black screen of death

[ranteo]

Hi, Im running Win 7 Home Premium

I have the black screen of death.

I restarted, it went to Startup Repair and for the past few hours haven't been doing much except searching for problems and fixing problems.

I tried to cancel it but it would hang, resulting in a forced restart.

I tried loading from the Recovery Disc, but every time I select the OS and to view the recovery options, it goes straightaway to Startup Repair. I would wish to choose System Restore.

Not too sure if this is linked, but the only downloads I did yesterday were the Windows Updates for June.

Anybody can offer some help? I can't get to the login screen. Just Startup Repair and restarts and Startup Repairs.

In the meantime I'm downloading another Repair Disc ISO to try. But i appreciate any help given!

Thanks

 

[Tews]

Can you boot into safe mode?

 

[ranteo]

Can't.

I tried booting into safe mode
Booting into safe mode with network

But both still lead me straight to Repair Disc.

I tried another Recovery Disc ISO but still the same result.

 

[Jonathan_King]

I suggest a system restore from the repair disc to get to a point before the troubles.

 

[ranteo]

I wish to, but I can't. It automatically goes to Startup Repair and I can't select system restore.

 

[ttran]

Would you be willing to try this in case if none of the advises above work for you: EasyBCD 1.7.2, this is very easy to use, the instruction is availble on google:
Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies
TT

 

[ranteo]

Would you be willing to try this in case if none of the advises above work for you: EasyBCD 1.7.2, this is very easy to use, the instruction is availble on google:
Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies
TT

what would that software do for me? would it allow me to log in or to repair win 7 without losing any of my files?

 

[ttran]

I'm sorry, forgot that you couldn't make it to safe mode or networking

 

[ranteo]

yea, no worries.

I'm only stuck with the Startup Repair tool. Hoping to use command prompt to launch system restore though.

sighhh. anything to get my com back running, and not lose any files.

 

[ranteo]

I suggest a system restore from the repair disc to get to a point before the troubles.

when i boot from disc, i click repair computer, and then it comes to a dialog box and automatically searches for windows versions. Only windows 7 is there and when i check the 'use recovery tools...' and click next, it automatically loads the startup repair tool. it doesnt allow me to view any other options like system restore etc

 

[ttran]

In case you don't success with it, I feel very sorry and If I were u, I would put in Window disc and go to window repair function to repair....unless you don't have one
Good Luck

 

[ranteo]

In case you don't success with it, I feel very sorry and If I were u, I would put in Window disc and go to window repair function to repair....unless you don't have one
Good Luck

hmm the startup repair? or is there another windows repair function?

 

[ttran]

I said that because there is a post: Help! My computer automatically goes to startup repair - Vista Forums
The user got problem similar to yours but with window vista

 

[ranteo]

I said that because there is a post: Help! My computer automatically goes to startup repair - Vista Forums
The user got problem similar to yours but with window vista

oh, hmm now im thinking if i should reinstall win 7. after all, the vista owner's files were still there too.

do you have any idea whether reinstalling win 7 will wipe out all my files?

 

[Jonathan_King]

I said that because there is a post: Help! My computer automatically goes to startup repair - Vista Forums
The user got problem similar to yours but with window vista

oh, hmm now im thinking if i should reinstall win 7. after all, the vista owner's files were still there too.

do you have any idea whether reinstalling win 7 will wipe out all my files?

It should.

 

[ranteo]

I said that because there is a post: Help! My computer automatically goes to startup repair - Vista Forums
The user got problem similar to yours but with window vista

oh, hmm now im thinking if i should reinstall win 7. after all, the vista owner's files were still there too.

do you have any idea whether reinstalling win 7 will wipe out all my files?

It should.

so it's risky eh?

Is it possible to use bootrec to help me somehow? I managed to get a command prompt window open via the recovery disc. Can I start system restore from here? Or repair my disk using command prompt?