Solved Windows failed to start. File:\Boot\BCD Status: 0xc000000f

[Runatir]

Ok so I tried to find something about that error that I got on ubuntu when I tried to acces the OS drive. I found out that this command sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda2 can potentially fix the problem. So I ran it in the terminal And got this message http://i.imgur.com/S4ZpSgm.jpg. The problem is now that I dont even see the OS partition anymore... It used to be here http://i.imgur.com/zGjf6Rn.jpg. I dont know what to do anymore...

Ok this worries me now, Ive just booted the partition wizzard to check if something changed and I can no longer find my files in the OS partition, on top of that it no longer says its OS partition but NTFS partition instead, heres a pic http://i.imgur.com/PWNWtcZ.jpg. When I explore that partition it seems empty even though it says theres 149 GB of files there.. heres a pic again http://i.imgur.com/uX9JYA8.jpg

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hmm my mistake then mate I thought it was the optical drive - which is then not listed?? anywhere?

Personally I avoid using sticks preferring CD's or DVD's I find them more reliable.

Again without having to troll back through has there been a test on the drive? In the PW there is a feature called surface test which might be worth a run and while you have the Ubuntu up I am wondering if it would download Seatools SeaTools for Windows | Seagate there is also one for us in DOS though I have never tried that myself - just use the Firefox to find it. If you can't it could be done using another machine as long as you pick the right drive when using the other machine.

 

[Runatir]

Ive run chkdsk C: /f /r couple of times maybe 3 day ago:

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As for the seatools, it was recommended to me before but I did not tried it yet

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Well mate I think it is about time we ran a test on that drive because we seem to be getting nowhere fast.
I am sure you have mentioned the age of the device but just to remind me just what is it and how old.

The images you sent are telling me it maybe either very corrupted by something or just dying.

Use either of the methods I mentioned as the PW one will actually check the physical surface and to soem extent the read/write heads if it is a spinner.

 

[Runatir]

the machine is about 4y old so that hdd might be dying out, gonna run the PW check now and post pics after

edit: ok so Ive run the surface test on PW and I am not sure how is the process supposed to look like but this was what happened when I started the test http://i.imgur.com/zI34fo3.jpg

 

[axe0]

John, the chkdsk log keeps the same.
Chkdsk cannot do anything because the Windows partition does not have enough space to save any changes, the current goal is using Ubuntu or another bootable OS to move data from the Windows partition to the DATA partition.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Ok Martijn and to be honest I was expecting that surface scan to come out looking like that it's usually more O a graphical type pic. Having said that it is mentioning a few failed entries and I would be trying to run the test perhaps with the drive hooked up to another machine and run PW as normal.

I don't know what to make of it any more because it seems to be a in a right pickle.

 

[Runatir]

I was probably going to upgrade to SDD in the near future anyway so lets say the HDD is indeed trashed, is there a way to get my files out so I can buy a new drive and do a clean instal of win7?

 

[axe0]

You could get a HDD caddy, a HDD caddy would need to be inserted in the CD player usually.
Then you should be able to easily recover your data without problems

 

[Runatir]

You could get a HDD caddy, a HDD caddy would need to be inserted in the CD player usually.
Then you should be able to easily recover your data without problems

Is there possibly anotherway preferably using some software?

 

[axe0]

Bootable OS like Ubuntu, Linux, possibly also Macrium Reflect recovery.

What you also could do is connect the drive to a different system, boot from the original drive and move files from the different system.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yep Martijn we hav tried that one already now there is this I don't know if it will be any better
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/287439-emergency-kit-save-your-files-dead-os.html

 

[Runatir]

Sorry for late reply but I was not home yesterday. I tried the Emergency kit using linux mint but I got this error message http://i.imgur.com/Y2nHCAE.jpg. Ive posted it in the emergency kit topic aswell. Going to try the macrium reflect recovery aswell and will post results later today.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Darn it I thought that would happen because the Emsisoft runs in a Windows environment thought it was worth a try though.

Now without going right back through did we try the Kaspersky rescue disk?

 

[Golden]

Try booting from a Macrium WinPE ISO, either written to CD/DVD or USB. In the menu bar at the top is an option to repair the boot record. This might be able to get Windows booting again. Let me know if you need a Macrium WinPe ISO, and I'll post a link for you.

I'm hoping all the Linux experimentation hasn't made the situation any worse.

 

[Runatir]

Hi guys I was on a vacation last week so thats why I havent posted anything new. So the good news is that the notebok is working again, but only because I bought a new SSD and did a clean install of win 7. As for my data, I wasnt able to recover anything and I tried numerous methods and tools..

Only thing I have left at this point is a image of the disk which I made using ddrescue on ubuntu so I might try to salvage atleast some files from it. So if some of you guys has some experience with extracting data from a disk image feel free to share some tips.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Well at least you are going and the best two methods are the ones I linked to ie the Ubuntu method I use and this http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/287439-emergency-kit-save-your-files-dead-os.html

The other recovery stuff I think we already went through eh?

 

[Runatir]

Ok I guess we can finally close this, I tried maybe dozen of softwares/approaches and at last this one EaseUS | Data Recovery, Backup, Partition Manager & PC Utility Software helped me out.

After I got the new SSD so I hooked in the old one and was able to recover everything I needed. This software gives you about 2GB free space to recover stuff before you have to buy the premium version so thats great. Thanks again everyone who contributed to this thread.