laptop won't boot to windows anymore. Willing to pay $150 if someone can fix

itzthrillz

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Hello everyone. Hoping someone can tell me how I can fix this boot issue and get my windows 7 working again without deleting my programs, files, data etc (Basically without restoring my pc from scratch)


Everything was working fine until i started installing "sonos" wireless software for controlling audio, After that i restarted my laptop and started getting this black boot error message as shown below

Status: 0xc000000f

Things I have already tried but no luck

1) I tried pressing f8 and clicked on restore to last working settings option and that didnt work

2) Starting windows in safe mode but took me back to this same error message
3) placed my windows 7 installation disc and clicked on Repair Windows. I did the startup repair and when it completed what was weird now.. it got passed the boot error message and saw microsft text loading but then went to blue screen of death, then once restarted my computer again back to this "Windows Boot Manager" issue

It will only go to BSOD (blue screen of death if i choose start windows normally) when laptop starts booting up. I


What i noticed that looked a bit off is when i tried to do a repair windows using my windows 7 disc the partition said E: . Shouldn't it be on C Drive? cause i never saw an E Drive when using my computer. Windows was always installed on C Drive

I attached some photos so you can see what i mean and something about system volume is corrupt when i clicked on Diagnosis and repair details from the startup repair menu since Startup repair said it could not fix this problem automatically

I also did this command BCDEDIT at command prompt from my recovery options. and if you look where it says WIndows Boot Loader It also says partition E:Drive. Should i change that to C or no that's normal?


Can this be fixed without having to reinstall windows and lose all my data? If someone can fix this willing to pay you $150 via paypal


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I don't think my harddrive went bad or not working cause on System recovery options i clicked on add drivers and i can browse all the folders on E drive which when logged in on windows should be C Drive but everything seems to be there photo below



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itzthrillz

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Here's some screenshots of the bios settings page at boot. I actually selected reset to default and when i restart pc i also \\now get this black screen that pops up saying check cable
 

RazerZ

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Looks like your hard drive is corrupted from the error messages :(

You could try to recover the data off of it by using this software:

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

You will need a desktop computer to work with. If you're laptop uses a SATA HDD then you could just connect it to your desktop, otherwise if it's IDE you will need to buy a usb adapter/ enclosure. * This software may or may not work*

Then you will have to wipe your hard drive and install windows.

Here's a guide on how to do it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zitib0_bNvc

If it's unable to wipe the drive then you will need a new hard drive.
 

RazerZ

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It will since it copied over all the contents. Hidden files are still there you just need to check an option in Windows to see them.
 

itzthrillz

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Couple of things i've tried
I even tried this software to automatic repair windows 7

EasyRe Professional For Windows 7
https://neosmart.net/EasyRE/

burned the iso and it booted up the cd, selected automatic repair and said completed but still now i just get the blue screen of death, no black screen

2) I tried the commands
bootrec /fixMBR
bootrec /fixBoot
bootrec /rebuildBCD

only fixMBR says completed. the other 2 says element not found




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