How to Fix Error 0xc000000f When Booting Windows 10, 8 or 7
Hello everybody!
In this video, I’m going to show you how to fix error 0xc000000f when booting a Windows
operating system.
If you encounter such error when starting or rebooting your computer, and the operating
system won’t start, there can be several things to cause this problem.
Usually this bug strikes computers with Windows 10, 8 and 7.
Causes Well, there can be several things to cause
the trouble: Windows boot sequence can be reset if someone
tried to reset BIOS or the BIOS battery is low.
Other possible causes include damaged boot sector or incorrect work of the hard disk.
Change boot priority The first thing to do is to check boot priority
in BIOS.
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Find a section with the name like Boot Sequence, Boot Device Priority, Set Boot Priority and
so on.
Your hard disk should be in the first position, and if it’s not there, set the highest priority
for the disk with the “+” key.
After that, press F10 and confirm your decision to save the settings.
If you changed the settings, but the error appears again, try another method.
Startup Repair Use Startup Repair.
For Windows 7 you will need a USB drive or a disk containing the installation package.
You will have to boot from it and choose Startup Repair in System recovery options.
In Windows 8 and 10, the error screen will give you a choice of advanced recovery options.
When you select this item, you will have to run the Startup Repair utility.
If this method doesn’t work, try another one.
Check the hard disk This method involves checking the hard disk
for errors and correcting them.
To do it, open Advanced Options again and select Command Prompt.
In the Command Prompt window, type the following command:
Chkdsk /f /r - it will check the hard disk for errors and fix them if possible.
If for some reason you can’t open the Advanced Options window, you will have to boot from
a bootable drive.
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Then press Shift + F10 in any start screen to open the Command Prompt window where you
can type this command.
If you are not sure about the drive’s integrity, run a proper scan with Victoria utility to
see its real condition.
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Boot sector If you’ve tried every method so far, and
you still see the error 0xc000000f and it indicates Boot\BCD, the problem must be in
the damaged boot sector.
Possible causes are numerous - viruses, system errors, power surges or hardware failures.
Once again, you need the Command Prompt and some commands to type.
bootrec /Fixboot – after this command is performed, restarting your computer is recommended.
If it didn’t help, type the following commands bootrec /scanOs
Rebuild the boot record bootrec /RebuildBcd
As the last resort, when all the previous tricks didn’t work, try the following:
Bootrec.exe /FixMbr If this command fails too, there’s nothing
else left to do but reinstall the operating system.
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