"Your PC needs to be repaired" Error: 0xc0000225 in Win 8.1 Enterprise

I just can't figure this one out.
I had Windows 8.1 Enterprise installed on a UEFI laptop with an after-market SSD. It co-existed with Linux on another partition, and I was able to use Linux's GRUB bootloader to load either of the OS's (or, I could select the Windows bootloader
in my UEFI settings).
Then, at some point, I started getting blue "Your PC needs to be repaired" screens when I tried to load Windows 8.1.
I've tried going through the boot-repair process from the Win 8.1 Ent DVD (and
also from the Win 8.1 Pro and Win 8.0 Pro, just in case... because Win 8.1 Ent DVD can't repair a Win 8.1 Pro installation,
and vice-versa.. and there's no way to tell which version you have on your DVD or on your PC just by examining the files).
What's strange is that I'm able to install another copy of Win 8.1 Ent to another partition on the drive, and the Windows bootloader detects two other "Windows 8.1"s that it offers
to boot from (so, 3 menu items total, counting the one I just installed), but trying to boot either of the other two just gives me the "Your PC needs to be repaired" 0xc0000225 error.
I can see the original Windows 8.1 partition and all of its files just fine. And the Windows bootloader on the EFI partition is good, or else I wouldn't be able to boot the new Windows install.
Any ideas? How can I figure out which files are missing on the old Windows 8.1 partition?

Here is the way I fixed that problem with one partition (not two like you have). That error is coming from HP and not windows. I believe the boot sector or whatever is supposed to be there was corrupted by Windows 10. Because I could press the
bios key and see bootload, efi, and windows files on the disk. but none of them worked.
I fixed this basically like this:
turn on safe mode in bios
change boot order to put USB up front
install Ubuntu from USB thus erasing Windows (If I had a Windows start disk I could have used Windows. But I found no way to do that from Ubuntu.)
Regarding HP bios, I learned that you press f8, f9, f10, or f11 when you power up the computer to get to the bio screens and escape from the vicious circle of the blue screen with the "your pc needs to be repaired error." You have to wait until
the blue screen goes to sleep again and repower the computer to switch to another option. None of those keys will work until you do that.
Also it appears that with the HP Envy Dv7 there is no way to get it to boot from SSD. So you have to install Windows on a HDD.

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Hey guys,
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Hello Bara Tanich,
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Your PC needs to be repaired

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Sounds like the hard drive has failed and will need to be replaced. Since you are still in warranty HP will send a replacement. Give HP Support a call.
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SOLVED !? Recovery. Your (new) PC needs to be repaired. Boot configuration error code 0x0000034

I booted my new-ish laptop and immediately got an EXTREMELY serious pre-boot error.
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I decided to click the reboot menu from this win 8.1 windows. It was basically my only option left.
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Errors "A media driver your computer needs is missing." or "Windows cannot install required files" upon attempting to install Windows 10 TP build 10041 64-bit

I'm attempting to install Windows 10 TP build 10041 [64-bit]
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Hi Michael,
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Hello,
See if any body may help here... I get this blue screen:
RECOVERY
Your PC needs to be repaired:
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file:\\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD
Error code: 0xc000014c
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**** I though that by updating the BIOS I may be able to get help, nothing. What I did is, I removed the HD and then and boot from the USB and with a DOS command propmt I excecuted the Bios Update from F.21 to f.25... but again, when I installed the hard drive back, BUMMER, nothing I can't do nothing but this silly blue screen.
Any idea of what should I do?
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If you can't access BIOS with the hard disk connected, you certainly won't be able to boot to the usb recovery flashdrive. That is indicative of a failed hard disk.
Install a new hard disk and then boot to the recovery flashdrive.
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Two HDDs saying 'disk needs to be repaired' at same time / external drive.

Hello there,
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This has happened with both machines [the iMac and MBP], and as a consequence - when I run disk utility on each machine, I get a message that the disk needs to be repaired:
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.
Has anybody had similar problems? Is this a coincidence? Or would blame point to the external drive?
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Could this problem in turn cause the internal HDD problems I've been experiencing with the iMac and the MBP after the Lacie becomes unresponsive?
Or, your internal HD problems are transferring to the Ext.?
It's hard to say. I would at least do the following basic repairs to all your hard drives.......
Try using Disk Utility to do a Disk Repair, as shown in this link, while booted up on your install disk.
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Think it might have to be returned...
Yes I would return it just cause of the heat issue alone.
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Need help with an error message: Can't repair volume.

