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| 13 Mar 2011 | #1 |
| | Windows is messed up. Please help. OK, I have a 2009 Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop. The other day, I tried to boot windows 7 and it gave me the error: Corrupted registry. I said no biggie, just format and re-install windows. I did that, and it will boot once every 50 tries or so. When it does boot, it is as slow as hell. How do i get it to work normally again??? I REALLY need it tomarrow. Please help. |
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| 13 Mar 2011 | #2 |
| | Sounds like there was still some corrupted files left on the HDD. Give Parted Magic a try and re install. Info on how to use Parted Magic here |
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| 13 Mar 2011 | #3 |
| | Well, while I was formatting from the Windows install disk, it did give me an error from formatting, but I just ignored and went on. Should I just take it into the shop tomarrow and have them take a look at it? |
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| 13 Mar 2011 | #4 |
| | I would use Parted Magic first. It will clean up anything left behind on the HDD. |
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| 13 Mar 2011 | #5 |
| | OK, I just finished running windows diagnostics on it, and it returned an error. It said that it could not find the boot OS loader. What should I do now? |
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| 13 Mar 2011 | #6 |
| | I think there may be enough corruption that you just need to wipe the HDD with a utility as I have mentioned and preform a clean install. Sometimes that is the only way. |
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| 13 Mar 2011 | #7 |
| | Sigh... OK. |
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| 13 Mar 2011 | #8 |
| | Hi heleonardman, I know it's a big pain, buuut I think nitroman84's advice to use Partition Magic is the way to go. This way you'll start from a drive that is basically like new and completely blank. Things should go well for you.  NOTE: I had the same problem with an XP reinstall once and had to reformat/repartition before it would "take". It worked fine afterwards. Good luck!  Another thing to consider is that you have a bad HDD too. Last edited by Britton30; 13 Mar 2011 at 02:19 PM.. Reason: More info. |
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| 13 Mar 2011 | #9 |
| | I just put that HDD in my laptop in January 2011...Old WD 320gb went out. New one is a WD 500 gb 2.5 in |
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| 13 Mar 2011 | #10 |
| | Test your HD using maker's full diagnostics/repair CD scan: http://www.carrona.org/hddiag.html followed by Disk Check run from the DVD Command Line: System Recovery Options Then follow these steps to wipe the HD of any infected or corrupt code using the Windows 7 DVD: SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation |
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