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How4

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Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop and every now and then it won't boot up.

I get a black screen with 'Windows Boot Manager' ," Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause."

File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: An error occurred while attemping to read the boot config data.

When I boot the PC with the Installation disc, it repairs it and it works until the next time.

When I click on the details to see what is to be repaired, this come up:

Name: Windows Vista Home premium(recovered)
Path : Windows
Windows Device: Partition = C

Name: Windows Code name "Longhorn" preinstallation environment (recovered)
Path: Windows
Windows Device : Partition D

Please, any help would be appreciated.
 

My Computer

System One

Hello How4,
This is strange that this keeps happening after a start up repair.
How do you turn your PC off, have you ever done a hard shutdown, (between repairs), do you use a registry cleaner, is there any other software that you use that could cause this, any sort of system cleaners ?.
When you do the repair, is it the same file that is repaired every time ?.
Lastly, how often does this happen, and have you scanned for malware of any sort ?.
More questions than answers, lol.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
How4 said:
Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop and every now and then it won't boot up.

I get a black screen with 'Windows Boot Manager' ," Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause."

File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: An error occurred while attemping to read the boot config data.

When I boot the PC with the Installation disc, it repairs it and it works until the next time.

When I click on the details to see what is to be repaired, this come up:

Name: Windows Vista Home premium(recovered)
Path : Windows
Windows Device: Partition = C

Name: Windows Code name "Longhorn" preinstallation environment (recovered)
Path: Windows
Windows Device : Partition D

Please, any help would be appreciated.
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IM wondering why windows code name "longhorn" is mentioned. what version of vista are you running (type winver in search)?

Ken
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron E 1405
    CPU
    [email protected]
    Memory
    4 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    integrated intel 945
    Sound Card
    integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    300 gig internal
    Internet Speed
    10 down 1.5 up
hi,
I'm facing the problem when downloading or installing adobe flash player. When ever try to install the player getting the error like operating system error!(16248.203.296-7327.........) and also when ever installing activex control from the internet explore information bar it showing that your security settings do not allow websites to use activex controls installed on your computer. So could any one provide solutions for my problems.
 

My Computer

System One

sudhirv said:
hi,
I'm facing the problem when downloading or installing adobe flash player. When ever try to install the player getting the error like operating system error!(16248.203.296-7327.........) and also when ever installing activex control from the internet explore information bar it showing that your security settings do not allow websites to use activex controls installed on your computer. So could any one provide solutions for my problems.
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Im sure this isnt a Vista boot Problem Sudhirv, please could you browes the Forums for Adobe Problems (Under Software or somthing of the sort), im new here too so im not entirely sure on all the different sections but i know this isnt supposed to go in here matey.

cheers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 5630WLMi
    CPU
    Intel Centrino Duo 1.66Ghz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
    Memory
    1x 2GB 800MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Onboard 256 Intel Rubish
    Sound Card
    Onboard Intel HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" Crystalbrite
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    160GB SATA
    PSU
    N/A
    Case
    N/A
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Laptop
    Mouse
    Laser Optical
    Internet Speed
    2.6mbps Download, Upload unknown (not tested)
Hi stoneys-nutz

I turn PC off using the normal start> shut down process.

I have not done a hard shut down.

I don't use a register cleaner or have any other cleaner software apart from Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and AVG Anti-virus.

The same files are repaired every time.

The boot up problem has occurred 7 times in the last 6 days.

I have scanned for malware and found nothing infected.
 

My Computer

System One

zigzag3143 said:
How4 said:
Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop and every now and then it won't boot up.

I get a black screen with 'Windows Boot Manager' ," Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause."

File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: An error occurred while attemping to read the boot config data.

When I boot the PC with the Installation disc, it repairs it and it works until the next time.

When I click on the details to see what is to be repaired, this come up:

Name: Windows Vista Home premium(recovered)
Path : Windows
Windows Device: Partition = C

Name: Windows Code name "Longhorn" preinstallation environment (recovered)
Path: Windows
Windows Device : Partition D

Please, any help would be appreciated.
Click to expand...

IM wondering why windows code name "longhorn" is mentioned. what version of vista are you running (type winver in search)?

Ken
Click to expand...

Im using Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit. No results found for winver.
 

My Computer

System One

stoneys-nutz said:
Hello How4,
This is strange that this keeps happening after a start up repair.
How do you turn your PC off, have you ever done a hard shutdown, (between repairs), do you use a registry cleaner, is there any other software that you use that could cause this, any sort of system cleaners ?.
When you do the repair, is it the same file that is repaired every time ?.
Lastly, how often does this happen, and have you scanned for malware of any sort ?.
More questions than answers, lol.
Click to expand...

Hi stoneys-nutz

I turn PC off using the normal start> shut down process.

I have not done a hard shut down.

I don't use a register cleaner or have any other cleaner software apart from Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and AVG Anti-virus.

The same files are repaired every time.

The boot up problem has occurred 7 times in the last 6 days.

I have scanned for malware and found nothing infected.
 

My Computer

System One

Right before you started receiving the error message, did you install anything or add any hardware?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Nvidia M2N-E SLI
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 7600GT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    Three fans
    Keyboard
    Dell Quietkey
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Internet Speed
    10 MBPS
theog said:
Hi How4

Check your error logs for hardware errors.
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I have looked at the event logs but not sure what errors are hardware errors ??

When I phoned dell, they tested my harddrive and it was working fine, they told me it was a software problem. My PC is only 11 months old and they would not look into it unless I paid for software support.
 

My Computer

System One

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