Windows 7, stuck in windows startup repair loop after power failure

I had a power failure yesterday and I have been unable to restart my Windows. It is stuck at the startup repair or "start windows normally". Neither options works and it keeps coming back to this screen.

Unable to to start in safe mode or restart in last good configuration.

Did some research and got to the "system recovery option" by pressing F8. I don't have a boot CD or original windows installation CD. "System restore" didn't work.

I then followed the following tutorial by going to "command prompt". See link below. I was able to follow the instructions exactly but the restart still didn't work. Keeps going back to the loop.

Any help is is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Startup Repair Infinite Loop Recovery

Script:

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essenbe said:

Hello Hao99 and welcome to the forums. First, please go into BIOS and look at your boot options and make sure your hard drive is there. If it is seen there, you can recover your personal files using Copy/Paste from the recovery console Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

The Infinite loop recovery tutorial is usually the last thing before a clean install. But, this tutorial lists everything that can be done for a failure to boot. Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot

I hope this helps you some. If you have any questions I will try to help.

Thanks for your help! I don't really understand how to "go into BIOS". Is the purpose of copy/paste to recover some critical personal files?

I had tried to do a check disk from command prompt on the advice on another forum. I didn't proceed because of the warning messages that I did not understand. Can you comment on it?

Pls see attached image

Update: I came home from work today and was ready to check disk for errors. I was told that it could take hours. I had another power outage today when I was at work. (Sometimes I feel like I live in a 3rd world country with the recent power outage. )

Miraculously when I started the Windows, it didn't go into the loop and it started normally. :)

I tried to check disk from windows as per instruction posted here. It restarted and somehow it only took less than a min to check the disk (maybe I did something incorrectly). It had a very short report and didn't find anything wrong.

Should I do anything at this point? I am thinking maybe I should leave things alone and upgrade to Windows 10 at the end of the month? I assume that by upgrade to Windows 10, I will have a clean start.

Thanks!

Thanks Essenbe!