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Windows 7 / XP Dual boot PC not booting into Windows 7
System crashed 12 Oct 11 after completing an on-line form when an unrequested email form appeared which was looping with a continuous production of letters & figures.
Unable to stop the process, system shut down. When re-started, the system booted up but refused to display BIOS or operating system.
After checking system, graphics card found to be faulty which was replaced 25 Oct 11.
System re-booted but refused to open in W7.
Launched system restore with W7 O/S to attempt system repair.
Initial error message stated NTLDR missing or corrupt.
Internet search suggested problem with XP. Launched XP & system booted OK. XP updated & now launches normally but W7 did not.
Re-booted, NTLDR message no longer displayed but after completing repair process, W7 did not boot.
SUMMARY OF SESSION DETAILS
Start-up Repair – Diagnostic & Repair Details
Last successful boot time 12 Oct 11 @ 13:53 GMT
Number of repair attempts – 11
Session Details List of Checks Total 46 some of which some are repeated include:-
Check for updates,
System Disk test,
Disk failure diagnosis
Disk metadata test
Target O/S test,
Volume content test
Boot manager test
System boot diagnosis
Event log diagnosis
Internal state check
Disk failure diagnosis
System boot log diagnosis
Boot status test
Set up state check
Registry hives test
Windows boot log diagnosis
Bug check analysis
Access control test
Files system test
Software installation log
Fall back diagnosis
Route cause found - 4 Messages
- Start up repair tried several times but still cannot determine cause of problem (3 times)
- Unspecified changes to system configuration might have caused problem,. Repair action – system files integrity, check & repair. Result – failed, error code 0x490, time taken 675827 ms
There are several suggestions on the internet to carry out changes to the registry. Although I have experience of doing this I would prefer a clean fix
Hope someone can help.
System details -
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium board
Pentium 4 processor
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 6600 graphics card
4 Gb DDR2 ram
2 x 160 Gb Seagate Sata 2 hrad drives
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