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Can not boot any Windows Media, BSOD with error code 0XC0000225
I am unable to boot any Windows media.
Background:
My machine had been running Win 7 and Win 10 without problems. During an update of Win 10 it crashed with a BSOD - Your System Needs Repair - errorcode 0xC0000225. The update had copied about 60% of the files and went into a reboot. Then the BSOD. Since then I can not boot ANY windows media.
Boot Attempts:
HDD - Win10 x64 = BSOD
HDD - Win 7 x64 = BSOD
DVD - Win 10 Installer x64 = BSOD
DVD - Win 10 Installer x86 = Hang with Win logo
DVD - Win 10 Repair Disk x86 = Hang with Win logo
DVD - Win 7 Repair Disk x64 = BSOD
DVD - Win 10 PSE Rescue Disk x64 from Kyhi = BSOD
DVD - Win 10 PSE Rescue Disk x86 from Kyhi = Hang with Win logo
USB Bootable Drive - Win 10 x86 Bootable USB Drive = Hang with Win logo
* All media were tested on another machine and will load.
* Confirmed the media is actually the booting device in each case.
* The machine has 2 optical drives, both drives were tried
What Does Work:
Memtest86+ - Multiple passes with no errors
Memtest - Multiple passes with no errors
SlackoPuppy (a version of PuppyLinux) (both 32 bit and 64 bit versions) load and run fine. I can read the file structure of the bootable HDD. I can read my Data drive and transfer contents to a USB drive. Using SlackoPuppy which has a Firefox Web Browser - I can connect to the internet and everything works. I copied my data onto a USB drive for use on a backup system The data is intact.
What I have tried:
* I removed 2 GB of memory making it a 4GB machine to rule out high memory problems.
* I purchased a new HDD, disconnected all other HDDs. So the configurations is virgin HDD (which is recognized by BIOS), 2 optical drives, USB ports. Still I get the BSOD when booting from DVD.
* I have looked at the BIOS settings countless times to insure the settings are proper.
* I performed a factory reset of the BIOS.
* I have looked for solutions for BSOD - "Your System Needs Repair - error code 0xC0000225". Most start with booting from an install disk or a repair disk. My system will boot no Windows disks. Or they go into repairing the MBR, etc. I have a virgin HDD nothing is on it.
* I contacted MS Level 2 support. They can provide no assistance until I can boot a Windows disk. They offer no suggestion to what error code 0xC0000225 is pointing to.
* I have found no definitive definition of error code 0XC0000225. It seems to cover a very broad spectrum of problems.
* I am unable to run the DM Log Collector executable because I can not boot into a Windows environment.
Any help is greatly appreciated.