0xc0000098 BCD Error. PC Wont Boot! Boot Configuration Data File Doesn't Contain Valid Info! Updated

[@techextranet]

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[@torbbbb]

Mine only lists 1 partition, do you know how to help with this?

[@techextranet]

It's possible you picked a secondary hard drive. You would need to dig around for a disk with multiple.

[@kumedzanimuloiwa2058]

(Commenting here again) You are a Legend, thank you! Having so many boot disks I followed this and just had mind my drive letters. Do your "thank you" links below still work?

[@krishsanthosh4180]

Hi, I did all the steps in the video and the starting up logo is there and there is an infinite loop. Should I restart the pc or leave it there for a while?

[@techextranet]

Can't hurt to leave there for a bit especially if it is spinning or seems to be doing something.

[@rajabali-j5e]

At 12:27 on command (directory of C) these files are not available, like you have (windows, perflogs,programe files, etc), kindlt please help me..

[@techextranet]

Listen to it at 13:08. It explains that it could be a B: or D: for example. So essentially you are looking for windows. If it doesn’t look like that on c: then you check the other letters until you find the right one.

[@arshadjilani6645]

I am not the most tech savvy person so had two questions about this: 1. The windows installation media process says one of the requirements is a product key. Where do I get that? 2. By going through this process, will I lose the data in the C:/ drive of the affected PC (the SSD only has partition and Windows is installed there).

[@techextranet]

If it is asking you for a license then you went too far. You need to use the recovery tools which load well before it asks you for a key. Also, for #2 I would be very careful. If you watch my whole video, you will see that I lose no data but you have to follow it exactly. If you don’t, you could erase all of your data.

[@arshadjilani6645]

@@techextranetthanks for the clarification on #1. For #2 I am unable to understand how you are recovering your previous data. After burning the windows installation media on a USB, do I boot my problem laptop with the USB? And once I am done with the steps on command prompt, will I login regularly and get access to all my previous files? Sorry for so many follow-up questions. Just want to be absolutely certain I am following your instructions correctly.

[@rsubra59]

Thank you. I tried many other methods mentioned in youtube. Only yours worked for me. Thanks

[@poker7558]

Einfach nur Top, PC läuft wieder, vielen Dank 🙂

[@techextranet]

You are welcome!!!! Gern geschehen

[@droman84]

Worked perfectly! Saved me hours of frustration. Appreciate the help!

[@techextranet]

My pleasure. That’s what I like to hear!

[@ambitiousperson2298]

This is one of those knowledge that they don't teach you at universities Also, I love the way you explained everything that you were doing, and believe me the explanation made a big difference compared to other videos that I have watched without having any clue of what was happening ....So Thank you So Much❤❤❤

[@techextranet]

Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it.

[@mohammedkrarmi7118]

Thank you for all things I followed the command prompt steps and it booted

[@techextranet]

Excellent! I'm glad I could help.

[@OfficialTheGodHypnos]

Thank you for helping me fix my laptop!

[@miguelsousa7386]

Absolute legend and a life saver. Thank you!

[@rlvmystic2229]

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOUR THE ONLY VIDEO THAT WORKS AND SAVED AL MY DATA

[@techextranet]

I'm glad!

[@clarisse6534]

This video was really helpful, thank you so much for helping me and other people out there , I had to change a few things to make it work but thankfully I have a few bases in coding so it went well, you saved my PC, I can now code and watch One Piece peacefully. Again, thank you so much you're a king ;)

[@techextranet]

I’m glad this helped! Please check out the rest of our videos. You made my day!

[@MaybeItsUnknown]

Hey man, i think i messed up. I followed the entire video but without a cd/usb (kinda dumb of me), and then i shut down my computer and turn it back on, it shows me a different error screen this time (Black background, white fonts, and i can't go back to win10's error screen) with the error code of 0xc000000f( i assume it's the same as 0xc000098 but for like older computers?), though it is requiring me to use a disc for my windows installation but my computer disc player won't come out ( I am pretty sure it's broken). So would the installation still works if i plug in an USB with ISO files?

[@techextranet]

I would use another computer to build a proper usb with the operating system on it. Then boot to it and follow the steps. It should hopefully do the trick.

[@MaybeItsUnknown]

@@techextranet thanks man!

[@techextranet]

You are welcome!

[@MaybeItsUnknown]

​​@@techextranetthanks you so much! I plugged in the usb and now i have access to cmd prompt again, after following your tutorial my pc worked perfectly fine again! Thanks you so much for the tutorial and fast reply mate!

