Winload.exe 0xc0000001

[Timey]

Hello. I am running on Windows 7 64bit home premium. My computer has been really weird lately. I have tried recovering my computer to an earlier time but it constantly failed. Explorer.exe will fail on me, and I have tried the src thing using run but it will open and immediately close on me. I didn't have a recovery disk so I just recently bought one. I "think" I made the recovery disk correctly. When I put the cd in, I got an error that the file winload.exe with the error code 0xc0000001 saying the file may be missing or may be corrupt. I am not very experienced with computers so i hope you guys can help me the best way you can. Thank you so much for reading.

Edit : the problem is not solved. Accidentally clicked "problem solved".

 

[kegobeer]

Post more information about your computer and what you've been doing. When was the last time you scanned for viruses and trojans? What software have you installed/removed? When did this start, and what were you doing when it started?

In order to help, you need to post everything that's been going on.

 

[Timey]

Sorry, like I have said in my post I am not very computer smart. What information do you need exactly? And my friend came over to my house and downloaded a game. I was guessing It was safe since I saw tons of other people playing it too and he hasn't faced any problems like I have now when he downloaded. But the game ran a bit slow which is unexpected since any game I run doesn't lag at all. My motherboard began to make a weird noise a few minutes after the game was downloaded. And I did a scan immediately after the weird occurrence running it in safe mode.
Avast 5, superantispyware did not detect anything. I even ran superantispyware in high alert mode.

 

[kegobeer]

What game was downloaded, and where was it downloaded from? What noises did you hear?

 

[Timey]

What game was downloaded, and where was it downloaded from? What noises did you hear?

I just looked at my histories and it was from nexon.net. Isn't nexon a multimillion dollar gaming company? It was not making any clicking sounds but as if an air conditioner was running high.

Edit : the problem is not solved. I accidentally clicked problem solved.

 

[Lemur]

Sorry you are having problems.

Please complete system specs:

http://www.sevenforums.com/profile.php?do=extra

That sound you hear might be your fan running at full speed.

Are you able to boot into safe mode?

 

[Timey]

I can't even properly use the control panel either. It won't let me see my computer specs. And yes, I can run on safe mode. I don't see how I can get a virus from downloading a game from a million dollar gaming company.

Edit : I was only able to scan with superantispyware. Avast won't do anything. It gives me the fix option because it's security is down but won't do anything not even a scan. I also use malwarebytes but when I was updating it, it asked for a restart which I did and the database was reversed. It didn't upgrade the version but downgrade which I found very strange.

 

[Lemur]

Let's take it one step at a time. First boot to safe mode with command prompt. Run "sfc /scannow" without the quotes. Tell us what happens.

Then boot to safe mode with networking. If you can download and run CPU-ID, it will provide hardware specs you can relay to us. If not, just describe as best you can.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/pc-wizard.html

We can go from there ...

 

[Timey]

I did the sfc / scannow in safe mode. The words are cut off and can't extend it. And I downloaded CPU-Z and got an error from it. CPU-Z did open, but it's empty. I'll post what the scannow says.

Edit : I'm sorry. I did not see the link and I just googled it. I downloaded the wrong one. But now the sfc / scannow would close instantly.

Edit 2 : pc wizard won't even open. CPU-Z opened up with an error but pc wizard just gave me an error and didn't open. The error says "error intialising peripherical driver. Err : 1084

Edit 3 : it seems like PC wizard does not run during safe mode. Here are my computer's specs

Main board : Dell 04GJJT
Memory : 4gb
Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 4200
Processor : AMD Athlon II X2 240