RecEnv.exe Application Error

you can also put faulty memory in another slot, to prove memory is faulty and not the slot

I've tried the System Repair Disk and the System OS DVD, and under System Recovery Options for both, it lists the OS as "(recovered)". that's quite normal, because he has fixed it before. You can rename the description so remove the "recovered" text later. But not important now.

winxp runs fine... nice
It's not an infinite loop!! Startup just thinks it's a good installation with everything intact.

Try to boot into win7 safe mode. Tell me exactly what happens

perform frorm recovery environment->"command prompt"
diskpart
list vol
exit

now you know drive letters

chkdsk/f c:
chkdsk/f d:
chkdsk/f e:
chkdsk/f g:

so chkdsk for all partitions. any errors? repaired?

Thanks again for the input. I'll do as you suggested and report back.

I forgot to mention; when I did the Memtest86+ test of the new sticks I noticed the following on the screen:

"Slot 0 4096 MB PC3-10600 - Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 *XMP*
Slot 1 4096 MB PC3-10600 - Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 *XMP*"

Also at the top of this screen it listed under settings:

"RAM: 933 MHz (DDR3-1866/CAS:9-10-9-27/Dual Channel)"

Shouldn't that line above, "PC3-10600", have said "PC3-15000" for my 8 GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1866 (PC3 15000)? Or does it matter?

I could not boot into Safe Mode (or Safe Mode with Networking or with Command Prompt). In Advanced Boot Options for: "(recovered)" - in Windows Error Recovery, I chose Startup Repair. The message said that "Startup Repair Cannot Repair Automatically."

I then went into the Recovery Environment, and under System Recovery Options for "Operating System: (recovered) on (D:) Windows 7" I selected Command Prompt and the following volumes were there:

Vol Label Size Status
0 G: DVD-ROM
1 C: Windows XP NTFS Partition 146GB Healthy
2 E: Windows XP NTFS Partition 785GB Healthy
3 D: Windows 7 NTFS Partition 146GB Healthy
4 F: Windows 7 NTFS Partition 785GB Healthy

I ran chkdsk/f for Volumes 1-4. The results were all the same: "Windows has checked the file system and found no problems." It also listed 0 files in bad sectors for all of them.

When I ran Startup Repair in the Recovery Environment I got the message: "Startup Repair could not detect a problem."

What else is there to test?

ConMac said:

Thanks again for the input. I'll do as you suggested and report back.

I forgot to mention; when I did the Memtest86+ test of the new sticks I noticed the following on the screen:

"Slot 0 4096 MB PC3-10600 - Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 *XMP*
Slot 1 4096 MB PC3-10600 - Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 *XMP*"

Also at the top of this screen it listed under settings:

"RAM: 933 MHz (DDR3-1866/CAS:9-10-9-27/Dual Channel)"

Shouldn't that line above, "PC3-10600", have said "PC3-15000" for my 8 GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1866 (PC3 15000)? Or does it matter?

Not sure. But memtest86 says it's working fine.

• disks are good
• memory is good
• "startup repair" thinks win7 is good.... but that's not true of course

Please explain what's situatio now? I mean you startup. then you select win7 and press enter. what exactly happens then?

Select win7 and press F8. now select safe mode and press enter. What happens exactly?

When I select Windows 7 I get a screen that says that Windows failed to start with two options: Fix Startup (Recommended) or Start Windows Normally. When I select Fix Startup, it tells me that "Startup Repair Cannot Repair Automatically." When I select Start Windows Normally, it comes back to the Windows failed to start screen.

When I press F8 to enter Safe Mode, it doesn't work. The system attempts to boot (it sounds like more than once), and then it comes back to the screen that says Windows failed to start.

Could the MBR be corrupted?
If yes, should I use "bootrec /fixmbr" and "bootrec /fixboot" from the Windows RE Comand Prompt?

"Startup Repair Cannot Repair Automatically."??
You told before "startup repair" thinks Windows 7 is good.... but that's not true of course ".

but now you say "Startup Repair Cannot Repair Automatically."!!
Anyway if it says so... there are some things you can click there something like "view diagnostic details". What's in there? status 0x0 means success