Hi, folks.
While checking my HD with Disk Utility, I found a message error. It says that I have to repair the disk but the button "Repair Disk" is not available.
The message is copied below... if anyone can read it and help me, I'd appreciate.
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Overlapped extent allocation (file 1050573 /Users/Johnny/Library/Mail/[email protected]/Drafts.mbox/Messages/1 6263.emlx)
1050573 /Users/Johnny/Library/Mail/[email protected]/Drafts.mbox/Messages/1 6263.emlx
@)",1)
1054976 /Users/Johnny/Mercury/MSN/Resources/CustomEmoticons/patinhodeborracha22@hotmail .com/NUxYOXd5ZkZiRjR0Wm5Ob3NZY0p6K09oWWFnPQ==.gif
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1057743 /Users/Johnny/Library/Mail/[email protected]@[email protected]/Sent Messages.mbox/Messages/16313.emlx
t allocation (file %@)",1)
1057789 /Users/Johnny/Documents/Yazigi/Events/OFICIO_SDUMA.doc
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Overlapped extent allocation (file 1058044 /Users/Johnny/Library/Caches/Mail/04/11/2078440011-2247275449.cache)
Overlapped extent allocation (file 1058045 /Users/Johnny/Library/Caches/Mail/10/07/0272707744-3809369458.cache)
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Overlapped extent allocation (file 1058052 /Users/Johnny/Library/Caches/Mail/00/11/0589583874-0597952182.cache)
Overlapped extent allocation (file 1058053 /Users/Johnny/Library/Caches/Mail/05/12/0478257501-4274710467.cache)
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Overlapped extent allocation (file 1058063 /Users/Johnny/Library/Caches/Mail/04/12/2763023681-0835402695.cache)
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Overlapped extent allocation (file 1058069 /Users/Johnny/Library/Caches/Mail/00/02/1726249226-0867834918.cache)
1058069 /Users/Johnny/Library/Caches/Mail/00/02/1726249226-0867834918.cache
extent allocation (file %@)",1)
1058070 /Users/Johnny/Library/Caches/Mail/05/01/0121999446-2569076246.cache
Overlapped extent allocation (file 1058071 /Users/Johnny/Library/Caches/Mail/12/14/3415372742-4138529506.cache)
Overlapped extent allocation (file 1058076 /Users/Johnny/Library/Application Support/Skype/joaopaulo_yazigi/chatsync/19/19e520537f725be8.dat)
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Checking Extended Attributes file.
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The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
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1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Thanks in advance.
JP

