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Windows 10 Error: BCD missing - error 0xc0000098
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Fixing Boot Error 0xc0000098 on Windows 10 (8 & 7)

Method 1: Run Automatic/Startup Repair

  1. Insert the Windows 10 bootable installation DVD and restart your PC.

  2. When prompted to Press any key to boot from CD or DVD, press any key to continue.

  3. Select your language preferences, and click Next. Click Repair your computer in the bottom-left.

  4. On choose an option screen, click Troubleshoot.

  5. On Troubleshoot screen, click Advanced option.

  6. On the Advanced options screen, click Automatic Repair or Startup Repair.

Method 2: Repair your Boot sector or Rebuild BCD

  1. Using above method open command prompt using Windows installation disk.

  2. Now type the following commands one by one and hit enter after each one:

bootrec.exe /FixMbr
bootrec.exe /FixBoot
bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd
  1. If the above command fails then enter the following commands in cmd:
bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd
  1. Finally, exit the cmd and restart your Windows.

Method 3: Repair Windows Image

  1. Open Command Prompt and enter the following command:
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
  1. Press enter to run the above command and wait for the process to complete, usually, it takes 15-20 minutes.
Dism /Image:C:\offline /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:\test\mount\windows
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:\test\mount\windows /LimitAccess
  1. After the process is completed restart your PC and see if this method was able to Fix Boot Error 0xc0000098 on Windows 10.

Method 4: Run CHKDSK and SFC

  1. Again go to command prompt using the method 1, just click on command prompt in the Advanced options screen.

  2. Type the following command in cmd and hit enter after each one:

sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c:\ /offwindir=c:\windows
chkdsk c: /r
  1. Exit the command prompt and restart your PC.

Method 5: Repair install Windows

If none of the above solutions work for you then you can be sure that your HDD is fine but you may be seeing the error “Boot Error 0xc0000098 on Windows 10” because the operating system or the BCD information on the HDD was somehow erased. Well, in this case, you can try to Repair install Windows but if this also fails then the only solution left is to Install a new copy of Windows (Clean Install).

Also, see How to fix BOOTMGR is missing Windows 10

That’s it you have successfully Fix Boot Error 0xc0000098 on Windows 10 but if you still have any questions regarding this article feel free to ask them in them comment’s section.

Source: https://troubleshooter.xyz/wiki/fix-boot-error-0xc0000098-on-windows-10/

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