IMac Windows 7 - Won't Start Up - i/o error 0xc00000e9
Hello Bootcamp Community,
About a month ago I was working with both OSX 10.6.8 and Windows 7. After moving from OSX to to Windows 7 I started getting a message saying that a drive connected to the machine was causing and i/o error 0xc00000e9. I unplugged all the drives that I had attached went through startup repair and got into Windows 7. But now - I'm still having the problem and it won't even let me go through Start-Up repair. Can anyone help me work around this i/o error and get back into Windows 7?
Thanks in advance for your help...
Here are my specs:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: IM112.0057.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.59f2
Serial Number (system): QP05****DNR
Hardware UUID: 6059BC95-FD35-5A3E-89A0-41B30CB1821B
Serial-ATA Device Tree:
Intel 5 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 5 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
WDC WD1001FALS-40Y6A0:
Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,204,886,016 bytes)
Model: WDC WD1001FALS-40Y6A0
Revision: 05.01D06
Serial Number: WD-WCATR5162530
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Rotational Rate: 7200
Medium Type: Rotational
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable: Yes
BSD Name: disk1s1
Macintosh HD 2:
Capacity: 731.22 GB (731,218,182,144 bytes)
Available: 673.24 GB (673,237,270,528 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s2
Mount Point: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2
BOOTCAMP:
Capacity: 268.64 GB (268,640,976,896 bytes)
Available: 196.99 GB (196,990,619,648 bytes)
Writable: No
File System: NTFS
BSD Name: disk1s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP
WDC WD1001FALS-40Y6A0:
Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,204,886,016 bytes)
Model: WDC WD1001FALS-40Y6A0
Revision: 05.01D06
Serial Number: WD-WCATR5162530
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Rotational Rate: 7200
Medium Type: Rotational
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable: Yes
BSD Name: disk1s1
Macintosh HD 2:
Capacity: 731.22 GB (731,218,182,144 bytes)
Available: 673.24 GB (673,237,270,528 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s2
Mount Point: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2
BOOTCAMP:
Capacity: 268.64 GB (268,640,976,896 bytes)
Available: 196.99 GB (196,990,619,648 bytes)
Writable: No
File System: NTFS
BSD Name: disk1s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP
Intel 5 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 5 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H:
Model: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
Revision: 3AHB
Native Command Queuing: No
Detachable Drive: No
Power Off: No
Async Notification: Yes
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H:
Model: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
Revision: 3AHB
Native Command Queuing: No
Detachable Drive: No
Power Off: No
Async Notification: Yes
Intel 5 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 5 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
APPLE SSD TS256B:
Capacity: 251 GB (251,000,193,024 bytes)
Model: APPLE SSD TS256B
Revision: AGAA0206
Serial Number: Y06S103DT4SZ
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Medium Type: Solid State
TRIM Support: Yes
Bay Name: SSD
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable: Yes
BSD Name: disk0s1
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 250.66 GB (250,656,219,136 bytes)
Available: 181.08 GB (181,075,189,760 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
APPLE SSD TS256B:
Capacity: 251 GB (251,000,193,024 bytes)
Model: APPLE SSD TS256B
Revision: AGAA0206
Serial Number: Y06****T4SZ
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Medium Type: Solid State
TRIM Support: Yes
Bay Name: SSD
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable: Yes
BSD Name: disk0s1
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 250.66 GB (250,656,219,136 bytes)
Available: 181.08 GB (181,075,189,760 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
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I should add that I just installed 8GB of RAM to the 4GB the iMac came with. Possibly now that the total machine has a 12GB of RAM the Windows 7 system is confused and can't start up?
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