HP Z230 Windows 7 stuck in startup repair cycle, no safemode option


  1. trevstonbury
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    HP Z230 Windows 7 stuck in startup repair cycle, no safemode option


    Good Morning,

    Can someone help me. I have a HPZ230 workstation with Windows 7 that keeps cycling in start-up repair at boot and fails. I have carried out a hard drive check and it's passing SMART and short checks. I am trying to boot into safe mode but F8 does nothing and when I press escape to bring up all the list of startup options Safemode/F8 isn't mentioned. Is there any way to get into safemode on these machines at boot, or does anyone have any advice to I can fix this issue and get Windows booting up properly again?

    Many thanks!

    Trevor
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  3. SIW2
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    Boot media with explorer and lots of extra tools

    17514x86.iso
    17514x64v14.iso

    Extract to usb stick using bootable usb creator such as rufus, usb7ice or similar
    Attachment 409750
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  4. wither 2
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    Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 bit
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    Does this help?-

    Startup Repair Infinite Loop Recovery
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