Bootcamp Windows Error 0xc0000225 after Partition Resize

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Bootcamp Windows Error 0xc0000225 after Partition Resize

Dear all,

I had windows 10 in bootcamp for many years. Recently I decided to resize partitions and add sum space to windows. I reduced the size of mac partition from disk utility and restarted the system and suddenly the choice to entering windows disappeared. I reverted back the mac partition but nothing changed. I installed gdisk and did what I found in other threads. After that the choice to enter windows appeared but when I clicked it it showed error 0xc0000225. I booted with windows installer and did startup repair but nothing changed. I did fixboot and fixmbr and rebuildbcd but still nothing changed. Who can help me?

Thank you

Posted on Oct 9, 2021 10:23 PM

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Loner T

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Oct 11, 2021 6:12 AM in response to habedi192

Take a look at El Capitan has deleted my bootcamp window… - Apple Community. It uses Testdisk to locate the NTFS partition. If you can locate it, it may be possible to recovery your Windows partition.

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Loner T

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Oct 10, 2021 7:05 AM in response to habedi192

Modifying partitions, once Windows is installed, is not supported. The error code you see indicates a Windows BCD error. It may be possible to recover Windows. What is the year/model of your Mac (do not post the serial number) and teh current macOS version? Do you see Windows files in macOS Finder?

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habedi192 Author

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Oct 11, 2021 11:22 PM in response to Loner T

Thank you for response

I have executed testdisk and saw windows folders.

After that I executed sudo disk /dev/disk0 and did the things in threads but still windows cannot boot.

I did fixmbr, fixboot, and rebuildbcd but does not work.

What is the next step?

Here are details:

diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 249.6 GB disk0s2

3: Microsoft Basic Data System Reserved 250.4 GB disk0s3

sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0

Password:

gpt show: disk0: mediasize=500277790720; sectorsize=512; blocks=977105060

gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0

gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 977105059

start size index contents

0 1 MBR

1 1 Pri GPT header

2 32 Pri GPT table

34 6

40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

409640 487452632 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

487862272 262144

488124416 488980480 3 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

977104896 131

977105027 32 Sec GPT table

977105059 1 Sec GPT header

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habedi192 Author

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Oct 11, 2021 11:44 PM in response to habedi192

TestDisk 7.2-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, September 2021

Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>

https://www.cgsecurity.org

Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - 977105060 sectors (RO)

The harddisk (500 GB / 465 GiB) seems too small! (< 750 GB / 698 GiB)

Check the harddisk size: HD jumper settings, BIOS detection...

The following partitions can't be recovered:

Partition Start End Size in sectors

> MS Data 977102847 1465057278 487954432

MS Data 977104895 978128894 1024000

Mac HFS 977105020 978374555 1269536

[ Continue ]

NTFS, blocksize=4096, 249 GB / 232 GiB

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habedi192 Author

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Oct 11, 2021 11:46 PM in response to habedi192

TestDisk 7.2-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, September 2021

Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>

https://www.cgsecurity.org

Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - 977105060 sectors (RO)

Partition Start End Size in sectors

>P EFI System 40 409639 409600 [EFI System Partition]

P Mac HFS 409640 487862271 487452632

D Mac HFS 488122556 913005107 424882552

D MS Data 489148416 977102847 487954432 [BOOTCAMP]

D MS Data 967293297 967325363 32067 [NO NAME]

D Mac HFS 975835488 977105023 1269536

D MS Data 976080896 977104895 1024000

Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.

Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:

P=Primary D=Deleted

Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,

Enter: to continue

FAT32, blocksize=512, 209 MB / 200 MiB

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habedi192 Author

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Oct 11, 2021 11:48 PM in response to habedi192

TestDisk 7.2-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, September 2021

Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>

https://www.cgsecurity.org

MS Data 489148416 977102847 487954432 [BOOTCAMP]

Directory /

>dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 23-Sep-2021 08:55 .

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 23-Sep-2021 08:55 ..

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 20-Feb-2018 20:06 $GetCurrent

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 18-Aug-2016 06:48 $Recycle.Bin

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 23-Sep-2021 08:55 $WinREAgent

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 2-Feb-2017 13:34 Civil 3D Project Templates

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 2-Feb-2017 13:34 Civil 3D Projects

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 18-Aug-2016 06:49 Intel

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 30-Apr-2017 23:02 MSOCache

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 7-Dec-2019 12:44 PerfLogs

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 7-Oct-2021 20:04 Program Files

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 7-Oct-2021 19:44 Program Files (x86)

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 7-Oct-2021 19:45 ProgramData

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 1-Dec-2020 20:51 Recovery

'q' to quit, ':' to select the current file, 'a' to select all files

'C' to copy the selected files, 'c' to copy the current file

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Loner T

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Oct 12, 2021 4:45 AM in response to habedi192

habedi192 wrote:

I have used 489148416 and +487954432 but no success.

What is the next step?

Your GPT entry shows...

488124416  488980480      3  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

which is different. Can you correct the entry? If you are unable to use the exact values, we may need to change the default alignment of GPT Fdisk from 8 sectors to 1 sector.

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habedi192 Author

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Oct 12, 2021 10:46 PM in response to Loner T

Thank you

I did the process one more time. Now I see files in finder.

The Error changed to 0xc000000f

I booted with installer and did fixboot, fixmbr, and rebuildbcd but rebuildbcd said:

"The requested system device cannot be found."

Now I cannot even boot with windows installer.

What is the next step?

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Loner T

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Oct 13, 2021 5:00 AM in response to habedi192

The BCD for a an EFI Boot is located in a different location than the legacy BIOS Boot. See the description of the "/s" qualifier in https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/bcdboot-command-line-options-techref-di.

Your 2014 Mac supports both EFI and legacy BIOS installations. If your Windows installation is an EFI installation the BCD must be be rebuild after you set the correct System Device.

If /fixBoot /fixMBR and /rebuildBCD were run on the X: device which is your USB external boot device, it will not correct the BCD on the internal disk. Also, see https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/308729/recover-bootcamp-efi-folder-fix-boot-entries.

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