, settings, and installed applications. Update us with the outcome so we can provide further assistance.

Go to the website of your hard drive manufacturer and download their diagnostic tool. I suspect one or more of your hard drives starts to fail. Hope I could help

Hi Gary, Glad to know that you have resolved the issue. We really appreciate your effort to resolve this issue. Please post back if you have any issues related to Windows and we will be glad to assist you further.

Hey Karthic, thanks very much for reply. if I understand your reply correctly , I have to repair my windows 8.1 even tho I have no problem booting into windows 8.1. this will repair the boot manager ? I  have unplugged 1st hard drive ( win 8.1 ) and am currently using win 10 preview ( on separate hard drive ) and everything is working fine so far ( rock solid actually ). thanks, gary.

error is still there i windows 10

not helped me still presists

I had this issue with Win 10. The problem is after upgrading from Win 7 to Win 10 THERE IS NO INSTALL DISC!!!!! And since I started with a Dell OEM Win 7, there's no install disc for that either. So now what?

Hey, I have this same trouble. I have an Azus Zenbbok laptop, I never add any Hardware. And the last time I used my computer, I was on an Excel doc, and on the Internet. I bought my computer with windows 8, after 2 updates, I run now my computer on Windows 10 since 8 months, and I had no specific troubles. I tried to fix this issue with 2 different USB key on bootable under windows 8 and one with windows 10. I tried the methods 1 & the methods 2, but each action I do when I restart the computer, it’s the same blue screen :/ Absolutely no evolution. Could someone give me some Help to fix this. I would be really gratefull/ Thanks

Hi Gary, Thank you for posting your query in Windows forums. I understand that you are getting an error code” 0xc000000e” and unable to boot to the Windows 10 TP. We are really sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. I will assist you to resolve this issue. You can try the following steps to attach a screenshot. Hope this helps. Please post back if the issue persists and we will be glad to assist you further.

Tried every method on the internet including this, nothing worked. I also tried moving a backup winloader but I couldn't find any and there was none in my system32 folder either. i think its actually missing and i need to replace it, how can I? trying this fix also broke my bcr so I don't know how to fix that either. Recently the bootmenu has started saying that my windows drive is locked so i can't even run any fixes and it wont even detect that there's a windows partition installed in some places. Now i need a new winloader.exe and a new bcr file. none of these exist anywhere I've looked. could you please help? I'm running Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10074 and I've been trying to update for a while, the new build finishes downloading from the windows web site because windows update gave me errors and i turn on my computer to install it and it crashes, i restart and it wont start up. What can I do from here?

hello, problem fixed using Karthics method 2 to repair windows 8 boot manager. works a treat, thanks, gary.

Hey Karthic, thanks very much for reply. if I understand your reply correctly , I have to repair my windows 8.1 even tho I have no problem booting into windows 8.1. this will repair the boot manager ? I  have unplugged 1st hard drive ( win 8.1 ) and am currently using win 10 preview ( on separate hard drive ) and everything is working fine so far ( rock solid actually ). thanks, gary. I have the same problem. I have installed Windows10 tp 10041 on Western digitial s-ata hard drive 1TB and w8.1 pro on a Sandisk SSD 128 gb. they both work fine as long as I keep only one drive running and the other drive unplugged. as soon as I plug the other drive, I receive on the very first boot-up screen a BSOD stating error code” 0xc000000e”. No way to get the error cleared using both method suggested above (actually method 2 worked for one boot-up, but then on the next one the same error re-appeared). I tried to make both a clean installation of w10tp and also an upgrade from Windows 8.0 pro (as it

You would need an Installation media i.e. ISO burned into a DVD or a USB and start your computer from it. Then at the screen which says install now, click Repair your computer. Unfortunately there is no other way to restore Windows 10.

Hi Wjniemi, Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue. I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps. Method 1: f. Restart the computer. Check if the issue persists. Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

This is what happends: X:\Sources>Bootrec /rebuildbcd Scanning all disks for Windows installations. Please wait, since this may take a while... Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total indentified Windows installations: 1 [1] C:\Windows Add installation to boot list? Yes/No/All: Y The volume does not contain a recognised file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted.

Hi, Thanks for your help. The problem is a step 5 when no operating system is listed. It spews out errors, then, when trying to use Bootrec, Bcdedit commands etc.

1. Put the Windows Vista installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer. 2. Press a key when you are prompted. 3. Visit our and let us know what you think.

Hello KiranH, Thank you for using the Microsoft Vista Answers Forum! This error occurs when either of the following conditions is true: · The Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr) entry is not present in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. · The Boot\BCD file on the active partition is damaged or missing. You can rebuild the BCD store by using the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment. To do this, follow these steps David O Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our and let us know what you think.

