Solved BSOD 0x000000A5 After Vmware install Windows 7 Ultimate x64

[JimmyG]

Hey guys after installing Vmware the laptop needed to restart and gave me this BSOD with error code 0x000000A5.

After getting this I tried to use the recovery console and get the same error as well as for safe mode and last known good configuration.

I inserted my Windows 7 disc to try and use the recovery features on there and get this error

I've seen in other similar threads that there could be issues with the ram/bios/hdd.

It's a new laptop running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 edition and the bios is Aptio Setup Utility version 2.10.1208. (c) 2010 American megatrends. Inc.

Any help would be amazing.

Thanks,

James

 

[writhziden]

Sounds like you have hard disk errors. Use http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/666-advanced-boot-options.html to select Repair Your Computer and get to the http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/668-system-recovery-options.html. Then select the command prompt. Do the following:

chkdsk /r c:
chkdsk /r d:
chkdsk /r e:
chkdsk /r f:​

.etc until you get the message that the volume could not be opened for direct access. For any drives that do not give the message:
"Windows has checked the file system and found no problems"
run chkdsk again as above. In other words, if it says:
"Windows has made corrections to the file system"
after running the disk check, run the disk check again.

I realize you may only have one disk show up in Windows explorer, but you may have more than one disk through recovery options. This is because the system creates a hidden boot partition (which will be C: in recovery), you may have a recovery partition for your PC that is hidden (which will be D: in recovery), and you will have your primary Windows partition (which may be E: in recovery). A custom PC will likely have at least C: and D: to scan.

 

[JimmyG]

When I select Repair Your Computer I get the same blue screen of death.

 

[JimmyG]

Hey guys so just a little update. I downloaded a windows 7 recovery disk from the internet and made it usb bootable so I'm able to get to start up repair.

It said it was unable to repair this computer automatically. So I quit that and found command prompt and ran chkdsk on drives

A-Z

A: & B: have no direct access

C: Windows has found no problems but

"Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50"

C: Windows has found no problems but


"Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50"


I have no idea what to do now. Are there some bootable distros that have diagnostic tools for the bootable partition for windows 7.

Took me about 4 hours to find a way to get chkdsk running. I'm at wits end and really need this laptop for work.

 

[JimmyG]

Last quick update. I solved the problem!!

I followed one of your tutorials on fixing the mbr.

I got back into command prompt and used the bootrec /fixboot command and somehow that did the trick although the other options suggested it couldn't detect my OS.

Thanks for the help writhziden

 

[writhziden]

You're welcome JimmyG. Glad you found one of the tutorials. That would have been my next recommendation.

Was this the tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/104341-bootmgr-missing-fix.html?

 

[JimmyG]

Yes it was thank you.