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How can I recover from Error 0xc0000225?

Adrian Manning 6 Reputation points
2020-12-22T20:10:31.463+00:00

After a Windows 10 update, my system does not boot anymore!
I get the boot device not found error 0xc0000225.
I have tried all the automatic recovery ways but nothing helps. I was very disappointed that there are no recovery points available. I always assumed that windows automatically saved a recovery point before doing an update. Now that I need one, it cannot find any.

Bootrec /rebuildbcd finds a windows installation (F:\Windows), but reports an error when I try to set it. I am not sure why it is showing drive F:. The error is that it cannot find the system device.

Diskpart shows all the disks correctly:
I have 3 disks:

  • Disk 0 has 2 partitions (D: and E:)
  • Disk 1 has 1 partition (F:)
  • Disk 2 has 5 partitions (C: and the boot partitions)

All the disks are GPT and I was using UEFI secure boot.

Something in the boot configuration has got corrupted. Diskpart shows the ESP volume as volume 5, but in the BCD file I can see volume 11.

I don’t care what went wrong, I just need to know how I can get the system to boot again. As I only have one non-booting PC I cannot download any other tools. It must be possible to restore the boot configuration with the recovery tools.

I hope someone can help me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-22T20:12:47.293+00:00

    Might work through this one.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshooting/boot-error-status-not-found

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  2. Kapil Arya 8,456 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-12-23T05:32:38.477+00:00

    Hello,

    See if this fix helps you:

    https://www.kapilarya.com/your-pc-needs-to-be-repaired-0xc0000225

    Let us know if this helps!

    Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP. 

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  3. Adrian Manning 6 Reputation points
    2020-12-23T14:14:34.24+00:00

    Thanks guys for all the useful leads, but none of the answers solved my problem directly.
    They gave me several ideas and links to other pages with the result that after many hours of trying different things, I finally got the system to startup.

    I cannot exactly say what the solution was. I used the diskpart, bootrec and bcdboot, but also changed the BIOS settings to “custom”. And then it rebooted, finished the windows update and everything seems to be running.
    I will make a new backup before I try rebooting again.

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  4. AliceYang-MSFT 2,106 Reputation points
    2020-12-23T09:12:04.737+00:00

    Hi,

    I think above two solutions should be tried.

    But if they don’t solve the issue, you can try to reset your PC from the sign-in screen. You can choose to keep your personal files but apps and drivers you installed and changes you made to settings would be removed.

    If reset your PC didn’t work and you haven’t created a recovery drive, sorry but you have to use installation media to restore your PC.

    As to recovery points, Windows won’t automatically save them unless you configure it. You can also create a recovery point manually before you update or upgrade your system.

    Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.

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  5. Reza-Ameri 17,341 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-12-25T17:41:29.167+00:00

    Have you tried running the following commands:

    **sfc /scannow
    CHKDSK /f
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