An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data

Question

My laptop is not getting started, it's unable to boot Windows 7. It shows the following error:

File:  \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000014c
info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.

How can I boot my Windows?

Windows Boot Menu

First of all try to tap F8 when the computer is booting, untill you see the Windows boot menu and then select Use last known good configuration.
If Windows has worked before, then you might have a chance that this works.

BCD Repair

I don't think that you are that lucky, because it's the BCD which looks like being damaged. and since it is a very essential part of Windows, then it will require some sort of bootable Windows installation disk to repair.

Check out my answer here on how to make a bootable Windows 7 installation USB.

Repair Windows BCD - This will guide you through how to repair and hopefully getting your Windows 7 back to starting normally again.

Factory reset

A last thing you could try is a Factory reset. This is will put your computer back to the state where you started the computer for the first time. You can find a guide on how to do this on the manufacturer's website.

Comments

[ANTRIX]

also i dont have external recovery disk , just internal recovery on system hard disk

[ANTRIX]

tried many things. at last factory reset is the best option

[Jesper Jensen]

I'm glad you found a solution at least :)