[@MarioMartinez-qg9iu]

great tutorial, totally works, thanks for the help

[@techextranet]

My pleasure.

[@JaneLarcombe]

Why is the volume in drive S ESP?

[@techextranet]

That is the EFI system partition which tells the pc where windows is and how to boot. If you don’t have that then you may be using an older pc with mbr rather than UEFI boot.

[@Nasrullahiroel]

amazing.. its work for me, thank you brother.. from Indonesia

[@RayZu-cx2xb]

Thank you so much. Stumbling here n there, i was unable to do jack about my pc and thought I had to reinstall everything, but you've saved my data, thanks a ton man❤

[@techextranet]

I’m glad your data is still there! Now make sure to back it up.

[@williamdurant8990]

When trying to enter the command to resort the data it gives me a message that says “failure when attempting to copy boot files” what do I do?

[@techextranet]

Which exact step are you at?

[@jonathans9250]

Thank you so much! Really helpful and fixed my PC!

[@techextranet]

I’m glad this video helped! Please make sure to watch the rest, it does really help.

[@MD.EhsanulHaqueInan]

in diskpark, it shows i have two disks which should i choose??

[@MD.EhsanulHaqueInan]

Disk 1 has only 1partion, but disk0 has none

[@techextranet]

You will need to look at the different partitions on disk 1 to see if it looks like what is in the video.

[@Savagemode09]

Hey I have the blue screen of Jeff and it keeps on looping what this fixed my device or do I not have no hope?

[@techextranet]

What is the exact error message that you see on your machine?

[@tbeeboy731]

can you please post a flash drive only version please

[@Akari_liyna]

Can you do a vid that shows how to fix a computer that lighty glitches in the start up because I was at school and I came home trying to log in my computer but it lighty glitches when I turned it on, and it automatically turns on, I tried turning it on and off but it won't work. Do I need to go to some and fix it?

[@techextranet]

I am not sure what exactly you mean. Is there an exact error or will it just not turn on?

[@1983electric]

This helped me when this message came up on a sysprep . Only thing to mention that was different was our system volume name was Esp instead of System for some reason. It wouldn't let us use System for the current volume label.

[@techextranet]

Excellent. I’m glad it helped.

[@selmanefoudili4371]

Hi ! Would this format the whole system or nothing's gonna change ? Thanks for helping ❤️🙏

[@techextranet]

This doesn’t delete data from inside windows but it helps you boot your pc if all hope is lost. You need to be very careful. If you can’t boot the machine before you follow the steps and have the exact error code, then the video should help. If you are not comfortable with it, ask someone else for help. The point is, if you can’t boot your pc anyways, this would help turn it on so you can get into windows. Always remember to backup your data before something like this occurs.

[@selmanefoudili4371]

@@techextranet i think this may helps, anyway imma unplug all data disks so there is no risk i lose my data ...thank you so much for trying help

[@techextranet]

This video works on the partition of the hard drive that boots the computer. Usually it’s on the same disk where Windows is but on a separate partition.

[@selmanefoudili4371]

@@techextranet Now make sense for me .... I understand your point ❤️

[@dudesarthak7378]

12:18 What do you do when C drive is not C drive !??????

[@techextranet]

Just as you tested c: and then dir. you would look and search for your files by testing b: and then dir. then you can test d: and do dir. e: dir …… one of those should show your files. Then you use that drive letter in the next command after you are back in S:

[@dudesarthak7378]

@@techextranet So I was doing that but, it was more messed up. SO I had to rename the drives, then proceed. BUT YOUR VIDEO HELPED everywhere else !!!!!

[@Toumatoes101]

6:12 i need info how to get here.

[@techextranet]

This is after you make the windows media. You put the usb or cd into the computer and turn the computer on.

[@saucyypapii8960]

does this erase your apps and data? also would it be the correct usage if i have a bsod screen and cant get into my pc

[@techextranet]

This only fixed the error code listed in the title. It doesn’t remove any apps or data but you have to be careful with it. I would suggest only following the steps if you are comfortable with it or have some IT experience. I would also suggest making sure your data is backed up before doing anything. If you are not getting the same error code, I would not follow this video. Instead search for your actual error code.

[@livegna]

What to do if I got nothing on c: ???It only says 1 file 0 byte and 0 Dir (12 digits)bytes free? Pls help

[@techextranet]

It may mean that C is not really your operating system when you booted to the windows installation media. Try going to b: and do dir. or D: and dir. Whatever drive letter shows you the normal users folder and windows directory is what you are looking for.

