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Windows error code 0xc0000225: How to solve the problem

  • Sep 21, 2025
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When error code 0xc0000225 appears, Windows 10 can no longer boot properly. How to fix the error, you will learn in this practical tip.

Error code 0xc0000225 can be fixed by booting Windows 10 from an installation media. Select "Startup Repair" under "Advanced options" in the troubleshooter. Screenshot: Ferdinand Pönisch

Error Code 0xc0000225: What Else You Can Do

If the method described above is unsuccessful, the database responsible for booting may also be defective. You can repair these with the Command Prompt .

  1. To do this, boot from the stick again and call up "Computer repair options".
  2. Then select "Troubleshoot" and "Advanced options". Here click on "Command Prompt".
  3. Enter the following command without quotation marks: "bootrec /rebuildbcd". Confirm the prompt with "Y".
  4. After the process is complete, enter the commands "bootrec /fixmbr" and "bootrec /fixboot" one after the other.
  5. Then close the command prompt and restart the PC.
To repair the database, open the command prompt from the installation media. Enter the command "bootrec /rebuildbcd". (Screenshot: Ferdinand Pönisch)

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