System Repair Disk not booting into repair options

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  1. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional
       #1

    System Repair Disk not booting into repair options


    Created it with no problems, apparently at least. My BIOS is set to boot from CD drive...so why won't my machine boot from the system repair disk? There were no errors when disk was created. My machine just boots to windows.

    Anyone else experience this with Win 7 Professional?

    Any tips?
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  2.    #2

    You can also access the Repair console by booting into the Installer, or using f8 at bootup if you have the 100mb boot/repair partition installed along with Win7.
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  3. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks. Glad you brought that up. I was going to ask if I could do this without the disc. I am sure I have that small partition
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  4. Posts : 428
    Windows Seven x64
       #4

    Try This..
    Put you CD in the tray when Windows 7 is on and you are logged on is there anything on the CD??

    It should look something like this.(screenshot below):)
    That will at least rule out your CD/DVD Drive..
    Hope this Helps..
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails System Repair Disk not booting into repair options-capture57.jpg  
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  5. Posts : 16,119
    7 X64
       #5

    You can check it is bootable - pick it up with the free ( unregistered ) version of PowerIso- just click the d/l link :

    PowerISO - Create, Edit, Compress, Encrypt, Split, Mount, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter, Virtual Drive

    The problem with booting WinRe is - it only works if you can get as far as bootmanager.

    Usually you want to use it because you can't boot.



    Bob Vance said:
    Created it with no problems, apparently at least. My BIOS is set to boot from CD drive...so why won't my machine boot from the system repair disk? There were no errors when disk was created. My machine just boots to windows.

    Anyone else experience this with Win 7 Professional?

    Any tips?
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  6. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Ryan2320 said:
    Try This..
    Put you CD in the tray when Windows 7 is on and you are logged on is there anything on the CD??

    It should look something like this.(screenshot below):)
    That will at least rule out your CD/DVD Drive..
    Hope this Helps..
    Yes. I did see this. Thanks. There was 264MB of data on disk as I checked properties.
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  7. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #7

    SIW2 said:
    You can check it is bootable - pick it up with the free ( unregistered ) version of PowerIso- just click the d/l link :

    PowerISO - Create, Edit, Compress, Encrypt, Split, Mount, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter, Virtual Drive

    The problem with booting WinRe is - it only works if you can get as far as bootmanager.

    Usually you want to use it because you can't boot.



    Bob Vance said:
    Created it with no problems, apparently at least. My BIOS is set to boot from CD drive...so why won't my machine boot from the system repair disk? There were no errors when disk was created. My machine just boots to windows.

    Anyone else experience this with Win 7 Professional?

    Any tips?
    That raises a huge question if its not bootable. That would be a first in all OS i have used. I will check to see if its bootable. Good tip
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  8. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Bob Vance said:
    SIW2 said:
    You can check it is bootable - pick it up with the free ( unregistered ) version of PowerIso- just click the d/l link :

    PowerISO - Create, Edit, Compress, Encrypt, Split, Mount, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter, Virtual Drive

    The problem with booting WinRe is - it only works if you can get as far as bootmanager.

    Usually you want to use it because you can't boot.



    Bob Vance said:
    Created it with no problems, apparently at least. My BIOS is set to boot from CD drive...so why won't my machine boot from the system repair disk? There were no errors when disk was created. My machine just boots to windows.

    Anyone else experience this with Win 7 Professional?

    Any tips?
    That raises a huge question if its not bootable. That would be a first in all OS i have used. I will check to see if its bootable. Good tip
    By the way, How will I know if its bootable or not via this software?
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  9. Posts : 16,119
    7 X64
       #9

    It tells you at bottom left:

    System Repair Disk not booting into repair options-bootable-2009-11-05_024512.jpg

    You can also use it to create a virtual cdrom drive and run it from that.You can edit .iso's too - up to 300mb with the free version - which is often all you need.
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  10. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Im an idiot. My BIOS was not set to boot to CD first. Fixed!! But thanks for tips. I learned a lot tonight

    Next problem. Tried making system recovery disks but it keeps conking out on second of three DVDs to write telling me I need higher quality disks. Frst disk was written. Maybe I will just buy them from HP
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