Infinite Windows repair loop


  1. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 64-bit
       #1

    Infinite Windows repair loop


    Hi,

    I have dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04. Everything worked fine until it froze one time, I had to restart the computer. After that I was not able to start Windows. I can start Ubuntu without any problems, however Ubuntu cannot mount Windows. Everything is on 256Gb Samsung SSD. When I try to access Windows files from Ubuntu I get error (2) below.
    When I try start Windows, it does repair and says (1).

    I spent all day trying to figure out how to fix it, but no luck yet. I also don't understand what's wrong exactly.


    (1) Root cause found:
    System Volume on disk is corrupt. Repair action: File system repair(chkdsk)
    Result: Completed Successfully. Error code = 0x0.

    (2) Error mounting /dev/sda2 at /media/aziza/Windows7_OS: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sda2" "/media/aziza/Windows7_OS"' exited with non-zero exit status 13: ntfs_mapping_pairs_decompress() failed: Input/output error
    Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error
    Failed to mount '/dev/sda2': Input/output error
    NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
    SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
    then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
    important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
    it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
    /dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
    for more details
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  2. Posts : 17
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #2

    Have you tried running Startup Repair from a Windows 7 System Repair Disk or a Windows 7 Install Disk?
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  3. NoN
    Posts : 4,166
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
       #3

    Maybe you can try this tutorial:
    How to Recover from an Infinitely Looping Startup Repair Loop without Reinstalling Windows

    external link:
    Recovery Console Infinite Loop: Fix for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1

    Plenty of links down there:
    Infinite Startup Repair loop Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically

    Make sure to change the boot order in Bios to be able to boot the Disk/UsbDrive
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  4.    #4

    In addition here is everything else that can be done for Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start
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