Hello KiranH, Thank you for posting.  What seems to have happened is that your Solaris installation has corrupted the Windows Vista boot sector.  If you cannot access Vista through a dual-boot menu then you probably have to reinstall Vista to correct this. Please let me know if this helps you. Using Third Party Software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Third Party Software can be solved. Using Third Party Software is at your own risk. Zack Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

Hi Marc, Welcome and thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I understand that you are having a tough time working on the computer. I will certainly help you to resolve the issue. This issue could occur due to corrupted Master Boot Record. A boot sector is a part of hard disk or any storage device which contains machine code. A Boot Sector loads the machine code stored in the storage device. Hope it helps. Let us know if you have any further query on Windows, we are glad to assist you further.

Abdul, I have read all the posts here and followed the instructions but when my computer starts up, I get stuck at the "Choose your keyboard layout". I have a usb keyboard (US layout) and a usb marble mouse with no indication that the system "see" either device. I have moved both to different USB ports and no change. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello Marc, Thank you for your response. I appreciate your time. I would suggest you to run bootrec commands in the command prompt from Windows recovery environment Please do let us know if you need any further assistance. Thank you

Many thanks to Abdul and Ratandeep for their quick response. After 4 days of research and trial and error, I finally got back into my win 10 installation. Looks like after the firmware upgrade of the motherboard, the bootfiles the system uses were nor on my win 7 disk, neither on the win 10 ssd but on the 3 of my 4 disk which is used by Acronis for backup. I went into recovery prompt mode and on this disk the bootrec /rebuildbcd command found my win 10 installation and added it to the bcd. I then made the bcd file on the ssd visible by attrib bcd -h -r -s and copied the correct bcd to the ssd. PS One of my Original problems was that I could not boot from DVD. Although I was able to write the dvd, it would not recognize the drive while booting. Changing to another loose sata cable (other port) solved this problem ??? All in all, I am now a happy win 10 user again ! Thanks again guys

Admittedly a little late, but it could prove helpful to someone on the hunt for a solution. I encountered this error earlier today after resetting my cmos while troubleshooting a ram issue. Bashed my head of the desk for a while, until I remembered about the time-stamp security in NTFS, checked my bios and spotted that I'd set the date 12/4/2016 not 4/12/2016, corrected that and rebooted.. Voila problem solved, no iso, BCD or repairing needed. ;tldr.. Reset bios without correctly setting time and date, Windows 10 presented 0xc0000428c error code, Adjusted bios clock to correct values, Issue resolved.

Let me first thank you Abdul for your quick response. A few years ago I upgraded my system (first generation i-7 920) with a SSD. I than transferred my win 7 to the new disk by means of partioning software without moving programs and user data. Because of the amount of user data and as a sort of backup, I did keep the old install and thus had a (not 100% legal I know) dual boot with two win 7. The win 7 on SSD is the one I use and the one that was upgraded eventually to win 10 a few months ago. (The version of the operating system is incompatible with Startup Recovery). Sorry for this elaborate reply but I would greatly appreciate your further thoughts.

I have looked all over alot of posts, one thing is a recurring theme, that is to try and run SFC, and try to run the repair from Vista CD, well i have done that, I have also taken the drive out of the machine put it into external drive cradle and ran chkdsk on it. I have also tried to do a complete reinstall. The 0xc000021 error im getting happens after the new install copies the files extracts the files then reboots. I have formatted the drive. so it is an absolutely clean install. I have ran the IBM-Hitachi drive tools checker on the drive also. Any other options?? or suggestions?? The forums are filled with the basic what to do if this happens but never goes beyond that, what do you do if the suggestions do not work?

This is late but hopefully it will help someone in the future. In recovery console you want to click on command prompt. type c: then press enter then type dir and press enter if you don't see Windows on the list then you are in the wrong directory . So type d: and press enter Then type dir and press enter Keep going until the letter shows you Windows from the list once you know which letter windows is stored on type in (assuming c: is where the windows folder is) sfc /scannow /offwindir=c:\windows\ /offbootdir=c:\ press enter Normally this won't fix a missing winload.exe but will fix corruption within your operating system. To replace a missing or damaged winload.exe you need to extract it from a windows cd or maybe a system restore point could help. Anyway, I hope this helps.

