Boot manager only loading windows setup

[Slurpyluver]

Hi, I was having an idiot moment while trying to get my laptop to open the bios setup by hitting f2. I tried other function keys without the result I wanted. I hit f10 which brought me to the "edit boot options" and erased what it said there and simply typed setup thinking that might so what I wanted. To my surprise, it did not. Instead windows boot manager now will only load windows setup to restore my machine to factory settings which I DO NOT want to do. I have tried booting in safe mode but it is trying to load in safe mode for windows setup. I tried the boot manager and that says windows setup as the operating system [EMS Enabled] I have tried other combinations and other advice from other forums with no success. It won't load anything except windows setup. I need the stuff on my hard drive and cannot loose it. I probably deserve it for being a knoob at this point. Anyone knows what I can type in the edit boot options screen to get it to load windows normally or get the boot manager to load windows and not windows setup?

 

[Kaktussoft]

Can you boot to safe mode, or anything? I want you to open command prompt from whatever mode you can.
Do you have a win7 installation DVD or system repair disc?

If not do you have another win7 64bits machine? you can make a system repair disc on that machine http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html and boot form that DVD on sick machine.

 

[Slurpyluver]

I can boot from safe mode but it is only safe mode for windows setup. The boot manager will only boot windows setup. I need to find a command string to input in the edit boot options to tell boot manager to load windows rather than windows set up. The edit boot options I am talking about is when you hit f10 on after seeing the Toshiba screen.

 

[Slurpyluver]

I do not have any discs because the OEM software is stored on the drive in a different partition. This whole thing started when I typed setup in the "edit boot options" after pressing f10 on startup after I deleted what was originally there. Now it seems the only operating system boot managers see is setup

 

[Kaktussoft]

So you don't have a working x64 (64bits) win7 machine there in your house?

 

[Kaktussoft]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

 

[Slurpyluver]

I do not have any other Win 7 machine in my house. I am starting to get the impression I screwed myself into having to do the restore to get it back to normal. I will loose all my kid pictures and business files. What a disaster. Stupid me

 

[Kaktussoft]

I do not have any other Win 7 machine in my house. I am starting to get the impression I screwed myself into having to do the restore to get it back to normal. I will loose all my kid pictures and business files. What a disaster. Stupid me

Don't act to fast now!

 

[Kaktussoft]

Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 englishX17-58997.iso
Is that the version and language you have? download the ISO. Burn to DVD using imgburn The Official ImgBurn Website
Boot from that DVD and do a startup repair as described earlier.

 

[Slurpyluver]

Well I am going to need this laptop fixed soon. I know it boils down to inputting a command string in the edit boot options to tell the boot manager to load windows instead of loading the windows setup. I cannot remember what portion was in this area before I erased it.

 

[Slurpyluver]

Yeah I need another computer for that. If I had another one, I would just take the drive out of here and slave it to a desktop to pull the information off then let setup restore the system.

 

[Kaktussoft]

You can copy files to an external disk by doing http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/93347-copy-paste-windows-recovery-console.html. That way you can save important documents

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219533-troubleshooting-windows-7-failure-boot.html step 9. Now you know if all files are still there.

You don't know yet:

• partitions are still on disk?
• files are still in the partition?
• correct partition is active?

I need that info... otherwise I can't help you

 

[Kaktussoft]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html do it on a working win7 x64 (64bits) machine. No neigbors/friends with such a machine?

 

[Slurpyluver]

No one near me with windows 7. A friend told me we might be able to start Linux on it to pull the information off then allow setup to return the HDD to factory status. I am going to hate having to do that. I think at this point I am going to need to find a desktop running at least xp to pull the files I need off of it. I know everything is still there. Partition 1 is intact as I never allowed setup to run. Partition 2 has Microsoft office click to run and partition 3 has the restore software and OS in it. I have, and used several partition program and can do what I need to just need to find another computer I guess.

 

[Kaktussoft]

If you're so sure all is still there.....don't do a factory restore!

Do you have any cd/dvd in house to do the following?

• show partitions on disk

It can be a linux bootable CD/DVD or some partition manager cd/dvd. Prove all partitions are still there. Prove files are still there.

What partition is marked ACTIVE? "recovery", "system reserved", or win7 partition itself?

 

[Slurpyluver]

I will try using Linux as suggested my a friend to see what I can do. I still wonder if I can input a command string into edit boot options to tell boot manager to simply run windows normally. It did switch to running setup when I typed setup. It should be just as easy to switch it back. Or I am just dreaming. I thank you for your help. I won't do a restore unless I get the info off of it with the Linux boot cd or someone here can somehow come up with the command line to tell boot manager to run normally

 

[Kaktussoft]

Just answer #15 if you have a linux boot cd.
After that post results.

 

[Kaktussoft]

btw: what do you see now when doing EDIT BOOT OPTIONS?

 

[Slurpyluver]

Along the top highlighted says Edit Boot Options then below says Edit Windows boot options for: windows set up
Below that says Path: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe


Then [ /MININT /REDIRECT RDIMAGEOFFSET=8192 RDIMAGELENGTH=3161088 RDPATH= multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\sources\boot.wim

Any other menu I can get into has the windows setup header. Not windows

 

[Kaktussoft]

Along the top highlighted says Edit Boot Options then below says Edit Windows boot options for: windows set up
Below that says Path: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe


Then [ /MININT /REDIRECT RDIMAGEOFFSET=8192 RDIMAGELENGTH=3161088 RDPATH= multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\sources\boot.wim

Any other menu I can get into has the windows setup header. Not windows

Edit Windows boot options for: windows set up
But are there any more boot entries (so not "windows set up")?