Startup Repair loop and Corrupt Registry

[bounce2302]

Hi Guys.

Hoping you guys can help.

We have a computer running windows 7 and yesterday it developed a problem where it will keep going to startup repair when it starts up. It will then say there was a problem with startup repair and it will give something along these lines as the error:

Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 21201049
Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 06: 7
Problem Signature 07: CorruptRegistry
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

I tried Last Known Good Configuration, but it just loads up Startup Repair, I tried system restore, but still loads up startup repair.

I can't do a repair install as I can't access windows and it will not let me do it from the DVD.

Safe mode will also keep going to startup repair too.

I don't know what else to try other that start a fresh which I wanted to avoid really.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[NoN]

Welcome to 7Forums...

Can't you access at all at the SFC/SCANNOW figure in Windows?

You might try aswell some options here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/666-advanced-boot-options.html

This thread might give you some clue:

http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/89382-repair-install.html

 

[gregrocker]

Since you can't get into Win7, you need to boot the Win7 DVD Repair console, accept any offered repair to see if it will start.

If not, boot back into Repair console, click through to Recovery Tools list to run Startup Repair. It automates dozens of tests and may offer to run System Restore.

If WIn7 doesn't start at reboot, boot back in to choose System Restore from the list and work your way back through the chronological restore points until you get before the fail point and Win7 starts.

Screenshots of Install DVD/Repair CD Repair console (WinRE): http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/51100-repair-cd-system-repair-disk.html

 

[bounce2302]

Since you can't get into Win7, you need to boot the Win7 DVD Repair console, accept any offered repair to see if it will start.

If not, boot back into Repair console, click through to Recovery Tools list to run Startup Repair. It automates dozens of tests and may offer to run System Restore.

If WIn7 doesn't start at reboot, boot back in to choose System Restore from the list and work your way back through the chronological restore points until you get before the fail point and Win7 starts.

Screenshots of Install DVD/Repair CD Repair console (WinRE): http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/51100-repair-cd-system-repair-disk.html

Yeah, I tried the startup repair from the dvd it said it couldn't do anything and presented the error that I had mentioned in my first post. The only option i get in the recovery options is startup repair (so no system restore option etc). I have managed to get all the recovery options when booting from CD but when choosing system restore it tells me that an operating system is not selected and that i need to boot to the os first.

Welcome to 7Forums...

Can't you access at all at the SFC/SCANNOW figure in Windows?

You might try aswell some options here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/666-advanced-boot-options.html

This thread might give you some clue:

http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/89382-repair-install.html

I managed to get to the command line in the repair options from the CD, I tried running sfc /scannow but it said a startup repair was pending and that I need to do that first.

Any ideas?

 

[zzz2496]

Easy way: If you have a backup of your Registry, restore the backup...
Hard way: Extract all data you need off that disk, do a clean reinstall, complete with reformat.

zzz2496

 

[NoN]

Since you can't get into Win7, you need to boot the Win7 DVD Repair console, accept any offered repair to see if it will start.

If not, boot back into Repair console, click through to Recovery Tools list to run Startup Repair. It automates dozens of tests and may offer to run System Restore.

If WIn7 doesn't start at reboot, boot back in to choose System Restore from the list and work your way back through the chronological restore points until you get before the fail point and Win7 starts.

Screenshots of Install DVD/Repair CD Repair console (WinRE): http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/51100-repair-cd-system-repair-disk.html

Yeah, I tried the startup repair from the dvd it said it couldn't do anything and presented the error that I had mentioned in my first post. The only option i get in the recovery options is startup repair (so no system restore option etc). I have managed to get all the recovery options when booting from CD but when choosing system restore it tells me that an operating system is not selected and that i need to boot to the os first.

Welcome to 7Forums...

Can't you access at all at the SFC/SCANNOW figure in Windows?

You might try aswell some options here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/666-advanced-boot-options.html

This thread might give you some clue:

http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/89382-repair-install.html

I managed to get to the command line in the repair options from the CD, I tried running sfc /scannow but it said a startup repair was pending and that I need to do that first.

Any ideas?

I suggest you to keep on trying running the Sfc/Scannow and force the console to pass by the Startup Repair...something had to be cleared, so it does remind it's pending a repair.

 

[gregrocker]

When you boot into the Repair Console, it should look like and present all of the options shown in the screenshots in Repair CD - System Repair Disk, otherwise you are not booting into the Repair console.

Keep trying to run Startup Repair and report back its exact results.

What is the exact error message when you try to run System Restore from the Repair console Recovery Tools list?

 

[bounce2302]

Hi. I tried running startup repair soooo many times, and I tried running sfc /scannow so many times too. Nothing could get me past that error or let me get into windows, even in safe mode. I have now given in and i've reinstalled windows 7 and copied all my data over.

Thanks anyway for the help.

 

[Danimn21]

I'm having the same issue! At this point I would gladly reinstall windows but I cannot get past the startup repair at all..

 

[drark]

I'm another with the same problem.

The problem appears to have started with the last windows auto update.

The computer worked fine for three months.

 

[jonathanlampe]

Ditto - this popped up suddenly for me too after last windows auto update. Like the previous poster, my system was active for about 3-4 months before this hit.

I've reinstalled Windows 7 twice now but still cannot get the box to boot past the repair. I'm going to start formatting drives next, I think, to try to get running again.

 

[jonathanlampe]

Still stuck in repair loop after reformat.

Yikes. I reformatted both my system partition and my OS partition and then reinstalled Windows 7 for a third time. My machine STILL rebooted into a repair that gave me a choice of two dead Windows 7 OSes. I've been building DOS/Windows PCs for 17 years and been working with personal computers since 1985, but this is a first: I may need to call Microsoft for help on this one. (What is this world coming to?)

 

[jonathanlampe]

Finally got a reinstall to take, needed a REAL format on 2 partitions

OK, there's QUICK format (which seems to be what the the "Format" option under Advanced Disk options in the setup GUI does) and then there's REAL format (which is what I did to the Windows and System partitions through the repair console command-line using the good old FORMAT command).

After I got into the repaid console one more time I ran a REAL format, powered down and then a Windows 7 installation finally worked. No call to Microsoft needed but still - yeesh.

 

[drark]

partition info

Yes, jonathanlampe I think your onto something, I had a second system fail the same way. On that system the drive lost the partition info on the system drive, I have since rebuild that machine. No more problems!

 

[valkyr81]

ive got brand new pc and had a few probs letem be then had to restart i started getting registry missing/corrupt so reinstalled and kept getting the same as the guy above mentioned someone mentioned abo would debugging work cus i dont have the repair computer option

 

[Tews]

Looks like a clean install of the OS may be required....