keep getting a 0xc000000e boot error after factory restore on dell lap


  1. Posts : 3
    win 7 u
       #1

    keep getting a 0xc000000e boot error after factory restore on dell lap


    I replaced bad hard drive on a Dell Inspiron laptop, was able to create boot disks so did a complete factory install, after first boot is where I get the boot error, and only way to fix to get back to windows is with a MS win7 boot disk and let it do any automatic boot repair.

    Now I can get to windows but have lost the factory "F8" repair my computer prompt, tried the AutoSetupfailover.cmd found in this thread Restoring Vista to a Windows 7 laptop after changing the recovery partition to give it a drive letter D:, got the factory restore "F8" back, but when I try it, it just boots into windows.

    Any help would be appreciated!
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  2. Posts : 6,830
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
       #2

    Hi ace35 welcome to SevenForums

    I'd recommend using this tutorial below



    Has everything you will need .

    The recovery disc has bloatware that isn't needed .
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  3. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #3

    Hello Ace best option - no bloat mate is USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create

    I use the DVD - easier ste the BIOS to boot from optical put in the DVD and the Save and exit - install and then activate with the sticker code on your machine:)
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  4. Posts : 3
    win 7 u
    Thread Starter
       #4

    yea well doing this for a friends daughter, so I need to get it back to factory spec, what I don't understand is why the boot sector is getting trashed after the first run of windows?

    I am using the factory disks and it appears to work as it should the first time it boots, then I get the error and have to repair the boot sector to get back to windows. after that I need to get the F8 working again, which is where I am at.
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  5. Posts : 5,956
    Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86
       #5

    You press F8 to accept the EULA (if you install by booting off the disk), are you using a USB keyboard ? did you enable Legacy USB Support (allows rudimentary USB support prior to loading Windows and the normal USB device drivers) or use a PS/2 keyboard to use during the initial installation.
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  6. Posts : 6,830
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
       #6

    @stephanie
    There is no PS/2 ports on laptops now a days


    @ace35
    Do you get an option to Repair Your Computer from the recovery disc ?
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  7. Posts : 5,956
    Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86
       #7

    VistaKing said:
    @stephanie
    There is no PS/2 ports on laptops now a days



    @ace35
    Do you get an option to Repair Your Computer from the recovery disc ?
    Ooops sorry its a laptop :)
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  8. Posts : 3
    win 7 u
    Thread Starter
       #8

    factory disks don't have the option to do much other than to recover with or without backing up the changed files. I am puzzled as to why it will boot one time after the factory disk and that is it,

    I get to the desktop, there is a popup that says you have to restart for changes to take affect. after that it looks like the boot partition gets munged as when I run the repair disk, it shows the windows partition is 0?

    run the repair, and it will boot to windows, but no longer the recovery partition.
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