Acronis True Image 2015 Failed to Make My C Partition Bootable
Friends,
Acronis True Image 2015 just failed me when I really really really needed it most. In resizing partititions with another software, the process failed and when I tried to load Windowns again I consistently get the message: "An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data" "Status: 0xc000000f: "File: \Boot". Luckily, I had an Acronis CD, which loaded Acronis and when I tried to restore both the C partition with Win 10 operating system and the MBR, I keep getting the same error again. I tried twice, with same failed result. Apparently, it has something to do Acronis not being able to make the C partition bootable again. Coud anyone please advise how I could solve this mess and make my C drive bootable again? Thank you very much!
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the reply/help. You got the problem right when you said: "The other point to check here is whether you have a separate Microsoft System Reserved or EFI Partition on the drive? This is where Microsoft will put the \Boot folder used for the Boot Configuration Data store when installing Windows to a raw drive".
For the benefit of others with the same problem: It issue was self inflicted by my removing a Dell Partition where unknown to me Dell had store the MBR and the boot file (as a cheap guy, I wanted to get those 8 gb and put them to use in something else). Hence, restoring the MBR partition was not doing anything and I had not saved in Acronis the 8 gb partition where Dell had all that stuff, as I had reasoned that I will never do anything with 6+ years old drivers and OS in a 2017 computer.
Solution:
1. I followed the instructions I found on Google Search to correct MBR error # 3, which were basically typing 3 to 4 DOS commands to restore the MBR into the C partition.
2. The above solved the MBR error # 3. I then got this error: "0xc0000428: Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file". I Google Searched it and solved it with this solution from NeoSmart: https://neosmart.net/wiki/0xc0000428/#Fix_1_RepairBOOTMGR_via_Easy_Reco…. Although I purchased their $20 Boot repair manager out my scare, I found their instructions to make their software bootable in a USB drive way too complicated and time consuming and did not use it. Instead, I simply followed the one DOS command at the bottom of the above link NeoSmart link and according to them this restored the boot manager to drive C. It is very unselfish and nice from NeoSmart to provide the solution to a problem with a simple DOS command in case users want to try it and not spend $20 on their software.
1 and 2 solved it and happily my beloved 6+ years old computer is back on. Lessons leaned from me: Back up not only the drive where the operating system is located, but more important, find out where the MBR and the boot files are located and back them up too, or you might inadvertely create a very scary mess, just like I did. Lessons learned for Acronis: Pls explain that stuff to your users in the user manual to avoid the same mistake as most likely Dell and other manufacturers are putting the MBR and the boot files in special partitions users will try to remove as they contain 6+ old drivers and old images most people will try to remove when they become obsolete.
Thank you for the update and feedback, very glad to hear that you were able to resolve the boot issue and get your computer back working again.