[@livegna]

@@techextranet Before this, I halved the Primary in partition during the installation and it says 'The partition on the disk selected for the installation is not in the recommend order' but I disregarded it and proceeded with the installation. Now I went back and deleted both primary partition to bring back to one Primary partition and after the installation the Blue death screen appeared with a code Critical Processed Died 😭 After it restarted by itself Another Blue screen with Recovery written my PC needs to be repaired : Application or OS couldn't be loaded bec the required file is missing or have errors and the file is Windows/system32/windload.efi with an error code: 0xc0000225. And Restarted unexpectedly asking reinstallation again 😭😭😭😭 Does this mean I can't install any Windows anymore? I had Windows 8.1 Single Language originally and because of unsuccessful update I was forced to install windows 10 from USB. It's been more than a week that I've been unsuccessfully reinstalling Windows 10 😭😭😭 I don't know what to do anymore

[@alexandermacdonald9410]

any suggestion on what to do if this doesn't work? I get error code: 0xc0000001 then get his error once in recovery

[@techextranet]

Please be careful as it is hard to diagnose these things and we can’t be held responsible for any other damage you do to your pc. You can check out this article which also has a video for your error. It looks decent but be careful as one of the options will wipe the pc. www.stellarinfo.com/blog/error-code-0xc0000001/

[@alexandermacdonald9410]

@@techextranet thanks for getting back to me that’s awesome! yeah I’ve been fighting this computer for a while. I made some progress to be able to boot in after watching your video without needing a USB but I think I’m gonna have to wipe it clean. I was able to copy the user files in notepad to a USB so there’s really no point in trying to fix this. If it’s correct, I should just do a new one and put the Files back on but thanks for getting back to me.

[@alexandermacdonald9410]

I figured it out! I fixed it by using command prompt and inputing “sfc /offbootdir=C:\ /offwindir=C:Windows\” then exited and hit continue to windows and it eliminated the error, thought I would share in case somebody else comes across it!

[@techextranet]

Excellent!

[@ynbnezzi]

@@alexandermacdonald9410 any spaces or what

[@rai.radiuju]

sir i want ask, if i follow this step my data on drive D will lost or not?

[@techextranet]

It depends on what you mean. Does C contain your windows folder and users folder with your profile? Or does that show up in D. In other words, this does not repair a second disk, this video repairs your computer while it boots to the primary disk. If the orai Mary disk is D, then it will work. If you have a C and D while inside of the repair process, then you can only repair C since that’s what you are booting windows from. So the main question is if you have one disk or 2 disks.

[@rai.radiuju]

@@techextranet i want ask again in your video your windows 10.iso file in drive C but on my laptop i not save windows 10.iso like in your video, what i can still folow the step sir? because my laptop has new re intalling windows and can't open to dekstop menu

[@techextranet]

You need to be very careful. If you don’t feel comfortable, you may need to ask someone else for help. What you need to do is to burn the Windows 10 ISO to a dvd or usb drive. You can only do that from a another working computer. After you have the usb or dvd, you put that into the broken pc and boot to it.

[@rai.radiuju]

@@techextranet ok sir thanks you its work my laptop now can start windows normally

[@paulacybercafe2798]

You're awesome, and yUo'rE awesome, and YOU'RE awesome! Only you (when you think of yourself as "Me, Myself and I"). You, Sir, are all awesome. This worked like a charm! We are back into the system! Thank you for this video. (Well liked and subscribed).

[@elfertherfe2859]

Have you experienced that there is no system in List Partition? 10:12

[@elfertherfe2859]

The three partition that shows in my pc are 1 reserved, 2 primary, 3 Recovery

[@techextranet]

Check the reserved one. That could be it. Follow the instructions first to view what is on it. If it looks like my video than you can proceed to assume it is the same.

[@techextranet]

After assigning it a drive letter of S (for example), get out of the partition tool and type in dir s: to see what is on it.

[@marilenerecastil4106]

Hi. Mine says there is no disk selected

[@techextranet]

At what stage? What time stamp of the video are you at when you see that?

[@Ute-u4z]

I was so happy that everything was easy, but at last i hav only 1 partition 🤔and i got a long list of terms that i dont unterstand. I used a USB stick 30GB. Can you help me?

[@techextranet]

What do you mean?

