⏻ Boot & Startup Errors
"Your PC needs to be repaired" 0xc0000098 — How to fix
Error 0xc0000098 means the BCD store is present but missing entries the boot manager needs. Easiest fix is to rebuild the BCD from Recovery.
- Time
- 20 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Applies to
- Windows 11, Windows 10
- Updated
- May 25, 2026
Error message
Your PC needs to be repaired. The Boot Configuration Data file is missing some required information. Error code: 0xc0000098
Symptoms
- ▸Blue/black screen with 0xc0000098
- ▸PC boots into the error screen instead of Windows
Likely causes
- ▸BCD entries deleted or corrupted
- ▸Drive letters changed after partition modification
- ▸Multi-boot setup misconfigured
How to fix it — step by step
- 01
Boot from Windows installer USB → Command Prompt
Same as above.
- 02
Rebuild BCD
bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot bootrec /scanos bootrec /rebuildbcd - 03
If bootrec /rebuildbcd fails, export and rebuild manually
Export and recreate the BCD:
bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup attrib C:\Boot\BCD -h -r -s ren C:\Boot\BCD BCD.old bootrec /rebuildbcd