Dell latitude e5420 not booting, HD tests ok

[Rob McMurphy]

Hi all

So I was closing my computer and it was running Windows 7 automatic updates.

I manually shut it down using the power button out of impatience.

So today I try to boot my laptop and I can't get past the initial black screen. I get an 0XC00000CE error which points to hard drive failure... I ran the PC diagnostic tool with extended tests and memory and the hard drive are testing fine. I get a check "LCD cable" alert which is I guess a false positive or else I wouldn't see anything, I hear they are frequent with this specific dell model.

Setting the boot to the last working configuration didn't work nor did safe mode.

I guess something got corrupted due to shutting the PC abruptly. Don't know why the HD would test fine if it's not that.


I don't have a Win 7 recovery disk at hand.. any other clues or solutions would be very appreciated. I'm worried about losing some important things..

Thanks

 

[JackMDS]

The Hard drive as a Hardware entity cab be OK while the Software is corrupted on it and thus failing to Boot.

Try the Recovery, or install fresh OS.