Can't boot (Error 0xc0000034)

[paperwhite]

I get error (0xc0000034) on my laptop while booting, and can't get past this. I have a bootable USB with windows 10 (might be windows 8 ) inserted but for some reason it doesn't seem to recognize it. When I changed boot mode to legacy it did recognize it for some reason (after several reboots), but when I got to the menu for installing windows, I got the error message "windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style." no matter which one I chose, so I couldn't get past from there anyway.

The computer is a Msi GS70 2QE

Error message:

http://imgur.com/SVT1R48

Boot settings:

http://imgur.com/Vt4ETo9

USB Configuration:

http://imgur.com/Jaa2MMM

The computer is clean so it doesn't matter if i lose data.

 

[Paul NZ]

You should have continued from your other post not create another

Did you do a search in Google for that error?? I guess not

 

[paperwhite]

You should have continued from your other post not create another

Did you do a search in Google for that error?? I guess not

Well I'm sorry, I just assumed that it was better to make a new one to make it more searchable for other users etc. My mistake.

And yes, I have googled the error and looked at other threads here, the solution I find is to boot from a USB/DVD with windows. This is what I am trying to do now but don't succeed.

 

[SkyNetRising]

One of you Plexor 256M6 SSDs has a problem.
(image from your second topic)

You will have to diagnose and possibly replace it.

You can also remove failed drive, delete raid and use remaining drive to install windows on it.

 

[paperwhite]

Thanks! After several reboots I managed to boot Windows from USB, and could go to command prompt from there to run chkdsk. It seems like the bad hard drive is repaired for now, since chkdsk can't find any problems in either C: or D:

 

[paperwhite]

I have now bought a new SSD to replace the failing one. I've managed to replace the old one, and have a bootable USB with windows. However, I have had a hard time finding a good tutorial for installation, is there anything I should know before starting the installation?

Is it as simple as just doing a clean installation of windows and that's it, the computer will recognize the disk automatically? Or are there any other steps I have to take? (Partition the drive, install drivers etc etc)

 

[SkyNetRising]

It depends...
Did you rebuild failed RAID?
Are you going to install OS on RAID? Then RAID drivers will be necessary.

Personally I'd avoid installing OS on RAID.

 

[paperwhite]

It depends...
Did you rebuild failed RAID?
Are you going to install OS on RAID? Then RAID drivers will be necessary.

Personally I'd avoid installing OS on RAID.

I'm sorry, I think I might be too many steps behind in knowledge for this forum but thanks for your patience. I'm not fully clear about how RAID works, but I did not try to rebuild any data from the failing drive, I simply replaced it with a new one. However, I´ve already installed Windows but have encountered some problems:

- After replacing the failing SSD with a new one (To avoid confusion, this means that it now has 1 HDD, 1 old SSD and 1 new SSD), I tried to do a clean installment of windows (8.1). I could not install windows on the new SSD, so I installed it on the old one instead.

- The computer works now, however, I can not initialize the new hard drive. When trying to initialize it as GPT in Disk Manager, I get the error message "Data error (cyclic redundance check)." The SSD is completely new from the store. Also, I don't understand why the disk manager shows 477 GB unallocated when the drive is only on 240 GB. The SSD drive I bought was this and since it comes in 480 GB as well, I guess there's a small chance that they gave me the wrong one but I highly doubt it.

UPDATE:

It seems that I did install the OS on the new SSD after all, so I guess the problem lies with the other SSD? It's working properly otherwise, so what can be the problem/solution?

See screenshots:

Disk Manager
Properties of Disk 0 (the one I can't initalize)
Properties of Disk 1 (The new one)

List of disks from Disk Part, don't know if it's of any help since the non-initialized disk is not there:

Adding to this, it seems like my computer is working harder which should have something to do with the reinstallation as well. I can't test this since I don't have any numbers from how it was before, but since my laptop (MSI GS70 2QE) has two modes depending on intensivity in usage, shown by the light on the power button, it's easy to tell. Now the red light is always on and the fans are sounding a lot, before this only happened when I used demanding software or games. (I understand that "Red light" is very nonsensical terminology only relevant to this specific model, but you get the point.)

 

[SkyNetRising]

You have installed windows on new drive (240GB).
That 476GB - is your old RAID volume. It is invalid since you have only one drive in RAID 0 array.

Yo have to go to RAID management screen (Intel Rapid Storage Configuration Utility) and delete old RAID. Only after that you'll be able to use your old SSD.

 

[paperwhite]

Thank you so much! That was the problem, I managed to delete the raid and format the disk. Now it looks like this, so it seems to be all good, and this also solved the problem with the intensive fan usage. Thanks again!

 

[SkyNetRising]

I'd delete those extra partitions on Disk 0 and create one big (unless you're absolutely sure, that you need them).

 

[paperwhite]

I don't need them so I did that. Could not do it in Disk Manager but it worked in Partition Wizard. Thanks!

 

[paperwhite]

Well, it seems like everything wasn't fine after all. I have problem with my wifi/network card. Since other information of my process is in this thread, I'll just continue here

After replacing the hard drive and doing the clean installation, the computer works fine. However, I seem to have problems with my network card. There's no wifi connectivity, and the network card does not even show up in Device Manager. (See Screenshot) . I have never had problems with this before, so it's clearly related to either the new hard drive or the clean installation of windows.

My laptop is an MSI GS70 2QE, the wireless card is a Killer Wireless -m/a/ac 1525, see more detailed System info here.

The wifi did work twice even after the clean installation ,see screenshot here showing device manager at a time when it worked. First, it started to work after updating the chipset drivers I think, the second time it was hard to localise why it started working since I tried so many different things before reboot. The thing is, both of these times, the wifi was working without any problems whatsoever for a long time, but as soon as I put my computer to sleep the network card was disabled again.

What I've tried so far:

- Reinstalling the drivers, but unsurprisingly that didn't help since it doesn't even recognize the laptop card. I also performed a driver scan with DriverTalent and Intel utility and updated the missing ones,

- Since I recently opened up the case to insert the new SSD, I might have acidentally done something with the network card as well. However, the SSD-installing was so fast and easy, so I doubt it, and when I opened up my computer to check, the network card seems to be stable and fastened with a screw (see picture).

- As far as I know, my laptop does not have a hotkey for switching on/off wi-fi(see keyboard layout), but I've tried Fn+F8 since I know other MSi-models have that hotkey.

I really don't know what to do at this point, so if anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it a lot.