Computer won't restart after uninstalling Avast software

Need to press 'Start-up Repair'

Hope this helps.

WebkinzDiva1 said:

MistUnleashed said:

Need to press 'Start-up Repair'

Hope this helps.

Pressed Startup Repair and it said "Startup Repair couldn't detect a problem and said that thing about disconnecting any recently attached devices which I had already done. At the bottom of the diagnosis and repair details it says "Boot status indicates that the OS booted successfully" and does not show that corrupted file as it had been showing. Is this because it booted from the CD and not the actual computer?

No, this usually means that the problem may have fixed itself.

To double-check this, we need to do two more things.

1. On the CD boot, instead of pressing 'Start-up Repair', press: 'Command Line'
2. Then insert this into the command line: SFC /SCANNOW < then press ENTER
3. After this has completed, on the next line type: chkdsk D: /r < then press ENTER

After this close the command line and Restart the computer, hopefully it will boot successfully!


P.S: If chkdsk D: /r starts to bring up loads of lines mentioning 'bad sectors' just let it run, this means that it is working.


Let me know how it goes.

WebkinzDiva1 said:

MistUnleashed said:

WebkinzDiva1 said:

Pressed Startup Repair and it said "Startup Repair couldn't detect a problem and said that thing about disconnecting any recently attached devices which I had already done. At the bottom of the diagnosis and repair details it says "Boot status indicates that the OS booted successfully" and does not show that corrupted file as it had been showing. Is this because it booted from the CD and not the actual computer?

No, this usually means that the problem may have fixed itself.

To double-check this, we need to do two more things.

1. On the CD boot, instead of pressing 'Start-up Repair', press: 'Command Line'
2. Then insert this into the command line: SFC /SCANNOW < then press ENTER
3. After this has completed, on the next line type: chkdsk D: /r < then press ENTER

After this close the command line and Restart the computer, hopefully it will boot successfully!


P.S: If chkdsk D: /r starts to bring up loads of lines mentioning 'bad sectors' just let it run, this means that it is working.


Let me know how it goes.

It is telling me SFC isnot recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file


Ooops sorry, on my email message there was a *before and after what I was supposed to type so I put that in without *s and now it started and then stopped and says There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart windows and run sfc again.

Hmm interesting...

Restart your computer and see if it boots all the way to the desktop.

Let me know what happens.

MistUnleashed said:

WebkinzDiva1 said:

MistUnleashed said:

No, this usually means that the problem may have fixed itself.

To double-check this, we need to do two more things.

1. On the CD boot, instead of pressing 'Start-up Repair', press: 'Command Line'
2. Then insert this into the command line: SFC /SCANNOW < then press ENTER
3. After this has completed, on the next line type: chkdsk D: /r < then press ENTER

After this close the command line and Restart the computer, hopefully it will boot successfully!


P.S: If chkdsk D: /r starts to bring up loads of lines mentioning 'bad sectors' just let it run, this means that it is working.


Let me know how it goes.

It is telling me SFC isnot recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file


Ooops sorry, on my email message there was a *before and after what I was supposed to type so I put that in without *s and now it started and then stopped and says There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart windows and run sfc again.

Hmm interesting...

Restart your computer and see if it boots all the way to the desktop.

Let me know what happens.

Sorry about a really dumb question but should I leave the disc in or take it out? I left the disc in and clicked on the restart and it went through some gyrations and then that loop thing came up again and said Windows cannot repair this computer automatically.

I decided to go back to starting from the boot disc and F12 and this time went straight to Comman Prompt but when I put in SFC/SCANNOW, it did the same thing about a system repair pending. Am I too much of a problem for you? I don't mean to be. I really appreciate your help and I'm trying to do everything exactly as you say and report what happens.

WebkinzDiva1 said:

Sorry about a really dumb question but should I leave the disc in or take it out? I left the disc in and clicked on the restart and it went through some gyrations and then that loop thing came up again and said Windows cannot repair this computer automatically.

I decided to go back to starting from the boot disc and F12 and this time went straight to Comman Prompt but when I put in SFC/SCANNOW, it did the same thing about a system repair pending. Am I too much of a problem for you? I don't mean to be. I really appreciate your help and I'm trying to do everything exactly as you say and report what happens.

No, it's absolutely fine! That's what we're here for!

Thanks for reporting back, it helps us a lot too. You could leave the disc in, it wouldn't make a difference, just when windows says 'Press any key to boot from cd...' dont press anything.

Okay if it keeps looping, follow these instructions: Startup Repair Infinite Loop Recovery

Let me know how you get on, or if you get stuck.

WebkinzDiva1 said:

MistUnleashed said:

WebkinzDiva1 said:

Sorry about a really dumb question but should I leave the disc in or take it out? I left the disc in and clicked on the restart and it went through some gyrations and then that loop thing came up again and said Windows cannot repair this computer automatically.

I decided to go back to starting from the boot disc and F12 and this time went straight to Comman Prompt but when I put in SFC/SCANNOW, it did the same thing about a system repair pending. Am I too much of a problem for you? I don't mean to be. I really appreciate your help and I'm trying to do everything exactly as you say and report what happens.

No, it's absolutely fine! That's what we're here for!

Thanks for reporting back, it helps us a lot too. You could leave the disc in, it wouldn't make a difference, just when windows says 'Press any key to boot from cd...' dont press anything.

Okay if it keeps looping, follow these instructions: Startup Repair Infinite Loop Recovery

Let me know how you get on, or if you get stuck.

Thank you so much for these instructions. I have to stop and get something to eat. Haven't eaten all day worrying about this computer and I'm getting light headed and I want a clear head when I start on this. I made one attempt by just letting it start and go into the loop but when I tried to pull up the screen with options, it brought up that box that wants me to sign in as administrator which I am but it won't let me put in the user name and when I try to put in the password it won't accept it. I have to try to get to that screen the way we were doing it before as it let me into command with no problem.

Yes, if you go back to one of my previous posts explaining how to access the boot CD then I'm sure you'll be able to get it to work!

Let me know if you get stuck or need any help.

Thanks