Windows Crashes & Boot Recovery
Stop codes, bugchecks, boot configuration damage and recovery-environment work.
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0xC0000102
0xC0000102 file corrupt error when repairing or reinstalling Windows
0xC0000102 means a file, or the disk structure under it, is corrupt. Read the file named on screen, run chkdsk…
0x80070091
System Restore failed with 0x80070091 or 0x81000203 on Windows 10 and 11
0x80070091 and 0x81000203 stop System Restore when WindowsApps or the VSS service blocks the rollback. Run restore from WinRE with…
0x8004230F
VSS writer errors 0x8004230F and 0x80042308 block restore points
0x8004230F and friends mean the Volume Shadow Copy service failed, so no restore point is created. Reset VSS, shadow storage…
0x00000158
ILLEGAL_IOMMU_PAGE_FAULT 0x00000158 on Hyper-V hosts using DDA passthrough
0x00000158 and 0x00000159 are IOMMU page faults against an invalid or freed ASID. Check firmware, DDA assignments and the driver…
0x00000132
RESOURCE_OWNER_POINTER_INVALID 0x00000132 and lock ownership crashes
0x00000132 and related lock bugchecks mean a driver released a resource it never owned. Identify the backup or storage filter…
0x0000009E
USER_MODE_HEALTH_MONITOR 0x0000009E on clustered Hyper-V and SQL hosts
0x0000009E means a critical user mode process failed its health check. Fix the storage, interrupt or memory starvation behind it.
0x0000004A
IRQL_GT_ZERO_AT_SYSTEM_SERVICE 0x0000004A and kernel stack exhaustion on hosts
0x0000004A and stack switch bugchecks appear when too many filter drivers stack up on one host. Reduce agents to one…
0x000000F5
FLTMGR_FILE_SYSTEM 0x000000F5 – antivirus minifilter crashes the kernel
0x000000F5 means the filter manager caught a minifilter misusing file objects. List filters with fltmc and replace the failing antivirus…
0x00000178
ELAM_DRIVER_DETECTED_FATAL_ERROR 0x00000178 and security subsystem crashes
0x00000178 means the early launch antimalware driver failed during boot. Disable ELAM from WinRE, then reinstall a supported antivirus version.
0x00000001
APC_INDEX_MISMATCH 0x00000001 and WIN32K_CRITICAL_FAILURE 0x00000164 crashes
0x00000001 and 0x00000164 usually follow third-party hooking of win32k by security or shell software. Remove the hooking agent and patch…
0x0000007A
KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR 0x0000007A – Windows could not read from disk
0x0000007A means a page could not be read back from disk. Check SMART data, cabling and the pagefile, then run…
0x000000BC
NETWORK_BOOT_DUPLICATE_ADDRESS 0x000000BC and PXE boot failures on WDS
0x000000BC means two machines claimed the same IP during network boot. Fix DHCP scope conflicts and static reservations, then retry…