Win7 Failure to boot.


  1. dillonmb
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    Win7 Ultimate x32
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    Win7 Failure to boot.


    Hi there.

    Just the other day I was using my pc perfectly fine as I would every other day, I turned it off via the shutdown button & the next day I went to turn it on, BIOS booted up fine, drivers..etc.. Then it starts to load a white loading bar at the bottom of a black screen.

    The bar fills up, but then just comes to a hault, Not entirely sure why. I tried changing over the cables connected to my HD's and it turns out one of them will boot the BIOS & go to a black screen and the other will boot the BIOS & go to the white loading bar.

    What makes it even worse is that I own a ps3.. really bad timing.
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  3. Lordbob75
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
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    Do you have a Windows DVD in the drive, and what is the order of HDDs in the BIOS?

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  4. dillonmb
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    Win7 Ultimate x32
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    It shows.
    IDE Primary Master - None
    IDE Primary Slave - None
    IDE Secondary Master - ST3160812A
    IDE Secondary Slave - ST380215A

    No I do not have the Windows disc in, I'll have a look around for it.
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  6. theog
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    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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    It is sounding like your PC is trying to boot the Recovery Partition.

    Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
    Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
    HD Diagnostic

    Can you post your specs.
    Filling out System Specs
    Dont Know What Hardware You Have..??
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  7. Lordbob75
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
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    You might try changing those to primary master and slave.

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