You will need to try and repair the drive with Disk Warrior. Otherwise, the only option is to reformat the drive. Note that DW may not be successful in fixing all the errors, and you may end up having to reformat anyway.
It may be possible to fix the problem manually, but it's quite involved. Here's the info:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25770
Manually fix Overlapped Extent Allocation Errors without Disk Warrior
Overlapped overlapped extent allocation errors can be the bane of any Mac user's existence. Often, these errors go unnoticed until the problem becomes visible: your Mac might refuse to boot, crash unexpected, or worse, critical data might disappear from the Finder. Disk Utility can detect, but not fix overlapped extent allocation errors, and certain third-party utilities, such as Alsoft Diskwarrior, can fix them, but generally without reporting the consequences.
Overlapped extent allocation error occur when the file system thinks that two files are occupying the same area on the hard disk, hence overlapping on the same "inode," which is the structure which holds the location of the data blocks the file occupies, and also file permissions and flags.
Clearing the "overlapped" or "overallocated" extent allocation essentially means that you'll have to lose some data, because the only way to remove the overlap is to delete the file that's occupying the inode. So, if you suspect, or find out, that the guilty file is a critical system file that resides in one of the hidden system directories such as /etc /var /usr/ or visible system directories such as /System or /Library, and you don't want to reinstall the whole OS (which might not fix the overlapped extent allocation anyway), it's good to have another disk available to copy the files back to your original disk if necessary: a second bootable hard drive or a firewire drive connected to your Mac when you remove the misbehaving file. Just make sure that when you copy the file back to your boot disk that the permissions are correct, so it's best to use the "ditto" command, so that all sticky bits, flags, and permissions are preserved.
In case you didn't know, you don't have to boot from an install CD in order to check for overlapped extent allocations. All you need to do is restart your Mac, while holding down command + S to boot in "single-user mode."
At the command prompt that appears, type:
$ fsck -fy
If you have an overlapped extent allocation, you'll see:
"Overlapped Extent Allocation" (File 123456d)
No matter how many times you run fsck -fy, you'll never be rid of the error.
So, simply issue the following command:
find / -inum 123456 -print
Note the "d" was dropped, or any extra letter that appears after the inode number.
The find will return a file name that matches with the inode number, and the path to that file. If you remove the file then the fsck will not return this error next time you run it.
However, before you can delete the file(s) in single-user mode, you'll need to mount the file system. Type:
$ mount -uw /
When done, issue the "sync" command, and that will flush the write cache so that all pending writes are written from memory to the disk. Also, since most OS X 10.3 Macs use the HFS+ Journaled file system, it might be a good idea to disable the journal before booting into single-user mode by typing:
$ sudo diskutil disableJournal /
then re-enable it when done fixing the overlapped extents and rebooting normally:
$ sudo diskutil enableJournal /
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"Error: disk needs to be repaired.. "

When I run disk utility I got the message "Error disk needs to be repaired.." In addition i got the errors:
Incorrect number of file hard links
Volume bitmap needs minor repair for orphaned blocks
Invalid volume free block count
When I restart and after command R, I run the Disk utility but then it shows no errors, what is the problem then?. Thanks

Try removing these one at a time:
     /Home/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
     /Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist and com.apple.iPhoto.LSSharedFileList.plist
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Place one at a time into the Trash but do not Empty the Trash. Try to open and use iPhoto. If iPhoto works then the item you put in the Trash is the cause of the problem. If the problem turns out to be iPhoto Library, then you will need to look to a third-party utility that can fix the library.
To find the invisible library folder:
Exposing the /Home/Library/ Folder
Pick one of the following methods:
A. This method will make the folder visible permanently. Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder and paste the following at the command prompt:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Press RETURN.
B. Click on the Desktop, press the OPTION (⌥) button, select Library from the Finder's Go menu.
C. Select Go To Folder from the Finder's Go menu. Paste the following in the path field:
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Volume needs repair error

I noticed my system was acting stranged, so I did a First Aid using Disk Utility and it came up with the following message:
Verifying volume “OS X 10.4.6”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Illegal name
Illegal name
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume OS X 10.4.6 needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
How do I go about doing this repair? the "Repair disk" option is grayed-out, so I cannot select it. Is there any other options?

Bhagiratha,
Aaron is right, you cannot repair a disc volume while you are using it as your start up disc.
1. Restart your Mac
2. Immediately insert the Install Disc 1 DVD and press the "C" key.
3. When the Installer appears, in the pulldown menus above select Disk Utility.
4. Now when you highlight your hard drive you should have the option to repair it.

Error:The Disk needs to be repaired

Hopefully someone can help guide me. I have been noticing a few more spinning beach balls. Nothing dramatic but as a recent convert to Mac (about 1 year) it has me frustrated. A few months ago they got worse and disk utility said my drive was corrupted. Disk utility could not resolve it and through a suggestion I rebooted from the install disk and it repaired the drive. Now with a routine check of disk utility I received a message like below. So I used disk utility from the start up disk to repair the error successfully. Now, just rechecking two days later, it appears that the error is back. Is this something to worry about? If so, it seems I need a more robust tool to repair the disk. Any suggestions? Anyway to tell which program might be causing this? Thanks in advance for any help offered.
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 673026 instead of 673027)
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 174521 instead of 174520)
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.

Thanks for your response. I finally received my DVD from Disk Warrior in the mail, ran the program and everything seems to be fixed and running more smoothly. Thanks for the tip. Sorry it took a bit to respond back. Thanks again.

Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. When I boot on Recovery and run verify disk, the error doesn't come anymore. Just when I run verify disk on normal mode. Anybody has seen this before?

My Macbook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) has been freezing out of the blue probably once every two months. I restarted on safe mode, went to Disk Utility, repaired permissions and ran "Verify Disk" and got the following:
Invalid directory item count(It should be 114483 instead of 114484)
File system check exit code is 8.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.
Rebooted on Recovery mode and ran "Verify Disk" but the message didn't appear anymore, thus not letting me to access the "Recovery HD" procedure.
When I restart normally and do the disk verification I get the same error.
Has anybody come to something similar?
Suggestions?

I never ever run a Verify Disk. I simple repair the disk drive and then the user partition(s).
And do one or two Safe Boots.
Also helpful to have two full backups: TimeMachine at least, plus a clone of your system drive and data.
Install or clone the system to an external hard drive, repair that and then boot from it, check that everything works, repair the internal drive.
You need to use Repair to TRIM an SSD.
Lots of problems with Yosemite when updating install a new OS. Always better to backup, erase, install, and then use Setup Assistant to import and restore settings and files.
Probably better to post in the MacBook Pro forum or better yet, in Yosemite forum.

"Volume Needs Repair" error message

My Mac has just recently stopped opening most applications. It started out with just Microsoft Office stuff but now won't even open itunes. I've tried using the Disk Utility and when I click on "Verify Disk" it give me this:
+*Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”*+
+*Checking HFS Plus volume.*+
+*Checking Extents Overflow file.*+
+*Checking Catalog file.*+
+*Checking multi-linked files.*+
+*Checking Catalog hierarchy.*+
+*Checking Extended Attributes file.*+
+*Checking volume bitmap.*+
+*Volume Bit Map needs minor repair*+
+*Checking volume information.*+
+*Invalid volume free block count*+
+*(It should be 27508684 instead of 27503468)*+
+*The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.*+
+*Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit*+
+*1 HFS volume checked*+
+* Volume needs repair*+
As well as this:
+*Disk Utility stopped verifying “Macintosh HD” because the following error was encountered:*+
+*The underlying task reported failure on exit*+
It won't even give me the option to Repair Disk.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm stumped.
-Noah

noahandmechelle wrote:
It won't even give me the option to Repair Disk.
No, it wouldn't while you are booted from your Hard Disk—you need to run Disk Utility from your Instal Disk to do this. See Using Disk Utility and fsck to resolve startup issues or perform disk maintenance.

"Error: This disk needs to be repaired."

Greetings
I ran the disk utility on my Macbook drive and got the following message;
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.
I have googled around but can't seem to find a concise way of doing this, everyone's going on about making new disk partitions?
I have my snow leopard install disk to hand, what is the simplest way to make this repair with my install disk?
Thank you!

The hatter wrote:
Install OS X on a 2nd drive and use that.
Note that there are a few drawbacks to this as well as the benefits:
1. Obviously, you need a second drive. It's great to have one for backups but there are other ways to back up your important data if your budget won't stretch to include the extra drive just yet. Plus, if it comes down to space for important backups vs. space for the OS & utilities, go for the first. That's the irreplaceable stuff!
2. Any software (including the OS) installed on a hard drive is subject to possible corruption, including the kind you are trying to repair. This is not true of software running from an installer DVD, since its contents can't be altered (short of physical damage). So, if the DVD boots the Mac & its included utilities run, you can be certain you are not using corrupted or damaged items. This is not true when you run from a second hard drive.
3. Because you can make intentional or inadvertent changes or additions to the OS on a hard drive, & because some of them can adversely affect its stability, just as in #2 you cannot trust the hard drive to be as safe to use as the DVD.
4. The DVD runs everything as the root user, without the need to log in to any user account. This is beneficial because similarly to #3, some user login items can interfere with normal operation. However, running as root user is dangerous unless you know exactly what you are doing. The DVD greatly reduces this danger by limiting what you can do while running from it to installing the OS or running the included (& known uncorrupted) utilities. this is not true if you run as root user from another hard drive.
So, it is a good idea to weigh the benefits of the second drive approach against the safety of the DVD one & choose which is best for you.

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