After Partition Changes, 0xc0000225 and cannot boot

So i had two partitions on a physical disk, and wanted to delete the first and enlarge the second. I usually use gparted off the ubuntu live cd because it completely separates itself from windows details and allows a lot of disk changes in one interface; no conflicts. I moved forward with my changes and rebooted the computer.

I now find myself standing at this boot screens with error 0xc0000225 and a "corrupt" /boot/bcd file. Googling that information, the first hit was a solution about using gparted and getting this error. I thought perfect, but going through the steps, i still have no resolve. I have now been in and out of every boot problem thread on the internet and cannot figure it out. I have tried:

- windows 7 repair startup tools
- rebuilding the bcd from scratch
- bootrec /fixmbr and /fixboot

When i boot into ubuntu or repair mode, i can browse the file system fine. i can see the /boot files, create a new bcd file, and so on. One thing to mention is every test i have tried yeilds the same consistent error. The error has not changed whatsoever. My assumption is not that the /bcd file is corrupt or configured wrong (as the gparted solution/post suggested), but rather my disk is jacked and it cant find any data.


Any help pls?

Try this:
You may need to do startup repair 3 to 4 times.

Startup Repair

System Repair Disc - Create
System Recovery Options
Repair Install

done it a 100. No dice.

Did you try Repair Install.

Repair Install

says you need to have the computer booted.

robdog09 said:

So i had two partitions on a physical disk, and wanted to delete the first and enlarge the second. I usually use gparted off the ubuntu live cd because it completely separates itself from windows details and allows a lot of disk changes in one interface; no conflicts. I moved forward with my changes and rebooted the computer.

I now find myself standing at this boot screens with error 0xc0000225 and a "corrupt" /boot/bcd file. Googling that information, the first hit was a solution about using gparted and getting this error. I thought perfect, but going through the steps, i still have no resolve. I have now been in and out of every boot problem thread on the internet and cannot figure it out. I have tried:

- windows 7 repair startup tools
- rebuilding the bcd from scratch
- bootrec /fixmbr and /fixboot

When i boot into ubuntu or repair mode, i can browse the file system fine. i can see the /boot files, create a new bcd file, and so on. One thing to mention is every test i have tried yeilds the same consistent error. The error has not changed whatsoever. My assumption is not that the /bcd file is corrupt or configured wrong (as the gparted solution/post suggested), but rather my disk is jacked and it cant find any data.

Any help pls?

Hello robdog09, and welcome to Windows Seven Forums.

We see this situation asked about a lot here, and as you have offered little detail I will have to guess at a few things. Windows allows one partition per hard drive to be flagged "Active". When Windows 7 is installed on a hard drive where another OS is in place, that partition is usually already "Active" and the installer automatically places the boot code in the "Active" partition. When you deleted the partition you deleted the boot code. When you tried to boot to Windows 7, did you mark its partition "Active" with GParted or from the Windows 7 Disk Management utility? The "Startup Repair" cannot repair your BCD Store if it cannot find an "Active" partition with the boot code. You may be able to restore your Windows 7 boot code if you mark the partition "Active" and then run the "Startup Repair" as many as three times.

Alternatively, after marking the 7 partition "Active", you may be able to restore the BCD store with this command:

bootrec /rebuildbcd

after booting to the DVD or "Repair CD" and using the "Command Prompt" option.

If this does not help you, you might consider adding some detail like the OSs, the order of installation, which one you deleted, and anything else that might help us help you. You could also take a screen shot of the GParted drive map from the live CD and attach it to a post here for us to see.

Cheers!
Robert

I was simply making a new partition with an outdated partedmagic and i have this error at startup

sqr47 said:

I was simply making a new partition with an outdated partedmagic and i have this error at startup

actually i cannot access startup repair at startup, is there any way to do it from a disc or anything like that?

Use your Win7 DVD.

sqr47 said:

sqr47 said:

I was simply making a new partition with an outdated partedmagic and i have this error at startup

actually i cannot access startup repair at startup, is there any way to do it from a disc or anything like that?

Hello sqr47;

Please check out method two here: System Recovery Options

The free Partition Wizard is an up-to-date partition utility to replace outdated ones. Check it out as well?

Cheers!
Robert