| Windows 7: Booting from a USB? |
01 Oct 2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit |
Booting from a USB? I recently was on my Toshiba Satelite and I started getting permission requests for an .exe file, I would deny it, but it would pop back up every few seconds. I continued to deny it, and checked the file mapping of said .exe file, and before I could delete it, my computer restarted on its own. When it restarted system recovery came up, and attempted to recover files, and an error saying ""boot critical file C:\CI.dll is corrupt Repair action: File repair" and get an error code 0x2. I have a desktop with the same OS, and an 8GB USB drive, Would it be possible to copy the files onto the USB, and boot from the USB to restore the laptop? I don't care about file recoveries and such, and am new at computers, and don't know much, any help would be appreciated. | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit |
01 Oct 2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |
Welcome to Windows Seven Forums.
Check this tutorial: USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1) Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse PSU 460W Case HP Elite Cooling Air cooled Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage Internet Speed 2Mb Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop |
01 Oct 2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit |
Thank you!
I am having trouble locating my windows 7 ISO file on my desktop.
I can not find the IOS file for the desktop (it came preloaded with windows 7) I know that I may have to make one from a compilation of other Files, but have yet to find a tutorial to help me, I am 17, and any help would be appreciated, I don't care about losing any files/etc. Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Brink; 01 Oct 2011 at 09:12 PM..
Reason: merged, and moved to original thread
| My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit |
01 Oct 2011
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#5 | | |
Hi Alex,
If you are looking for the win 7 repair .iso - it is not on your machine.
You need to create it - type recdisc at start search box, or command prompt. | My System Specs | | OS Vista x64 / 7 X64 CPU E8400 Motherboard ASRock 1333 GLAN R2.0 Memory 2x1 gb 800mhz Graphics Card 9500gt 1gb Case Coolermaster Cooling Winpower 500w Hard Drives Maxtor 160gb-2mb cache |
01 Oct 2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
Welcome to Seven Forums AlexSmith.
Di you create a Windows 7 .iso file? One is not included with Windows. If you did use the Start/Search and typ iso to see if you can find it.
If you have not made a iso file, you will need to find a Windows 7 install DVD to borrow from someone. It will need to be the exact windows type you now have installed for your attached COA (Certificare of Authority) to work. You can create the iso following this: Bootable ISO - Create from Installation Files | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
01 Oct 2011
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#7 | | Win7 x 6 PC's California, Florida, Boston |
You need to check for infection and repair Windows 7.
Reboot and tap F8 key repeatedly to enter Safe Mode with networking
to install, update and run a full scan with Malwarebytes
If no Safe Mode, download ISO, burn to CD or write to flash stick Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper boot to run a full scan.
Once infection is cleaned up, boot into Windows 7 DVD Repair console or Repair CD to run Startup Repair.
You can burn a Repair CD on any Windows 7 computer with the same 32 or 64 bit version: System Repair Disc - Create
You can also reboot and tap f8 to see if the Repair console is on Advanced boot tools menu which contains Safe Mode. If so, choose it and see if it offers a Repair. If not click through to Recovery Tools list to run Startup Repair. Report back results. | My System Specs | | Booting from a USB? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:32 PM. | |