Posts by George White13

I haven't run any backups because this computer is brand new—it hasn't even been on my desk for a month.

I’ve gone through the exact same troubleshooting steps over ten times now and I get the same result every single time. The only variation is that a few times it would dump a massive list of commands and descriptions on me, so I just typed sfc /scannow again, only to be told I have to restart Windows to complete the process. So, I restart, but then the same damn 0x00000f error pops right back up; I've tried repeating this entire loop several times in a row and absolutely nothing changes.

As for a System Restore, I can't perform one because there aren't any restore points available since the machine is practically straight out of the box, so I haven't set one up yet.😢

Yeah, I just went into the D drive and manually set it to D 🙂

I gave it a shot, but once I hit step 7, I get stuck with this error:

Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation

Where do I go from here?

p.s. if I skip the repair entirely and just run a fresh Windows 7 installation, am I going to lose everything?

Hey there. I’ve run into a bit of a situation with my Windows 7 machine. It just won't 😁. Every time I power it on, I'm slapped with this message:

Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings and click "Next."
3. Click "repair your computer."#

Status: 0xc000000f

Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible"

So, I pop in my Windows 7 disc, hit F12, and tell it to boot from the DVD/CD drive.
It prompts me for a language, which I select, then I click next. From there, I pick Windows 7 and head straight into the "repair your computer" menu to try and troubleshoot the issue, but it just ends up throwing this at me: startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically windows 7 along with this:

Problem signature:
Problem Event name : StartupRepairOffline
Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 21200472
Problem Signature 05: ExternalMedia
Problem Signature 06: 4
Problem Signature 07: Corrupt File
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

Just a heads up: the computer refuses to boot even in Safe Mode.

Is there any way to actually fix this without losing all the files currently sitting on my hard drive?

I also noticed this error: d👋indows\system32\drivers\compbatt.sys is corrupt