Windows 7: Start up repair does not work nor does windows 7 disk. No error messa

I have spent all day trying to get my computer to boot up. It is a Dell Latitude 6410 with factory installed Windows 7 Pro 32 bit.

I was able to fix this problem once a few days ago. I was working on my forum and decided to reboot after a windows update. It came up giving me the choice of doing a start up repair or normal start. The normal start would not work so I tried a start up repair. This took care of the problem.

This morning the same thing happened. Start up repair runs for a very long time but when I click finished it still comes back to a choice of start up repair or normal start.

The computer will not come up in safe mode. I tried using F12 to try and use the original windows 7 disk, no luck. The disk spins for a little while then nothing happens. The computer then tried to boot again off of the hard drive again.

Any advice on what to do next?

your disk drive may be bad, or your windows 7 CD. try this first

Maximum PC | How To: Install Windows 7 from a USB Key!

I am not sure why but the computer is working now.

I let the repair run several times and the last time it ran the log on screen came up. It ran very slow but is running better now. After the computer came back up I ran a check disk and it was ok.

I run combo fix just in case.

I wonder if it is an HD trying to go bad. This is twice this happened in one week but everything seems ok for now but it would not surpise me if the problem comes back.

Is there a hard drive test I can do. I am going to do a full backup in a little bit.

you can start with "chkdsk /r" in the command line and to see if it finds any problems. you will have to reboot afterwards and it may take some time.

what kind of hard drive is it

Hard Drive – 250 GB Western Digital 7200Rpm hard drive

I am running malwarebytes right now. I will try chkdsk /r when it completes.

you can find diagnostic software here on the western digital website

WD Support / Downloads / Select Product

This may be of interest to you: Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

Here is the results of the Western Digital Diagnostic.


Test Option: EXTENDED TEST
Model Number: WDC WD2500BEKT-75F3T0
Unit Serial Number: WD-WX51A2090367
Firmware Number: 11.01A11
Capacity: 250.06 GB
SMART Status: PASS
Test Result: FAIL
Test Error Code: 08-
Test Time: 11:20:26, May 23, 2012


Test Option: QUICK TEST
Model Number: WDC WD2500BEKT-75F3T0
Unit Serial Number: WD-WX51A2090367
Firmware Number: 11.01A11
Capacity: 250.06 GB
SMART Status: PASS
Test Result: FAIL
Test Error Code: 06-Quick Test on drive 1 did not complete! Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 97 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 1!
Test Time: 11:22:54, May 23, 2012

That error is sometimes a result of conflicts in the Windows environment. It may be a good idea to run the lifeguard DOS tests to be sure.