{"id":335,"date":"2013-10-19T23:18:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T22:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digisaster.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2013-10-19T23:18:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T22:18:22","slug":"stop-c000021a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digisaster.com\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"stop c000021a"},"content":{"rendered":"

stop c000021a<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was a situation where i had a small problem, and after some changes it got bigger and bigger.<\/p>\n

The original problem i had was a non working hibernation system on a Windows7 computer.
\nThe reason was simple. I did have a small boot partition and the system was a factory default fujitsu. I did not like the idea of the small boot partition because i also wanted to use a other BCD loader, so i first made a image of the bootpartiton, and then a remove the boot partition.<\/p>\n

After i made a reboot i got this message on the screen<\/p>\n

autochk program not found – skipping autocheck<\/p>\n

After this i got a stop C000021a error, and i was expecting a easy fix with a Windows7 bootrepair cd.<\/p>\n

The complete error i got was:<\/p>\n

STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}<\/strong>
\n The Session Manager Initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc000003a (0x00000000 0x00000000)<\/strong>
\n The system has been shutdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bootrepair failed
\nsfc \/scannow failed
\nboot with option \u201cLast Known Good Configuration\u201d failed
\nfixing the MBR and BCD failed<\/p>\n

To make a long story short, i got it fixed without re installation by using the following steps<\/p>\n

First boot with a bootrepair cd\/usb
\nIf you don’t have it, create one on another working computer
\nIf you don’t know where you can find the option of creating a System Repair Disc, just use google to find out, its just a option on any Windows7 computer.<\/p>\n

Then boot into WinRE and launch Command prompt
\nThen open regedit and take a look at HKLM\\SYSTEM\\MountedDevices<\/strong>
\nThese keys are NOT the value of your own registry, but from the ramdrive environment<\/p>\n

Next load the registry hives from your own system into a subkey
\nFirst just klik on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE<\/strong> and then click on File, Load hives
\n(in dutch its Bestand, Component laden)
\nThen browse to your local windows installation and load the file SYSTEM (normally its in c:\\windows\\system32\\config)
\nJust name the loaded hive something simple like \u201ctemp\u201d and go to the
\nHKLM\\temp\\MountedDevices<\/strong>
\nThen hit on delete, so you completely remove the complete key and subkeys.
\nThen go back to the temp key and select File -> Unload Hive
\nThen make a reboot and if you’re lucky your problem is fixed.
\nIf you’re not lucky then the keys are regenerated with the wrong values, but is easy to fix.<\/p>\n

Just repeat the above steps and take a look at the values of both the HKLM\\SYSTEM\\MountedDevices<\/strong>
\nand the HKLM\\temp\\MountedDevices<\/strong>
\nYou will notice that value of \\DosDevices\\C<\/strong>: will not match the discid, or that the driveletter is simply wrong
\n\\DosDevices\\F:<\/strong> for example instead of \\DosDevices\\C:<\/strong>
\nTake a look at the values on the ramdrive HKLM\\SYSTEM\\MountedDevices<\/strong> and you will understand the problem and know what to change.<\/p>\n

I hope this info will be helpful for some other people.<\/p>\n

p.s. After this fix my hibernation problem was also fixed \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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