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  1. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #110

    Hello Crnv88, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    Depending on the reason why you cannot boot into Windows 7, you could also boot to the System Recovery Options instead to try and fix Windows 7 to be able to startup from it again.
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  2. Posts : 59
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit (x86)
       #111

    Will I have to re-input my key to do this or will it automatically recognize that I already had put in a key?
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  3. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #112

    Hello Isacc,

    Yes, you will need to re-enter your product key number and activate Windows 7 again afterwards.
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  4. Posts : 59
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit (x86)
       #113

    But can't you also repair the OS by putting in the DVD restarting the computer and choosing repair or something similar?
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  5. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #114

    Hello Isaac,

    You can enter the System Recovery Options screen by doing that, but it is not the same as a repair install. Depending on what is wrong with your system, you may be able to use of those options to repair your computer with instead though. :)

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  6. Posts : 149
    Windows 7 x64 RTM Retail
       #115

    Thought I'd post my first experience with doing a Repair Install. The reason I did it was because I had errors trying to configure the XBOX 360 extender. All suggestions I found didn't help. So I figured, what the heck, let's give RI a try.

    I was pleasantly surprised that only two drivers came up missing afterward. Both were easily corrected. And best of all the Extender problem was gone.

    The only other thing of significance was having to reinstall all the updates that came in via Windows Update. No big deal especially since there aren't that many of them.

    So 2 thumbs up for Repair Install.
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  7. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #116

    I've been reading this thread to see if it's the right process I should be doing at the stage I'm at, currently I'm getting a hell of a lot of Explorer crashes (random points when I try to either open folders or copy things from one place to another and recently (past 3 days) when I boot up I'm having to go through a startup repair about 3/4 of the times I boot up, added to this not all of my icons are showing up (bottom right), although they are loading they are taking a long time and don't show up properly. Therefore I think this repair install is probably the best way to go about my problems. I'm an avid gamer with a lot of games installed on my secondary hard drive so will I have to install them all over again, or will the repair install pick up everything properly and I won't have to spend the next couple of days installing things again, if I have to install all of my games again I might aswell just do a reformat of my OS drive and start from fresh, can someone clarify or give me a general idea that the repair install will prevent me from having to do a painstaking install of games / programs.

    Thanks in advance

    ATC Rogue

    edit - I forgot to mention I'm currently running Windows 7 64 bit profesional
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  8. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Edition Intégrale
       #117

    Hi Brink,

    I needed to Repair Install and followed your tutorial, however after step 5), i received the following error:

    "Windows could not retrieve information on the hard discs drives of this computer."

    I am stucked also previously by unsuccesful access to system restore:
    https://www.sevenforums.com/performan...my-system.html

    any ideas?

    thank you in advance,
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  9. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #118

    Hello Mars1,

    It seems that you may need to do a Custom Install instead. This will be like a clean (format) install, except that everything from this current installaton will be placed in the "C:\Windows.old" folder during the new installation.
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  10. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #119

    Well I've just completed the repair install step by step and I'm glad to say so far I think it's eliminated the issues I was having, the only thing that seems to have any errors was EIO'dll couldn' tload but I've nailed that down to the ASUS Nvidia graphics card I have, I think it's the smartdoctor program related to the g-card so I'll just reinstall that, also I would like to note my windows live messenger has no issues logging me in. All I'm left with is to say a big thankyou for the extremely useful information on this repair install, if anyone else has any issues that I know of with windows 7 I will be surely pointing them in the direction of this forum.

    Thankyou again

    ATC Rogue
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