Revived Computer won't boot, error 0xC000000F

[kenny99]

Hi guys,

So my computer was having some problems recently. Wouldn't turn on but there was power to the usb ports. Before i figured out it was the power supply that was dead, I had tried clearing the Bios by shorting the jumper leads & removing the internal battery, but otherwise everything else was untouched.

I've just received the replacement power supply today, so I've hooked it up & everything is ok, but when booting up, it gets to the "Starting Windows" logo & then restarts. I've tried running the Startup Repair tool from the windows disk, but it doesn't work. The logs show every check was completed successfully, except:

Repair Action: System Files Integrity check & Repair
Result: Failed, error code = 0x490

It also quotes "Boot Manager Generic Failure 0xC000000F" whenever it restarts itself.

I then ran Checkdisk on the C drive, but this shows that the disk is completely fine. What could be the problem?

My pc stats are:
Intel i5 processor
ASRock H61m/U2S2 motherboard
Coodmax CD-P500W power supply

Any help appreciated.

 

[jnewegger23]

Here's a forum that seems to have covered your specific issue:
http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/209281-boot-manager-status-0xc000000f-boot-selection-failed.html

Here's a place to download a system repair disk if you do not have one:
http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/create-a-windows-7-system-repair-disc/

Also, do you have an ssd or hdd for your os? bc one person changed ahci to ide and that fixed this problem but they had a hdd and not an ssd and you DON'T want to do that if you have an ssd of course.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/299b227b-fa38-4902-b41a-d868075d763e/windows-7-startup-problem-error-code-0x490?forum=w7itprogeneral

 

[kenny99]

Here's a forum that seems to have covered your specific issue:
http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/209281-boot-manager-status-0xc000000f-boot-selection-failed.html

Here's a place to download a system repair disk if you do not have one:
http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/create-a-windows-7-system-repair-disc/

Also, do you have an ssd or hdd for your os? bc one person changed ahci to ide and that fixed this problem but they had a hdd and not an ssd and you DON'T want to do that if you have an ssd of course.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/299b227b-fa38-4902-b41a-d868075d763e/windows-7-startup-problem-error-code-0x490?forum=w7itprogeneral

Your solution kinda worked, my Sata was already set to IDE mode, so I tried changing it back to AHCI, and that did the trick!

So i think basically, if you reset your Bios & you have boot problems, if you have a hdd you should just change it regardless whether it is ide or ahci.

 

[lonewolf7]

Do you have a bootable media (DVD/USB) on hand ? If so, then try to repair install the OS or clean install the OS, startup-repair wont work, atleast I think so.

Just keep in mind whatever you do make a backup first for a precaution, and you have to redo the win updates, have to install the drivers for devices.

 

[jnewegger23]

So glad to hear it got you out of the woods! Glad to help!