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  1. Posts : 506
    Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
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    Error 0xc000000f


    I have Error 0xc000000f
    On my main PC.
    ...omg. panic. yes.
    Why?...because I have not ritually backed up all my art projects that I was working on.
    Some, yes. Not all.
    For 3 days, I have read various forums and surfed the net.
    I feel overwhelmed with information and don't know what to do next.
    So sorry.. I write this from my little 5 year old Acer net book...that has never let me down.
    :)
    Last edited by Elljay; 16 Aug 2014 at 12:27.
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  2. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #2

    Can you boot the computer into Windows?
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  3. Posts : 177
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  4. Posts : 1,346
    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    Elljay said:
    I have Error 0xc000000f
    ...omg. panic. yes.
    On my main PC.
    Why?...because I have not ritually backed up all my art projects that I was working on.
    Some, yes. Not all.
    For 3 days, I have read various forums and surfed the net.
    I feel overwhelmed with information and don't know what to do next.
    So sorry.. I write this from my little Acer net book...that has never let me down.
    :)
    Read the following link:

    Boot Manager Status 0xc000000f, boot selection failed.

    HTH
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  5. Posts : 506
    Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
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       #5

    Hi Golden. I'm not sure what you mean. I have this message.
    (except, it says 0xc000000f) When I press 'enter=continue' and choose 'Launch Startup Repair', it just goes back to the Windows failed to start message. If I choose 'Start Windows Normally', the Windows logo appears, then the screen turns black and doesn't do anything.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Error 0xc000000f-0xc000000f-boot-manager.png  
    Last edited by Elljay; 16 Aug 2014 at 13:29.
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  6. Posts : 506
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    I downloaded loaded 'Rufus' onto a USB. Plugged it in and it gave me options to choose F1,F2, F10 etc... It didn't matter what I pressed, my PC started making ringing bell noises.
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  7. Posts : 506
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       #7

    They say: 'Curiosity Kills The Cat'...
    Although I am frustrated right now, there is a comical side to my predicament.
    Prior to seeing the error message, I had gone to Rocket Dock website.Wanting to try something different, I downloaded it. While I was there, I also saw a screensaver that makes your desktop look like it's on fire. I'm not into screensavers, but out of curiosity I downloaded it too.
    I launched it. Kewl. While I watched my desktop go up in flames with the sound effects of a crackling fire burning and kewl elevator music playing in the background, I thought to myself; "What if I just downloaded a malicious file? What if it is actually doing damage to something." Seriously, this is what I was thinking.
    I turned my PC off because I had to go downtown for awhile.
    When I returned a few hours later and turned on my PC and saw that error message. Well hell yes, I totally freaked! Here is the file I downloaded and an example of what it looked like. This is not my desktop, just an example of one I found. Kinda comical isn't it?
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Error 0xc000000f-rocketdock-free-fire-screen-saver.png   Error 0xc000000f-fire1.jpg  
    Last edited by Elljay; 16 Aug 2014 at 23:01.
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  8. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
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    Elljay said:
    ...because I have not ritually backed up all my art projects that I was working on.
    If rescuing/backing up your data is the priority then you can make and boot to a live linux CD then copy your project files across to an external HDD or even a USB flash drive. You will obviously need to use another PC to burn the CD. One approach:
    Recover files from Windows hard disk using Puppy Linux | www.winhelp.us
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  9. Posts : 19,383
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    Try mjf's solution- get your files backed up first.
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  10. Posts : 506
    Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
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    Hello mjf and Golden. Thank you so much for responding and thank you for your advice and the link. I have no idea what I'm doing but I'm willing to give it a go. I'm feeling so stupid right now.
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