[@Ute-u4z]

@@techextranet I created the stick as discribed, i assigned the letter "S" and i was successfully assigned - exit. Now is written: X:\windows\system> What can i do ?

[@techextranet]

You need to view the contents of S to make sure it is the right drive with S: dir You also need to find your actual files and actual windows files. One of the steps asked you to confirm what drive letter had your items. You will need to make sure to follow the video exactly. If you don’t feel comfortable, don’t proceed because I don’t want you to lose any data.

[@toaster736]

How can I resolve this issue permanently after one day my laptop got bsod again

[@techextranet]

This fix usually is all you need to fix it. If it keeps happening you may have a bad hard drive. You could try to run diagnostics for your model or even use Hirens BootCD to diagnose the disk. Just make sure to backup your data. You may also want to scan your pc for viruses.

[@paindarkside1748]

Thanks a lot. Your method perfectly works for me

[@vivek_saha]

Will my personal files will be there or will be deleted after this?

[@techextranet]

You will not lose any data if you follow the steps properly. The video shows you exactly how to repair the system and then how it boots right back up. The issue is, if you don’t feel comfortable with this, then be very careful. You can have someone else help you. Or you can try to backup your data first. Long story short, if you do any of the steps wrong, then you can possibly lose data but the video states exactly what to do to do it properly. We have followed these steps on many machines and we were able to bring them back to life without losing any data.

[@frosty8222]

So I need help It just happened to me and before I saw this vid I restarted the pc and now it’s not connecting to my tv and the hdmi cable is plugged in

[@techextranet]

It may be best to unplug the HDMI cable and plug it back in. Also, you can try to turn the tv off and back on. If still no go, you can try another monitor. As long as the pc turns on, it should still display something on the screen.

[@frosty8222]

@@techextranet its working all i had to do was take out the ram sticks, blow on them and put them back in

[@techextranet]

I’m glad it is working.

[@frosty8222]

@@techextranet lol same. Have a good day!

[@MichaeMarron]

Is any good for a pensioner

[@techextranet]

What do you mean exactly?

[@MichaeMarron]

@@techextranet As a. Pensioner I was dependenti

[@MichaeMarron]

Since I’m pensioner I was depending on the iPhone to give information on the group I was attending but all I got was security blocked. So in future I will go back to paper documents then to trust this iPhone lost all confidence in this iPhone.

[@MichaeMarron]

Having a code Oxcooooo98 to me it what your. Network as the Same as trying to put my password in I end having Seven different codes in one day code is a code what ever the number is.

[@cmclarke1233]

The usb never booted, but i followed the command prompt steps and it booted 😂

[@techextranet]

Excellent. I’m happy the command prompt steps worked!

[@zygmuntlllwaza5773]

Thanks for your effort. I followed everything and it still didn't work. I might try again later today, I installed the windows 64 version and clicked the pendrive version, I don't think that would have had any effect since I'm not actually installing window's but idk. Might just have to send it off for repair.

[@techextranet]

Do you just keep getting the same stop code? I assume when you say you installed from the pen drive, you mean initially when you got the PC or what exactly?

[@zygmuntlllwaza5773]

@@techextranet I meant the windows 10 instalation media, there were two options, x32 and x64. Yeah, I booted it up and it just crashed again. I am tempted to press "install Windows" and install it again cause I don't mind reseting my pc. Just afraid that it won't work and I'll do it for nothing or mess up the system even worst. I'll do what you said again and if it doesn't work I'll just send it over to the store. Thanks

[@techextranet]

@@zygmuntlllwaza5773 the biggest issue is just to make sure that you don't lose your data. If you don't have any important data on the computer, you can always install windows fresh. But if you do have important files on the PC, you can just try to follow the steps of the video again. The biggest thing is to make sure you do use the dir commands when I mention them to make sure you’re in the right location and using the right drive letter. Good luck!

[@JaneLarcombe]

got all the way to bcd boot but resulted in failure when attempting to copy boot files

[@techextranet]

What was the exact error and at what (timestamp) point in the video?

[@JaneLarcombe]

@@techextranet "failure when attempting to copy boot files" - date stamp was 15:28 Thanks for any help!

[@techextranet]

Make sure to backup your pc either way- just a reminder. Sounds like there could be some other major issues. At this point, you may need to take it to someone for repair but it’s possible you are not using EFI boot. You could try: bcdboot c:\Windows /s S: /f BIOS Or if that doesn’t work bcdboot c:\Windows /s S: /f ALL There a bunch of possible problems but this may do the trick.

