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Windows 7 Recovery help needed.

richjordan255

richjordan255

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My PC as in specs keeps booting to the windows System recovery options, but will not complete repairs.

I use the disc and it says its "recovered" my Win 7, but i cant fix it, tries fixmbr and fix boot, when i do bootrec /scanos it finds no installations, help i wont wanna have to format

any help appreciated

EDIT - i have made no changes to anything my PC been running fine for months, and i had felt like i had found the sweet spotfor how it was running, how wrong i was
 
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Nice thread title...

Need a little more background here, so is this a new install of Windows 7 or an old one?
 
sorry caboose i have just edited it, realised i missed that out i can normally fix this myself but this has me stumped
 
Because you have been running 7 for a while, I would suspect a corrupted recovery.dat file.

Are you doing F8 for advanced boot options, choosing repair your computer and then doing a startup repair?
 
no dude its booting to it automatically, as if its stuckm in a loop
 
just ran it again and checked the problem details and got "missing OS loader"
 
richjordan255 said:
just ran it again and checked the problem details and got "missing OS loader"
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This is an extremely common issue I have seen on computers at my university. In most cases, I never actually got any data off the drive, I just went back to a relatively new image on the drive. By that, I mean I went back to when Windows was JUST installed.
 
Just wondering?

Is the hard disk with the boot partition the first boot device in your bios?
Have you left a usb stick plugged in or cd\dvd in one of the drives?
 
start from scratch then ?
 
sorry Viper missed u there, the raid array is the first boot device
 
Sometimes it is easier & faster to just format & reinstall then to just try to repair/fix a windows/software problem... but in your case i am not sure what would be best?

Can you backup everything on that drive & reinstall windows?
If so then that is what i would do & that is why i always run my pc with at least 2 HDD's got 3 at the moment i never keep the good stuff on my windows drive
 
i normally do i normally back up on a saturday lol
 
ok here is your problem.


some how your boot manager has either become corrupt or moved edited/deleted, windows cant always fix this.


the easiest way to fix this?

download Fedora 13 (i use'd KDE version). install it to a tiny partition at the end of the drive, grub will be installed as your boot loader and all should be fixed with out the need to format or reinstall windows.







side note, with windows repair, did you run DISKPART and check your drive was marked as ACTIVE? it should have a * symbal. also did you run BOOTREC.exe? make sure u /Fixboot /FixMBR /Rebuildbcd (i think thats the commands.)
 
slyfox2151 said:
ok here is your problem.


some how your boot manager has either become corrupt or moved edited/deleted, windows cant always fix this.


the easiest way to fix this?

download Fedora 13 (i use'd KDE version). install it to a tiny partition at the end of the drive, grub will be installed as your boot loader and all should be fixed with out the need to format or reinstall windows.
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Or you could just install GRUB.

http://packages.debian.org/source/lenny/grub-installer

I am unsure however, if this would fix your problem.
 
PVTCaboose1337 said:
Or you could just install GRUB.

http://packages.debian.org/source/lenny/grub-installer

I am unsure however, if this would fix your problem.
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good point however i have never had a flawless install of grub itself :(.




iv had this problem(the OP problem) many times, (well it sounds the same as he is describing it) it may be different but my system behaved exacly the same way as he described.


EDIT:
since it cant find your windows install its likely a partition error, double check your partitions with DISKPART. (grub would not have this problem)
 
If it's just the MBR that's messed up, put the Windows disc in, boot from it, choose "Repair your Computer", then choose "command prompt"

Since it's RAID, at the command prompt run: bootsect /nt60 ALL
 
ill look into the diskpart fox good thinkin
 
erocker u r awesome :P
 
nice catch erocker, dint notice it was in a raid :P
 
Ive had this happen a few times Erocker is correct
other than what he suggested I also had to do a "Return to an earlier save point"
 
erocker you my friend are a chuffin genius i owe you:toast:
 
Now go to the start menu and Type
"Create a system repair disc"
and make one it's easier than using the Win7 installation disc
 
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