Windows 8 Error : (0xc000000f)

I have a Toshiba Satellite L745-S4310 (64 Bit with 4GB of RAM) So I recently purchased thid laptop and tried to do a system restore which for one reason or another failed. Well I then decided up upgrade to Windows 8 with an imaged US drive. Well it seems the installation was successful however I now can't get into Windows. Unfortunately, in the process of trying to repair this I formatted the recovery partition so it's no longer good. A few times I managed to be able to get into the troubleshooting options to get into command prompt where I rebuilt the MBR, at least to my knowledge it was done successfully, though I'm unsure. But now I can't even get to the troubleshooting menu. The Error Code number is 0xc000000f. Stating that registry files are missing so the operating system cannot load. I switched to Compatibility boot in BIOS which wasn't helpful. I seen a YouTube video of a guy Disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS and then something else, but neither option is accessible through my BIOS, but it did fix his setup. Although as I mentioned I can't alter those options. I also tried to install two different windows 8 installations from USB and I always keep getting the "Blue Screen of Death" as some call it. I believe something is corrupt with the boot up files\registry and now that I can't access command prompt even, I really don't know what to do. Also i don't have a recovery usb or cd.

 

Why did you try doing a system restore? SR is not a cure all, and can cause more problems than it is worth as you have found out. Since you haven't had it long, I would try to get it fixed from Toshiba because it is still under warranty.

 

I purchased it second hand, its a few years old. And so i was just wiping out all of the previous owners data, restoring it to new. Oh also, the blue screen says: File:\\ Windows\system32\config\system The operating system couldn't be loaded because the system registry file is missing or contains errors. And then the error code (0xc000000f)

 

Hi Matthew42958, Welcome to WindowsBBS. I see Evan has suggested installing W8 again. Did you contact Toshiba for a W7 Disc? I believe Toshiba will supply a disc at a reasonable price if you have problems with the recovery partition. Neil.

 

Can't do recommendations...

I had clicked yes to show my system specs, although i was a little confused about it though because I have several computers. I did include specs for this laptop I'm working on in my first sentence of my thread though. I'll re-enable the specifications again though. But now as to the recommemnded repair of a clean install....even when I attempt clean installation i still get the exact same blue screen / error code, so I cant get anywhere there. And a recovery disc will only have the same results as the multiple different ISO usb recovery installs I've attempted. As i said the previous installs were successful but what I forgot was that after the install would compete, it just started back over like install hadnt even started, though it definitely had. All in all installing a recovery isn't working. I need to repair the corrupted files in the boot sequence or MBR or at last the registry, but remember i cannot reach command prompt anymore because blue screen of death.

 

After you in fill all of your system specs and save go to Edit options scroll down to Thread Display Options Show System Specifications change the no to yes. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Save

 

32 bit os tells us nothing.

 

I formatted the primary partition and installed it there... that's where i messed up at I now know....I think anyhow.

 

Problem is is that now i cant get bk to an install screen...

 

Update: I managed to copy my USB drive to a CD and am attempting the clean install now....I also did manage to delete the partitions and it showed Disk 0 Unallocated Space 485Gb and I simply clicked the next button as instructed and it's working now....just waiting to see what it's going to do.

 

We couldn't install Windows in the location you choose. Please check your media drive. Here's more info about what happened: 0x80042405. After about 40 minutes this is the error it brought back.

 

So here's is what everything comes down to, No matter what version of windows I attempt to install, I always get a _x________ error, and every time it's a different error code number. I've used Gparted and wiped everything and rebuild the MBR thinking surely it would work, but it didn't. I know for certain there's nothing wrong with my hard drive, I mean it works, because I used a portable OS and it runs fine on the laptop, but given it's on a flash drive it isn't the fastest OS. So I am in desperate need of assistance here as how to proceed...

 

Well I have the UBCD and Hirens Boot Disc and have ran the hd test from them and my hdd comes back with no errors everytime and also, even though I was using the portable OS, I could still access the hd and save stuff to it and retrieve it, et cetera.