Hi! i have the same problem with my PC... Do u have any idea how to fix this?? or Resetting the PC is the only way?
Windows 8 Pro cannot boot - Error 0xC000021a
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Anonymous
Hi
I upgraded my son's laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro. I has been working fine for a few weeks. But now when booting It halts iwth the error code 0xc000021a. I have tried the following options
Refresh - this fails with the error 0xc000021a
System Restore - this fails with 0xc000021a
Safe mode boot does not work
I can start the cmd console
Any suggestions as to how to proceed?
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2017-07-19T02:21:02+00:00 Frustrating night, just want to know why my original OS disk was not working, and a new out of the box OS disk is not accepting data.
Messages have been:
Oxc0000001
Oxc000021a
Oxc0000098
And I guess I have to ask a question before MicroSoft will let me see answers.
Confused