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Windows 7 Startup Repair
Hey guys,
A year or so ago my Dell Inspiron Mini net book (1012?) had some sort of failure for one reason or another. When I restart my mini it goes to the windows error recovery screen and gives me the option to either do startup repair or start Windows normally. When I choose to start normally it boots normally until it gets to the Windows 7 blues screen where I would type in my password and log on. However, for some reason the text box where I would type my password doesn't appear and after a few seconds or so it restarts itself and goes back to the windows error recovery screen again. Just recently I decided to try and repair it by using the disk that came with my mini via an external DVD-ROM. So far it worked well enough to my knowledge and it brings me through the startup repair process and when it is finished it tells me to restart my computer to finish the repairs. Also it says that if my computer wasn't successfully repaired it will go into startup repair again to complete them (or words to that effect). When it does restart though it brings me back into startup repair. This time though the box that normally listed my operating system(Windows 7), partition size(which was 0 MB?) and location(local disk) is just blank. I didn't really know what to do so I exited out and did the whole process over again. This time I looked at the diagnosis and repair details. At the very top it said this...
Number of repair attempts: 1
Session details
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System Disk = /Device/Harddisk0
Windows directory = D: /Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
At the very bottom of the list it said this...
Root cause found:
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Repair action: File system repair (chkdsk)
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 346852 ms
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I really hope this means something to someone because I don't understand it in the slightest. If it says that the file system repair was completed successfully shouldn't my mini be working? Or do I have to do something extra on top of running the system repair to get it to work fully? Again I have too many questions and I cant answer any of them myself! I need help and I know you guys will be able to help. If you need any more information or anything just let me know. Thanks so much in advance for any and all help.
-Colin