[Solved] Windows error 0xc00000e9 - HELP!

Operating Systems & Open Source
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HI Guys

been getting this error for the last week and the syztem has been getting gradually more unreliable, with system hang ups and i was getring this error message saying that a usb device has been causing this problem.

i removed all usb devices plugged in and half the time it would boot properly, but tonight it wont boot into windows, constantly displaying this message.

tried to reset the pc using windows reset option but all it did was hang for aes on 47 percent, so reinstalled windows from a usb device instead.

after reinstalling windows i get the same error code 0xc00000e9 and a message saying a system reg file is missing or contains errors, could this be an issue with the iso i downloaded which was the windows creators update pre release iso, i have other older windows iso's stored so i will try with one of those if required.

all help welcomed

regards

andy

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Potentially a corrupt ISO. If you didn't download it from a torrent, try downloading another one, or do a CRC check on it. You should be able to get an MD5 file or code from where you downloaded it to verify you got it correctly.
Other than that, could be a bad HDD, USB drive etc.

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will try new iso, if doesnt work will burn a dvd and try that way, i always use microsoft media creation tool and rufus to make a bootable usb drive.

cheers and will update later

cheers

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System hang up is pretty vague but HDD dying acts so that you start getting bluescreens or I guess now its :sob: unexpected error, CPU usage spikes to 99-100%, and screen freezes.

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I believe thats the uninstall windows error

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yeah, this just screams bad ISO. Downloads don't always maintain file integrity.
Redownload and then check the SHA1 hash of the ISO file.

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So far reinstall from iso downloaded a week or so ago seems to be working so far, running updates and downloads so will update in a few hours

Regards

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Shouldn't Microsoft's Meda Creation Tool automatically check the file integrity?

Have you tried running sfc /scannow in an admin power shell?

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IF the image was bad to begin with this doesn't matter. As most tools just compare a hash of the ISO at runtime with the hash on what got burned to disk to determine if it was successful or not.

again, if the image was bad then it will report nothing wrong. It successfully installed a bad image.

If OP stored his ISO on his drive with NTFS.... god help him. NTFS file system does not maintain data recovery like how linux does.

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Hmmmmm i have some iso's on ntfs.

Time to do something about that.

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i was reinstalling windows in a different pc and just kept the iso, so after installing everything and gettin 32 gig into mass effect andromeda download, the fucker freezes, i reset the pc and lo and behold i get a message saying that the drive has failed so trying a different ssd i had in a different pc and reinstalling onto there, hopefully new ssd will be better than kingston v300 i did have

thanks for all suggestions

will update later

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there was an issue with the later batches if my memory is correct.

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i believe so, anyway new ssd and computer so far is running fine, so hopefully this issue has been solved

thanks for all help

cheers

*solved

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I edited your title to reflect solved. I believe we also have a plugin so you could give credit to whose post solved your issue.

But anyway, glad you're good to go.

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thankyou, + i will look for the plugin

cheers