Windows 10: 0xc0000221 & 0xc0000225 ntoskrnl.exe not found/No Boot Possible

Hi everyone,

In short, my PC won't boot after recovery using EaseUs TDB free version.

More details:
Windows 10 Enterprise (cannot provide exact version but must be 2004 or very close to it, more like 19XXXX)
UEFI
GPT boot

I have three physical disks - C, D and E (all either NVMe or SSD). C is the operating system drive, D is more or less multimedia and back-up drive, and E is a gaming or programmes drive. All my EaseUs To Do Backup back-up files are stored on drive D. What happened is a programme has been acting weird and I have been backing the entire drive C up incrementally on a weekly basis so I decided to revert to the overall system backup state from one week ago. The recovery has been straightforward and with no errors (so was the backups creation). Upon reboot however I was greeted with 0xc0000221 and 0xc0000225 errors where none of the start-up/boot recovery options would work. I inserted a bootable Windows USB flash drive which gave me more options and I found that out of all my listed drives my system drive C is now named F and is listed as disk 2 in comparison to how generally it should appear, i.e. disk 0 and C.

I presume EaseUs renamed the partitions and now Windows couldn't find its files. I tried different options like bootrec fixes and renaming files but so far with no success. This was all supposed to be a really straightforward process as I was recovering a full physical disk, i.e. C to C, not partitions, however I am now left with a broken PC. The BIOS in its boot section sees drive C and its boot manager, however cannot boot. I used to have WinPE (pre- lock screen recovery option) as part of the EaseUs TDB set-up and when I inserted the bootable Windows flash drive, I can see two "Operating Systems", however none of them seem to work, I also cannot reach the WinPE stage as Windows won't start booting at all. Also, no System Restore or Start-up Repair options do anything. System Restore is empty despite generally having different Restore Points before the recovery and Start-up Repair couldn't fix the problem.

Any guesses or advice that you can provide so I can save my system without reinstalling Windows? Using Notepad within the console I can see my other drives look intact, C also looks OK but I have never been in such a situation before and frankly, never expected this after a straightforward procedure that was supposed to be absolutely painless.
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Is the back-up format EaseUs utilises accessible to other system recovery software? For example, if I reinstall Windows, can I use the existing back-ups to recover my C drive using another programme (the back-up format seems to be PDB)? Any other ways to get the system to boot?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I am also considering possible Windows re-installation, re-installing EaseUs To Do Backup and trying to use a different back-up image since the back-up scheme has been incremental so I am unsure as how the software handled the different images. I may try an earlier one. Just a consideration currently although I will be thinking over comprehensively before going this way.






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BSOD ntoskrnl..exe+1b35e0

Hi, KirbyBakken

My name is Maritza and I am an Independent Advisor. I would be happy to help you today.

Check this link, I hope it helps

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/ntoskrnl-exe-hig...

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised
on the site before you decide to download and install it.

Let us know if these steps help you to resolve the issue.

 

0xc0000225 boot error

For some odd reason when I turned on my computer today, I was greeted with the error 0xc0000225 stating that my NLS files were corrupt/missing. I am Running Vista x64 and so far have tried the following:

Replace NLS files
Windows repair utility
Restored an old working registry backup
Tried booting with different ram configurations
Created new BCD / Boot
Chkdsk


Google suggests something about apci, but my gigabyte ud3p doesn't have such an option (already vista compatible) and it seems to only occur to people who are initially installing and not people who already have a working copy.

 

error code 0xc0000225

Hi Marie,

The error code 0xc0000225 is booting error that usually happens when the Booting Configuration Data (BCD) is missing or corrupted. We suggest that you perform an
Automatic Repair by following the steps listed in Jenith_James's reply on May
8, 2016 and check if it resolves your concern.

We look forward to your response.

Regards.