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Asus X401U won't fully boot up windows 7 in safe or recover mode
I have an asus x401u that was given to me they said it wouldn't work and I could have it for parts, there is no cdrom drive on this it has windows 7 home premium os.
It wants to start up, if i hit start windows normally it gets to the wallpaper but a cmd box comes up (no task bar or anything I can select or click), and i can't type in the cmd box either, so I have to hard restart.
I choose repair (recommended) and it does the same thing (cmd box nothing else can't do anything).
So I went to the asus site and followed the directions of method 1 of how to recover your notebook
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Troubleshooting X401U
at step 3 of a language choice, after step 2 - choose windows setup EMS enabled hit enter, it starts windows (almost) and I end up just like above that cmd box but no task bar nothing I can do.
The cmd window that says X:\windows\system32\cmd.exe but I can't type in that cmd box area altho i do see a flashing prompt nothing happens. I can close that cmd window but nothing happens till i restart it with a hard reboot (powerbutton).
I tried also F9 then choosing F8 to get into safe mode options but that appears to load (i see safemode on all 4 corners) then I get that cmd box and again can't do anything but close that box, I went into the bios and set it to default settings, pulled the battery and power cord, held the ON button for a good 30 secs but still can't get windows to load.
I tried last known good configuration and it did the same thing windows wallpaper no taskbar or anything I can click and that cmd box i can't type in.
I see nothing in the bios or on the asus site for any sort of self diagnostics tools, if I choose windows start up recovery i DO get almost there but I see a cmd.exe box (I can't type in it) and it just sits there without anything I can click on, do etc.
I have a feeling windows is somehow just corrupted but I can't figure out what to do next on it, I do have a windows 7 key on the sticker home premium edition but with no cdrom drive I would have to figure out how to load windows 7 onto a thumb drive as bootable then boot from the usb first in bios, which might just be my next step, but i'd like to try and get it working again if possible.
Just figured I would ask here before calling it a total loss, it's very light and in great shape, unless it's something more serious i'd like to try and save it but not sure what other steps to take or to try on this.
Last edited by FTLOSM; 22 Feb 2014 at 03:18.