OS wont start

[shadowcalen1]

After realizing my SSD was almost full, I went about deleting a bunch of old files and running ccleaner (something I do at least monthly). A few hours later I closed my laptop for the night (hibernate). Upon starting the PC up I was greeted with

Recovery

Your PC needs to be repaired

A required device isint connected or cant be accessed.

Error code 0xc000000f

 

I tried using a pirated version of windows 10 iso to repair the system (The tool I got from microsoft wont make a bootable iso, and wont even give me a error code) however start up repair "couldent repair your pc" and reset this PC says the drive where windows is installed is locked, please unlock the drive and start again. I dont have the activation key so a fresh install is not a option, and I can edit the drive on another PC as it is a msata ssd. Any advice on how to get out of this mess would greatly be appeceated.

 

System specs

windows 10

i7 4710

860m

16gb ram

850 evo msata 250gb

1tb mechanical

(it is a slightly modified msi 2pe apachie pro)

 

Note: it might be worth noting that the upgrade to windows 10 was a clean install, but it did not accept the product key until I rebooted a few times and it was randomly working. It has been running without issue for 4 months now however.

[LiamApex]

the install key is stored on your motherboard, not your HDD/ssd , i fresh insalled on my laptop a while ago and it was fine, didnt need a key

[jav26122]

If you need the key you should be able to get it from http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html. Does it give you recovery options when you turn on the computer or will it not do anything and just leave you with an error message?

[shadowcalen1]

If you need the key you should be able to get it from http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html. Does it give you recovery options when you turn on the computer or will it not do anything and just leave you with an error message?

 

 

the install key is stored on your motherboard, not your HDD/ssd , i fresh insalled on my laptop a while ago and it was fine, didnt need a key

Well due to limited space on the hardrive I had to wipe my SSD with command prompt to install windows 10 which did not activate. I think I will have to uninstall and reinstall a cracked version of windows 7 then update again.