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My Windows7 password on startup screen doesn't work anymore.

Annyb33

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Oct 17, 2016
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My acer aspire 7741z won't let me log in on startup!! Also I keep getting an error message sayiing 0xc000000f and the boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible!! Help
 
Solution
There is a few different reasons this could occur, including your hard drive failing.

Here is a long list of info on how to walk through the different things that could be the cause. https://neosmart.net/wiki/0xc000000f-error-read-boot-configuration-data/
There is a few different reasons this could occur, including your hard drive failing.

Here is a long list of info on how to walk through the different things that could be the cause. https://neosmart.net/wiki/0xc000000f-error-read-boot-configuration-data/
 
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