Windows is messed up. Please help.

Fixed it: I formatted, deleted partiton, re-created the partition, re-formatted, installed. THanks guys.

Formatting erases nothing and leaves infected or corrupt code on the HD. Did you wipe the HD as suggested?

I cannot do the suggested actions because I have no access to a CD burner or CD's besides my malfunctioning laptop. It works now, only if I update the drivers it will not boot because of bad drivers. I am preforming a sys restore right now and will fix drivers and see if that helps.

bumporoni

What is the exact problem now after reporting you got a good install?

What drivers are you trying to update? The Win7 installer is mostly driver-complete, with newer arriving quickly via optional Windows Updates. You only need to import drivers missing in the Device Manager. This is not XP.

gregrocker said:

Formatting erases nothing and leaves infected or corrupt code on the HD. Did you wipe the HD as suggested?

Formatting, even a quick format will not leave anything that could possibly affect the operating system. In fact, the operating system cannot access files on a formatted (even quick) volume without some type of forensic software. The only exception to this is the boot sector.

MacGyvr said:

Formatting, even a quick format will not leave anything that could possibly affect the operating system. In fact, the operating system cannot access files on a formatted (even quick) volume without some type of forensic software. The only exception to this is the boot sector.

Which is why we suggest wiping the HD, solving a big percentage of the hundreds of install failures we help with here which were only formatted.

I also would not want to leave infected code on the HD at all without overwriting it. But it is to clean the boot sector which is nearing best practice.

Should I re-install and once I get windows up again should I download ALL drivers to everything? Will that solve my problem? I have no way at all to wipe my HD, only format, delete partitions, and create new partitions via the windows install disk.

Wipe the HD using Diskpart Clean All command from the Win7 DVD Command Line: SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation

Then use Custom Install Drive Options to create your partition(s), format and install Win7.

Here are tips for getting a purrfect reinstall - use the ones which apply: re-install windows 7

OK, made a bootable CD with that partedmagic ISO, and got it running...except now I cannot mount my drive. When i press mount, it does nothing. What now?