Solved BSOD error 0xc0000225 Only have access to to BIOS and CMD

whitestripes

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Thanks for reading my post. Here is the situation. I have an ASUS G75VX that came with 8 32bit. Windows upgraded to 8.1. I attempted to restore back to factory and was unsuccessful using windows recovery, F9, and other methods. At this point the BSOD will not allow me to access Windows. Fortunately I backed up my info. I would like to wipe the hard drive and have a fresh windows 8 installed on it. However, I only have access to BIOS and CMD. I have win 8 iso burned to DVD but gets stuck at 23% during installation. USB iso image will not work as well. I spent 6 hours last night reading through forums and trying to utilize diskpart to get the job done but was unsuccessful.

My command prompt is different now as well. Instead of the C:system32> (or something along those lines) it reads x:\Sources>. I go to diskpart and select disk 0. It has now only 3 volumes (vs the 7 volumes from last night):

Volume 0 H HRM_CSSA_X6 UDF DVD-ROM 3415 MB Healthy
Volume 1 T Windows RE NTFS Partion 800 MB Healthy (I believe I created this one from last night read in this forum)
Volume 2 RAW Partion 260 MB Healthy

I run list partition and get this output

Partition 1 Recovery 800MB 1024KB
Partition 2 System 260MB 801KB


I have no clue what to do at this point. Any guidance or direction would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance.

Respectfully,
whitestripes :cry:
 
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Try this. If fix one doesn't work, try fix 2 and if that doesn't work, try fix three.
[h=3]Fix #1: Rebuild the BCD[/h] You can rebuild the BCD by following these steps to access the bootrec.exe tool:

  1. Insert your install disc
  2. Click on Repair your computer after you go through the language and time settings
  3. Select your Windows installation drive, which is usually C:\, and click Next
  4. Choose Command Prompt when the System Recovery Options box appears
  5. Write the following command and press Enter afterwards: bootrec /rebuildbcd
[h=3]Fix #2: Manually configuring the active partition[/h] It’s very common to have this error displayed as a cause of having the wrong partition set as active.
Referring to the description of how the PC boots, the BIOS tries to start the boot loader up from the active partition and the bootloader searches for its configuration data from the active partition as well.
If the active partition is corrupted or incorrectly set, many errors including 0xc0000225 can happen.
Use diskpart from the command line to set the correct partition.

  1. Execute the following commands to see a list of all partitions on your disk: diskpart
    list part
  2. Once you’ve determined which of the displayed partition needs to be active (not sure? Easy Recovery Essentials can automatically detect problems with your active partition and automatically reconfigure the correct partition for you, no command line needed), carry out the steps below to make the changes:
  3. select partition x
    active
    quit
  4. Press Enter after each command
  5. Reboot for the changes to take place
[h=3]Fix #3: Restore the MBR[/h] This fix demands more commands you need to type than the Fix #1 above. You’re going to use the bootsect.exe file from the CD and not bootrec.exe. Follow these steps:

  1. Insert your Windows install CD
  2. Select Repair your computer after you go through the initial screen
  3. Select your Windows installation drive (usually C:\)
  4. Click Next
  5. Choose Command Prompt at System Recovery Options window screen
  6. Determine which drive letter your Windows installation disk is on. Run the following commands in the exact same order and hit Enter after each: diskpart
    select disk 0
    list volume
  7. After entering list volume your Command Prompt will show a list of available drives. Search for the item that has “CD-ROM” in the “Type” column and check what letter it has assigned in the “LTR” column. In our example (and from now on) our CD drive letter is E:
  8. Close the diskpart process by running exit and hit Enter: exit
  9. Type the CD drive’s letter, F: (simply F:), in the Command Prompt line, like this: F:
  10. Type cd boot and then type dir to show the list of files and directories in the boot directory of the F: drive. You will now see a bootsect.exe file listed. Here are the commands in order: cd boot
    dir
  11. Now type the following command and hit Enter: bootsect /nt60 SYS /mbr
  12. After seeing the success message, Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes., type exit to quit the Command Prompt: exit
  13. Press Enter
14. Restart your computer.
Here's a tutorial with pictures: MBR - Restore Windows 7 Master Boot Record - Windows 7 Help Forums
 
No go :(

Fix #1 - After clicking "repair your computer", it goes to the blue screen stating choose an option. Two tiles - Troubleshoot and turnoff your PC. I choose troubleshoot. Three tiles came up - I chose advanced options to and opened the cmd. Executed the "bootrec /rebuildbcd" command and received the following output:

Successfully scanned Windows installations.
Total identified Windows installations: 0
The operation completed successfully.

Fix #2 - Did not work

Fix #3 - Followed the steps. After executing the "bootsect /nt60 SYS /mbr" command, I received the following output:

Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.
\Device\HarddiskVolume2
Could not open the volume root directory:
The parameter is incorrect.
\Device\Harddisk0\DR0
Bootcode is only updated on MBR partitioned disks. A different partitioning scheme is used on this disk.
Bootcode was successfully updated on at least one volume.

I restarted the computer and attempted to install - installation gets stuck at 23% with error code: 0x80070017. Thanks for the advice software maniac, however I'm still stuck. None the less, rep'd you!
 
I assume this PC came with windows 8

Download and create windows 8.1 media Create installation media for Windows 8.1 - Windows Help

boot from the media and when you get to the partition screen - remove every partition and allow windows to install to the unallocated space.. This MS version will read both windows 8 and windows 8.1 product keys.. You have to use a pc with win7 or better to download the media..
 
KYHI

Didn't work after setting BIOS to load from DVD drive. Received a black screen after booting, the output is the following;

Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in select Boot device and press any key

I have access to Microsoft Academic Alliance - I burned 8.1 to a DVD and received the same output.
 
What did you do? Copy the ISO file to DVD? or use a program to burn the ISO to DVD?

The ISO is a packed files - inside the ISO are the files you need.. Your DVD or USB should have these files
View attachment 57909
 
KYHI

KYHI,

With the link you provided, I downloaded it and found the output in screenshot you provided above. I burnt everything to DVD. With MSAA, I burnt the ISO file to a separate DVD. I entered BIOS and told it to boot from DVD and received the black screen error.
 
when you browse the DVD you see those files?

If so try a USB stick
 
Volume 1 T Windows RE NTFS Partion 800 MB Healthy (I believe I created this one from last night read in this forum)
Volume 2 RAW Partion 260 MB Healthy

I run list partition and get this output

Partition 1 Recovery 800MB 1024KB
Partition 2 System 260MB 801KB

There is No > Windows Partition
 
KYHI

KYHI,

I did see the files while browsing the DVD and I attempted to use USB but that didn't work (received an error stating the partition is in GPT). I will attempt to test the hdd and make sure it's not a hardware issue. And you're correct sir, no Windows partition......it was there until I decided to play with partitions and what not.
 
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