"HongKongFouey" wrote in message news:e6b8bcbb-2571-4b3c-9b47-292d616c8908 ... I have looked all over alot of posts, one thing is a recurring theme, that is to try and run SFC, and try to run the repair from Vista CD, well i have done that, I have also taken the drive out of the machine put it into external drive cradle and ran chkdsk on it. I have also tried to do a complete reinstall. The 0xc000021 error im getting happens after the new install copies the files extracts the files then reboots. I have formatted the drive. so it is an absolutely clean install. I have ran the IBM-Hitachi drive tools checker on the drive also. Any other options?? or suggestions?? The forums are filled with the basic what to do if this happens but never goes beyond that, what do you do if the suggestions do not work? Try running a RAM test utility such as MemTest86 - this sort of error is often a sign of minor mismatches in RAM sticks. If it tests out OK, try removing one (or more) of the sticks, and inst

Hi Joseph, Thanks for posting to answers.microsoft.com When the system begins to POST are you able to hit F8 a few times and try to access the Recovery Screen? If so are you able to use LAST KNOWN good configuration to see if you are able to get backup and running? If not, can you boot into Safemode from that F8 screen? If those options aren't available, the best step would be to get your Windows Vista Recovery CD and boot to it and run the STARTUP REPAIR options. Here is a Help and How to article about the STARTUP Recovery options. Also, see the following links for further information involving the winload error What to do if Windows won't start correctly Startup repair: frequently asked questions What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista? Pasted from < http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/d95a0730-91af-4d46-8800-583531946be41033.mspx > You may also want to review the information about Windows PE CD. If you do not have your Original Windows CD. http://techne

Joseph, Using the command prompt window from the System Recovery Options, I ran the sfc /scannow command as instructed and it gave me the following: "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation." Also... just to let you know, I was able to connect an external hard drive to the computer and through the dos-prompt, was able to copy most of our documents from the hard drive onto the external hard drive.  Therefore, given that and given the successful result of the HDD diagnostic, I really don't think that this is a hard drive issue but truly a Vista issue. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hello bayareapianoman, Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Windows Vista Community site. One option you can try is using the system file checker tool. From the command prompt type the following command, and then press ENTER: sfc /scannow The sfc /scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. Thanks for using the Answers Forum. Please let us know how this works out. Joseph Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

Hi, 1. Have you tried to reinstall Windows 7 on the computer? 2. Have you made any changes to the computer prior to the issue? Try the steps provided below and check if the issue persists. Step 1: Start your computer in safe mode http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode Step 2: If the issue does not persist in Safe Mode try Clean Boot. Putting your system in clean boot state helps in identifying if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue. If yes, you may have to contact the program manufacturer for any updates or uninstall and re-install the program. Refer the following Microsoft KB article for more information on how to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7: How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135 Note: After troubleshooting, make sure to put the computer to start as usual as mentioned in S

The below link is worth a try. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

Hi Vinayselvam, I would suggest you to follow the methods below and check if it helps. Method 1: Try to perform a start up repair and check if it helps. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Startup-Repair-frequently-asked-questions Hope this helps.

I tried this and it did not work.  Any more suggestions?

I hav not updated drivers or motherboard

Hello Christophbarr, Let's start with a chkdsk from WinRE: 1. Tap F8 during startup to get to the Startup Options menu. 2. Choose Repair Windows. 3. After choosing the location and logging on, click on the Command Prompt option. 4. Type the following command followed by the ENTER key: CHKDSK C: /F 5. Let CHKDSK run to completion. It may take some time so be patient and do not restart the computer while it is running. 6. When CHKDSK has completed, restart and see if we can get into normal and/or safe mode. Let us know if you have any questions. Best regards, Matthew_Ha

General causes of "STOP 0x0000007F" errors http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137539 When or if you updated your drivers did you also update the motherboard/chipset driver? J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

Hi capi0122, If rebuilding the BCD does not resolve the startup issue, you can export and delete the BCD, and then run this option again. By doing this, you make sure that the BCD is completely rebuilt. To do this, type the following commands at the Windows RE command prompt: * bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup * c: * cd boot * attrib bcd -s -h -r * ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old * bootrec /RebuildBcd /FixMbr The /FixMbr option writes a Windows 7 or Windows Vista-compatible MBR to the system partition. This option does not overwrite the existing partition table. Use this option when you must resolve MBR corruption issues, or when you have to remove non-standard code from the MBR. /FixBoot The /FixBoot option writes a new boot sector to the system partition by using a boot sector that is compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7. Use this option if one of the following conditions is true: * The boot sector has been replaced with a non-standard Windows Vista or Windows 7 boot sector. * The boot se

I will try it this weekend.  Thank you for the help. Ross

Hi chetanjagkar, Corrupted boot system files is one of the possible reasons why you are having issues booting your Windows 7 computer. I would suggest that you try using the Automatic Repair or Startup Repair feature. Startup Repair can detect and fix certain types of system problems that might prevent Windows from starting. You can follow the steps in this link and go to the section, Method 2: Use the Automatic Repair or Startup Repair feature, and click Windows 7 . Should you need further assistance, don't hesitate to get back to us.

