Win 7 fails to boot. SP1 and Bios update causing corrupt registry?

[Siriuxx]

Im restarting this thread since the last one has far too much information on it.

Long story short, a while backmy raptor drive would not load Win7. It just started an infinite loop of repair mode. After many attempts I forgot about fixing it. A few months later I load up the raptor drive to find it working fine. I install Win7 updates and back to startup repair.

After many reformats and failed attempts it seemed to be a general consensus that the HD was malfunctioning and I needed to replace it.

I purchased a new raptor drive and installed the OS. After that I updated windows and the problem came back. So I reformatted and created a system image to restore to when needed. I began installing updates one by one, and restarting. I have not gone through them all but I have found so far that whenever I install these updates, Im back to system repair.

1. Service pack 1
2. Windows Update (KB3046480)
3. MOBO utilities

So far the other updates, video drivers, and mobo drivers have all installed without an issue.

I have also installed new SATA cables, changed SATA ports on mobo and switched the power.

Ran a windows memory test, it showed no issues. Though Im told I should try MemTest86, havent had the chance to do so yet.

Someone suggested the problem could be installing an older version of Win7. Basically, my win7 OEM disc is probably around 6 or 7 years old, and apparently newer versions of it come with SP1 as part of the initial installation. I also tried win10, however I had to update SP1, then upgrade Win10. It worked fine until I restarted and the issue came back. Win10 was different though, it gave me the
error code: 0xc00000e9

Other error codes I received from startup repair on Win7 are...

0x1f
0xa

I have no idea where else to go from here. This I have spent so much time trying to figure this out and nothing works. Please, any help would be much appreciated.

Oh, and the 7200 drive works fine, which makes me assume this is not a hardware issue.

System Specs...

Intel Core i7-960 CPU
ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard
EVGA GeForce 760 SE 3GB GPU SLI
Corsair XMS3 12GB DDR3 RAM
Ultra LSX 850W 80Plus Silver Power Supply
Western Digital 750GB 7,200 RPM HDD
WD VelociRaptor 600GB 10,000 RPM HDD
ASUS 27in Full 1080p HDMI 2ms Monitor

 

[Sedivy]

I am surprised that even with windows 10 you have the same issue. That's likely a hard drive issue or faulty installation drive. When you were downloading win 10, did you put it on the same usb that you were trying to install win 7 off of?
Not sure why you're sure 7200 drive works fine with the above error. It sounds like it could be affected too. I'd get something like parted magic, that's totally independent from windows and won't install on your hdd, just to check your hard drive integrity, check it for bad sectors and so on. See if you have the same issues that you have with windows.
Initially it sounded like the updates gave you issues, but both in win 7 and win10? Sounds odd and suggests checking the hdd might not be a bad idea.

 

[Siriuxx]

I am surprised that even with windows 10 you have the same issue. That's likely a hard drive issue or faulty installation drive. When you were downloading win 10, did you put it on the same usb that you were trying to install win 7 off of?
Not sure why you're sure 7200 drive works fine with the above error. It sounds like it could be affected too. I'd get something like parted magic, that's totally independent from windows and won't install on your hdd, just to check your hard drive integrity, check it for bad sectors and so on. See if you have the same issues that you have with windows.
Initially it sounded like the updates gave you issues, but both in win 7 and win10? Sounds odd and suggests checking the hdd might not be a bad idea.

Im not using a USB, Im downloading from a Win7 OEM disc. I reformatted to Win7, then updated the SP1 and upgraded to Win10 (without restart for either.) It worked fin until I restarted, thats when I got the error message...
error code: 0xc00000e9
Ive used the 7200 drive without issue. Its just so overcrowded. I need to get the raptor drive working so I can reformat the 7200.

But again, it doesnt make sense its the hard drive. The 7200 works fine, the old raptor drive had the issue, and then a brand new raptor drive with the same issue as the last. What are the odds that a brand new drive has the same issue as the old one? Theres no way.

 

[Sedivy]

Oh I see, you were upgrading to win 10, not clean install and whatever issue it has with win 7 is continuing with win 10.
And by overcrowded do you mean it's nearly full? Cause that may also give you issues.
If you need to reformat it, get parted magic, that way you don't need to install anything or deal with windows issues. Reformat from within it and then you don't need the first faulty drive at all. In fact from within parted magic, you can do a disk integrity check on 7200 as well and as I said, check for bad sectors and such.

 

[boju]

The original thread Sedivy

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3517014/windows-start-matter-fix.html

Bit confusing having the two going

 

[Siriuxx]

Yeah sorry, I figured it would be easier to keep it on one threat with all the info updated and condensed

 

[skitszo]

Use belarc to get your win10 license.
then use win10 media to make a flashdrive boot install. install win10 fresh. apply your license.

 

[Siriuxx]

How is that a suppose to fix the issue though?

 

[sscholle]

It's possible that the BIOS setting for SATA mode is now changed to 'AHCI'. This does cause issues with Windows if your previous BIOS setting was set to 'IDE'.

Try that. Otherwise, just set your SATA mode to AHCI and see what happens.