Cannot stop startup repair


  1. Posts : 1
    windows 7
       #1

    Cannot stop startup repair


    I bought a lenovo last month, with windows 7 pre-installed. It worked fine in the begining, but is having start-up problems now. Says 'windows failed to start', recommends start-up repair (which went on for more than 12 hours with the message 'Attempting repairs', says it has found some disk errors which may take more than an hour to repair).

    I tried canceling the startup repair because it took so long with no results, but it gives a message saying it cannot canel the undergoing repair.

    What should I do? Should I force shut down the computer? Is there any way I can save my data on it?

    Thanks!
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 5,705
    Win7 x64 + x86
       #2

    Saving data may require that you slave the hard drive to another computer (using a device like this: CoolDrivesSATA and IDE Hard Drive & Optical Drive USB Adapter Kit COMBO )

    To check your system, please try these free, bootable diagnostics:
    H/W Diagnostics:
    Please start by running these bootable hardware diagnostics:
    Memory Diagnostics (read the details at the link)
    HD Diagnostic (read the details at the link)
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #3

    If you have a External HD, you could copy & paste your data.
    Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console
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