Computer Crash

Unfortunately, today my desktop suddenly crashed, and windows would not boot up on my drive. Luckily, I didn’t lose any important files, however it took me essentially the entire day to fix.one

So, if anyone else out there suddenly receives windows start up error 0xc000000, here is how I personally fixed that, and I hope it works for you as well.

1. I went to PC Settings, for most recent windows devices this can be accomplished by pressing the windows button, then searching for PC Settings.
2. Then I clicked the Update and Recovery button, followed by the restart button under the Recovery tab. This should open up a window that has a troubleshooting option.
3. Next, click the trouble shooting option, then click the console button.
4. Next type the following command: chkdsk vol: /f /r where vol is the name of one of your drives, for example chkdsk c: /f /r This command checks the specified disk, while /f finds and repairs any errors it comes upon, while /r locates any bad sectors and recovers any readable information. This essentially helps clean the specified drive similar to an anti-virus program, except without the need to boot windows.
5. Next, repeat the command for all your other drives, only replacing the letter. As I had 2 other drives, I had to repeat the command 2 more times with chkdsk d: and chkdsk f:. Depending on the amount of space in all of these drives, this process might take a while.
6. After you have checked all your drives, type exit and restart your computer.
7. If you have only one hard drive to boot your files from, you should be good to go, however, if you are like me and have multiple hard drives, there is an additional step to take.
8. when the pc is still booting, we must open up the BIOS menu in order to set which drive to initialize. The button you must press during the pc boot up (generally when your motherboard’s company splash screen apears) varies depending on the motherboard from my experience, but is generally F4(in my case), F8, or F12(a more common one). Regardless, it works best to try and press the correct button multiple times as it may be difficult to gauge the correct time.
9. When the BIOS menu has been successfully opened, boot up your desired hard drive, the exact way to do so varies on the motherboard again, as all of the companies have different BIOS menus.

After all is said and done, my computer successfully rebooted, and I was blessed with no blue-screen of death. Of course, after this process, I recommend running your anti-virus program of choice to help ensure no malware is left, as this is generally the cause of this issue. I hope this post helps out anyone else unfortunate enough to stumble across this issue