Hi, Perform the following troubleshooting methods: Method 1: I would suggest you to perform “Startup Repair” from Windows recovery Environment and then check how it works. Refer the link “ What are the system recovery options in Windows 7? ” to know how to perform Startup Repair from Windows Recovery Environment. Method 2: If that doesn’t fix the issue, then I would suggest you to perform the troubleshooting steps from the link “ Use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows ” and then check how it works.

this didn't work at all. But thanks anyways, i fixed the problem.

I think the letters d and f represent the drive you boot from.  so if youre booting from C drive which makes sense unless your running dual boot it would look like  "bcdboot C:\windows /s C:"  without the qoute marks.  Whoops forgot to add you must be at the >C: prompt so thats where the "CD C:"   Before the "bcdboot C:\windows /s C:"  .  Remember that if your boot drive is not C: then replace C" with whatever Drive youre booting from.  C: drive is the default drive on all common pc's laptops bought off shelf like Dells, HP, etc. etc. if you dont know which is boot drive most likely it is C:.  That just worked for my wifes but then had to run a scan of HD which shows errors.  Hope they can be fixed and data reallocated, doing that now.    Good Luck, take care.   Windows can be frustrating but there is no better operating system for all it can do with all the programs out in the world.

Hi, This issue can occur if the bootloader cannot find Windows 7 boot sector or boot files. Follow these steps: In Vista, open an elevated command prompt, Type( or copy and paste these if you like). cd /d f:\windows\system32 then press enter bcdboot f:\windows /s c: then press enter. Close command prompt. Restart the pc. See this link - http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/30572-problem-dualboot-vista-7-winload-exe-error-2.html

MMMmnnn  All good information but what happens when the HDD WILL NOT allow any write to the Disk, I have made a backup of the registry (always keep a backup no older than a week).  I get the Winload error and this occure on BOTH Win 7 partitions so it's pointing to the Boot Loader BUT I cannot find where it is hiding as my system has a number of active partitions, Multi boot with Snowleopard, Ubuntu , XP and Win 7. ONLY the OS is on "C:\" So I just might Format and reinstall. I have not detected a bug in the system but ya never know.  I'll check out the MS link and see if I have any Joy there. Thanks for the info.

Hi Resourceful, This error occurs when either of the following conditions is true: a) The Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr) entry is not present in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. b) Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

Hello Alex, 1. Have you made any changes on the computer prior to the issue? 2. Do you have any security software installed on the computer? 3. Do you have any external USB memory devices connected to the computer? I would suggest you to place the computer in clean boot state and check if this fixes the issue. You can start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This kind of startup is known as a "clean boot." A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts. To set the computer in clean boot, follow the steps from the link: How to perform a clean boot Note: After checking in clean boot, follow the step “How to reset the computer to start as usual after clean boot troubleshooting” from the article to reset the computer to normal boot.

Hi, Thank you for posting the question in Microsoft Community! It seems that you have startup issues in computer. To assist you better, we need more information. Are you able to startup Windows normally at any point of time? To work with the issue, I would suggest you to refer to the site: Use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392?wa=wsignin1.0 For any Windows related issue feel free to contact us.

Hi Gautam, 1. What is the make and model of the computer? 2. Did you make any changes to the computer prior to this issue? You may refer to the section “My PC was running Windows 8 before I installed the preview” from this article and check if this helps. Updating from Windows 8.1 Preview to Windows 8.1: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/update-from-preview Note: Your personal files won't be affected, but apps that did not come with the PC will need to be reinstalled and apps that you installed while using the preview might not be available through the Windows 8 Store. Reply with the status of the issue and we will be glad to offer our assistance.

AT1, AT2, AT3 running every day at 9:00 pm.... There is also an "updater" than began running at 9:00 PM 10/7/2010, repeated every 1 hour indefinitely. Looks like some kind of virus webroot isnt catching. I'm going to try and delete the scheduled tasks and run Microsoft malicious software removal tool.

Hi, · Have you set any task in task scheduler at 9:00? · Is the computer on dual boot? · If yes what are the operating system installed? · What is the complete error message with the error code you are receiving? · What is the make and model number of the computer?

I only have the Pro edition disc, and right now I can't get the 8.1 evaluation ISO because I'm about to burst my data cap. I'm gonna look for a Ubuntu disc in my drawers to back the files up. When I'm finished, I'll try to do an upgrade install of Windows 8. If it fails, I could try to factory reset to Windows 7. The model of my PC is a Compaq Presario CQ1-2010AN, running Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center.

Hi Bocacao, What is the make and model of the computer? Method 1: I would suggest you to use a different Windows 8 installation DVD and check if you can perform System Restore or Automatic Repair. Method 2: If you have a system recovery partition, you may also try to reset the computer to factory reset using recovery partition. Check if it helps. Note: Be sure to back up any data you want to keep before you begin. Resetting to Factory Reset will delete all the data. Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with updated status of the issue to assist you further.