Windows 8 destroyed itself several times

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Windows 8 destroyed itself several times

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Im using a Macbook Pro 15" Retina display late 2013 with intel Core I7 2,3GHz Quad Core and the Nvidia Gt750m Im running on OS X 10.10.3.

I installed Windows 8.1 Pro 3 times in the last 4 weeks and after a few days of perfect work it seemed to destroy itself. After a Restart I can't boot it and it says Windows has a problem to find a file or something like that it is this error Code :

0xC0000034 – File: \Boot\BCD

The Fast Boot feature was always disabled so this can't be the reason.

My question is if this happened to anyone of you in such short periods of time and if someone knows the reason for that or a solution that it won't happen again. I don't want to install Windows 8 all over again only to face the same problem in a few days. I don't think that the SSD ist pleased to be rewritten so often.

Thanks for your help and i'm sorry for my weird english hope you got what i mean

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 27, 2015 2:08 PM

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Loner T

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Apr 27, 2015 2:28 PM in response to Ninotones

Does OSX installation on the same disk show any disk corruption issues? If you use external devices very frequently, it is possible for the BCD to become corrupt. You should be able to use Windows Recovery to rebuild your BCD rather than re-installing Windows.

Please see https://neosmart.net/wiki/0xc0000034/.

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Apr 27, 2015 2:58 PM in response to Loner T

Thanks for your answer but its not the Problem that i didn't know how to repair it. I checked that myself before posting this. My point is i'm confused that it happened so often in the last 4 weeks. Windows isn't perfekt no System is but it shouldn't have the same issue that frequent i'm asking myself if this problem is may caused by bootcamp itself. Some kind of incompatibility with Windows 8. You mean it can be destroyed by just hooking up USB Drives? I can't believe i did that more frequent than any other user so that must be a huge issue.

The Disk utility says the Disk is fine. Or what do you mean by "Does OS X installation on the same disk show any disk corruption issues"?

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Loner T

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Apr 27, 2015 3:46 PM in response to Ninotones

Bootcamp plays no role, once Windows is installed. It behaves like any other Windows machine. Unless there is a hardware issue with PCIe flash on your machine, this should not be happening at the frequency you see.

Do you see any corruption of data on the OSX side?

Next time you see this error, can you try to reset SMC - Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support and test?

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Apr 28, 2015 2:48 AM in response to Loner T

I'm sorry to be so stupid but i don't know how i can see if there is any corruption of data on the OS X side. What should i test with a SMC reset? Ok thanks a lot so far hope this is no hardware issue.

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Loner T

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Apr 28, 2015 3:56 AM in response to Ninotones

SMC Reset is not a test. It resets your System Management Controller. Once reset, please test Windows for any corruption issues. To check if OSX side has any file issues, I suggest running a Disk Utility Verify. You should also run Using Apple Hardware Test - Apple Support.

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Apr 28, 2015 9:16 AM in response to Loner T

I already checked the OS X partition with disk utility it says it is fine as i had written earlier. Apple Diagnostic says the Hardware is fine as well. If this issue appears again (I hope not) I will try the SMC reset.

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