[@DXTNYMUSIC]

Is asking for my password I put it correctly but is saying it's wrong it won't let me can you plz help me

[@techextranet]

At what point in the video is it asking you for a password?

[@DXTNYMUSIC]

@@techextranet ok when I did the first step correctly but when I click on command prompt it ask 'choose your account', I click it and it ask me to put my password, I put it correctly and It saying that the password is wrong ,

[@DXTNYMUSIC]

8:46

[@techextranet]

Interesting, that means that your system does see windows properly. That login is usually the default admin on the machine. If you setup the machine fresh, it could be blank. It could also be an admin account that you made when you first set up the PC. It doesn't have to be the same account that you last used. Does that make sense? Also, if you do get to this login, and you reboot, do you still get the error? Just make sure that you get the 0xc0000098 multiple times and are not able to boot before proceeding.

[@bethanycostanzo1863]

did this and now I’m getting a “boot device not found” error

[@techextranet]

Well, this almost the same as the 0xc0000098 error. When you followed the steps, did you make sure to do the dir command to ensure you were picking the right drive? If not, you can do this all again and make sure that you use the proper letter for Windows. Meaning c:\windows doesn't have to be the path that your PC thinks windows is at. I would hunt down the drive and do something like dir c:\users or even b:\users or d, e, etc. When you boot to the windows media, it gives your windows drive whatever letter it chooses.

[@mikeshinwa3398]

Thank you so much man. Fantastic, easy-to-follow tutorial and worked flawlessly! No data loss either!! Do you know why this error occurs? There was slight difference in the last cmd line that I used. My windows boot files were in D: instead of C: For some reason, my HDD was allocated drive letter C: while my primary SSD was allocated drive letter D: Some background - I had recently upgraded my CPU and GPU (not my motherboard) and had a hell of a hard time just getting my old SSD to be read by the UEFI. After I converted everything to GPT, I then cloned my old SSD to newer 2TB SSD. Everything seemed to work flawlessly until Windows refused to shut down. I held down the power button to force shut down, and when I tried restarting the system, I got that error message. Quite strange. If anyone else had any similar experiences, please let me know.

[@techextranet]

I have seen this issue happen with both viruses and just plain old corruption on the disk possibly from a bad shut down. The virus actually targets the location and modifies it so you can't boot. And in your case, it sounds like the forced power off may have corrupted it or it may have had issues when you were fixing the UEFI BOOT or switching to GPT. I’m glad my video helped!

[@jayhussain9999]

I'm getting failure when attempting to copy boot files

[@techextranet]

At what exact time in the video do you get this error?

[@akuluvr7469]

@@techextranetim getting this error at 15:31

[@techextranet]

That step requires two things to happen. Your s drive would have to be the proper volume. Also, it assumes that windows is on c. If you do: Dir c:\windows What pops up? If it exists, then the command should succeed if you are in “s” like my video shows.

[@techextranet]

Also, are you sure you booted to windows media instead of just recovery console.

[@johnadams9294]

what if c drive is locked by bitlocker encryption? @@techextranet

[@DannyRaygorShorts]

This was on the HP computer before

[@SGAM2020]

What if I used my phone to do this?

[@techextranet]

What do you mean?

[@SGAM2020]

@@techextranet I tried it and it wouldn't make the installer through the USB port of my android phone, I've asked my friend for a port, and let's say I'm dumber than a box of rocks

[@SGAM2020]

I moved my windows 10 instalation and bios image to my USB drive

[@techextranet]

Be very careful as this process is very complicated. In order to make the usb, you have to do it from another computer.

[@SGAM2020]

@@techextranet yep, had a friend help me through it and then deleted windows.old, thank you tho, you helped me out alot

[@akuluvr7469]

THANKYOU SM

[@techextranet]

You are welcome! I am happy to help!

[@official_epic]

Thanks bro!

[@maghrebain2023]

❤❤❤thank youuu

[@techextranet]

You're welcome 😊 Make sure you check out the rest of our videos.

[@SasamuelTheCool]

Wow, uh- okay...

[@techextranet]

I hope the video helped you out?

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[@icket4125]

Thank youuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I love you!!

[@techextranet]

I'm glad I could help. Make sure to watch all of the rest of my videos! I would greatly appreciate it.

[@danytraboulsi4912]

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[@techextranet]

You are very welcome. I’m glad I could help. I hope the rest of the videos on my channel can provide you value too.

[@hr6496]

Thank you for all things I followed the command prompt steps and it booted