The error? 0xc00000e9? appears either randomly during operation, or when reading and writing data to a particular drive. It is especially serious when the error appears during the boot process, since, in this case, Windows cannot start correctly.
In order to fix the error, the first thing you should do is find out which drive is affected. If this error always appears related to a certain unit , you can limit the solution of the problem. For example, if you disconnect all external drives from your computer, and as a result everything works perfectly, you know that one of the external drives must be damaged..
Often times, the problem is caused by poorly seated or damaged cable connections . Replacing the USB cable of an external drive may fix the error.
For integrated hard drives , unscrew the computer, after disconnecting it, and check that the SATA cable is secure. This cable can come loose over time due to vibrations from the fan and hard drive. Sometimes it also happens that the contacts corrode, which prevents a correct contact from taking place. When in doubt, just swap out the SATA cable..
If the error? 0xc00000e9? It only appears when reading a specific CD or DVD, most of the time it is due to a faulty condition. The only thing you can do in these cases is to copy as much of the data from the CD as possible to your hard drive. It is not possible to carry out a repair on a write-protected data medium.