windows 7 started updateing when i turned it off, when i tried to turn it back on, it freezes before even begining to boot windows, and i can't access bios. I have an Asus crosshair IV formula motherboard and windows 7 home premium 64 bit installed on a crucial 64 gig ssd disk
Startup Repair
Start up repair tutorial. This is a good place to start. Run it up to 3 times as stated before step #1 if needed.
Follow directions carefully so read twice if needed.
Let us know if it works for you.
Mike
Last edited by Hopalong X; 24 Nov 2010 at 19:37.
Can't boot from the disk.. only get to the asus startscreen, and if i press delete, i can view a list over my hardware, and nothing more.
Can you get into safe mode? You can run System Restore from there to a point before updating.
¨can't even acsess the bios, everything freezes. I even tried disconecting all the harddrives, and really doesn't make a difference, so must be something with the motherboard. I'm no pro, but is it possible it tried to update the bios, and somehow got interupted midway, and therefor won't start?
Do you have a win7 install dvd? if yes boot from there and do a startup repair. If that fails, do an offline sfc scan.
Startup Repair
How to Run the System File Checker (Sfc.exe) Offline in Windows 7 and Vista - The Winhelponline Blog
If you dont have a install dvd, download a repair disk from neosmart and do the same.
Download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs — The NeoSmart Files
i have a windows 7 dvd, but since i can't access my BIOS, i can't accsess the diskdrive, as mentioned earlier, pressing delete only leads to list of harware, not bios, and can't do anything from there.
With the bood dvd in the tray, dont you get the message "Press any key to boot from cd..."? If not, try tapping F9 or F12 at boot, that might throw up the boot menu which'll allow you to choose the dvd as the boot device.
no, nothing works, but have now located that it's a problem with the RAM, so that means i'm on the wrong forum i guess, but if interested, i have 2x4 GB corsair xms3 ram(ddr3), for my Asus Croshair IV Formula motherboard, and the red light for the ram blinks on booting, wich menas there is a problem with the ram, useing one or both of the chips i get to the asus screen but no longer, and if i use only the onther, screen remains black while only the red light keeps flashing.
Try using the first slot with only one stick installed.
If one stick is bad and one good the good stick should go green light.
Mike
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