[SOLVED] System only boots after entering bios.

[galen_green]

I built a PC some years ago and ran straight into an issue and have never thus far been able to fix. the computer runs normally BUT only after I enter and exit BIOS.(changing nothing)
If I don't then 1. windows starts booting but quickly restarts or 2. will enter recovery mode and with give the error:
The operating system couldn't be loaded because the HAL is missing or contains errors
File: \windows\system32\hal.dll
Error code: 0xc0000221

I have tried all sorts of things but am still unsuccessful.

boot codes are C9 then A2


Any help would be awesome.

My System information is:


OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-IRP65DE
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-7920
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU To be filled by O.E.M.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V1.9, 2016/02/16
SMBIOS Version 2.8
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer MSI
BaseBoard Product Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920)
BaseBoard Version 1.0
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.18362.752"
Time Zone South Africa Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8,00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7,95 GB
Available Physical Memory 5,02 GB
Total Virtual Memory 9,82 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6,43 GB
Page File Space 1,88 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

 

[Colif]

Try turning fast startup off and see if it makes any difference - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4189-turn-off-fast-startup-windows-10-a.html as it might be a driver to blame for it all.

So it boots off bios, it just runs into errors unless you restart.

 

[galen_green]

Thank you for your reply!
I had previously disabled fast boot in BIOS but I followed your advice as turned it off on the windows side and rebooted and after A2 it showed D7 then went into recovery mode. Error code 0xc0000221
Thanks for the help!

 

[galen_green]

Good Day, I just fixed it! 6 years of trouble and all I had to do was swap out the ram! Brand new Corsair Ram and it was faulty!
Thanks for the help.