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Windows 7 Crash
I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit last month. It was running smoothly when suddenly last night i checked my anti virus (Avast free version) and had an error message at the command center that the service has stopped. I tried to manipulate the Avast application but the service could not really start. It generated an error which i fogot to do a screenshot capture. It was saying it had an I/O error then proceeded to a BSOD.
I uninstalled AVAST and downloaded and installed the updated version (This is weird since AVAST has the updating current version feature which wont also work so i decided a manual uninstall, install method). The service started, updated the virus definitions and all was working. While i was doing the mentioned things above, utorrent by default starts whe Windows is booted. I noticed that one of my downloads generated an error "download error: I/O blah blah blah". on the application itself. I felt the sluggish feel while scanning through the utorrent and antivirus application. I made a restart. It booted came up to the log in screen. A message boxed appeared and said "Windows fatal error, please save all your data and system will restart" the only button present at the message box was "OK". When i booted it stared up very slow and generated this error
Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your langugae settings, and then click next
3. Click "repair your computer."
Status: 0xc000000e
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
I then inserted the Win7 installation disk to go to the WINDOWS RE and tried to fix the problem by selecting the start up repair. I tried it like 5x and the messege would go something like "Windows could not repair blah blah blah", I also tried to boot to safe mode and would still prompt the error message above in red.
Now, when i try to boot it either displays the error message above in red or it displays the "starting windows" with the WIN7 logo then just a blank screen with a cursor then it restarts.
I know i have a very small chance to save my installation, i just want to know what are the causes of this? Is this a virus? is it hardware compatibility? BIOS settings? faulty SATA cable? Faulty PSU? Faulty Memory? Faulty HD?
To begin with here are my BIOS settings.
- ACHI enabled
- All set to SATA no IDE
Here are my spects
- Athlon II X4 240
- EMAXX AMD-785G-FXN
- 2X Team Elite 2GB DDR 2 800
- 1TB WD Caviar Green 64MB Cache
- Palit GTS 250 1GB DDR3 256 Bit PCIE
- Samsung DVD-RW
Thanks in advance. Windows 7 starts to frustrate me. This is my 2nd Crash