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Windows 8 Won't boot after BSOD Corrupt ataport.sys pcmcia.sys


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blakeje

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Hi, 

 

I will start from the beginning. 

 

I was tweaking some setting in my Webcam software and clicked the reset settings option then Windows BSOD with error FN_LIST_CORRUPT.   After the computer restarted i would hang on boot with an error atapi.sys .  I tried booting into safemode and it just loops back to the atapi.sys error screen regardless of what I pick between 1- 9.    I got my windows 8 usb drive and booted into the installation and went to start up repair that also could not complete and created  a SrtTrail file.  I plugged my boot drive into my laptop using an enclosure to retrieve said file and I will post the log below.   I also ran Malwarebytes on drive and nothing was found. 

 

My theory is that  I had a pending windows update installation restart  and maybe that messed something up when the system crashed.  

 

Any help would be much appreciated.  I would rather not have to reinstall windows and all my applications. 

 

SrtTrail Log

 

 

 

Startup Repair diagnosis and repair log

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Last successful boot time: ‎3/‎16/‎2015 12:51:44 PM (GMT)
Number of repair attempts: 2
 
Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 2
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 62 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 110 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Boot status test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Setup state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 46 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Registry hives test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 610 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Windows boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Root cause found: 
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Boot critical file c:\windows\system32\drivers\atapi.sys is corrupt.
 
Repair action: File repair
Result: Failed. Error code =  0xc1
Time taken = 375 ms
 
Repair action: System files integrity check and repair
Result: Failed. Error code =  0xc1
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Root cause found: 
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Boot critical file C:\ataport.SYS is corrupt.
 
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Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
---------------------------
Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
---------------------------
Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 16 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 93 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
---------------------------
Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 94 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Boot status test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Setup state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 63 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Registry hives test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 593 ms
 
Test Performed: 
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Name: Windows boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code =  0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
 
Root cause found: 
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Boot critical file c:\windows\system32\drivers\pcmcia.sys is corrupt.
 
Repair action: File repair
Result: Failed. Error code =  0xc1
Time taken = 406 ms
 
Repair action: System files integrity check and repair
Result: Failed. Error code =  0xc1
Time taken = 0 ms
 
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Edited by blakeje, 18 March 2015 - 05:49 PM.

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Tried to run the Sfc command from the Recovery Options Command Prompt but kept getting ''Windows Resource Protection Could Not Start the Repair Service''. I tried running net start trustedinstaller which I found elsewhere but still getting the same message.

 

Thanks


Edited by blakeje, 19 March 2015 - 05:52 AM.

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Gave up and did a reinstall :-/ All fixed now. 


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