computer wont boot please help!!

[dswareagle]

windows 7 just turned off and now it wont boot not even in safemode i need a recovery disk or something please help

 

[wanchoo]

Welcome to the Seven Forums.

So where is the recovery disk?

If you haven't got one or have not made it then do you at least have the Product Key? If you have then please download an ISO image of your version of Windows 7 from http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river/. Please make a Windows 7 Installation DVD from it and use it either for recovering or clean re-installing Windows 7 using your original Product Key.

Please make sure that you download the version you were using and not some other version, otherwise this procedure shall not work.

 

[MadSupra354]

What where you doing beforehand? Can the computer still turn on?

 

[dswareagle]

What where you doing beforehand? Can the computer still turn on?

yes it will turn on but goes straight to windows error recovery but wont go any further before i was just on the net



i also got it from dell and so i dont guess i have the product key unless itson the box which i have no idea where that is

 

[wanchoo]

If yours is a Laptop then the Product Key would be on a sticker stuck to the base of your laptop. Please write it down and keep it safely. If a Desktop then it shall be somewhere in the manuals that you received with the Desktop.

Kindly check.

 

[dswareagle]

can i download win 7 onto a usb with the product key i have since

my computer crashed?

 

[wanchoo]

If yours is a Laptop then the Product Key would be on a sticker stuck to the base of your laptop. Please write it down and keep it safely. If a Desktop then it shall be somewhere in the manuals that you received with the Desktop.

Kindly check.

 

[dswareagle]

If yours is a Laptop then the Product Key would be on a sticker stuck to the base of your laptop. Please write it down and keep it safely. If a Desktop then it shall be somewhere in the manuals that you received with the Desktop.

Kindly check.

haha yeah its on the bottom of my laptop very cool so what do i do now?

 

[wanchoo]

The first thing that you should do is to copy it very carefully on a piece of paper and preserve it even more carefully.

The next thing to do would be to download the ISO image of your version of the Windows 7. You have not given out your version in the system specs so I do not know it but you should be knowing it.

With these two tasks done you should prepare a Windows 7 Installation DVD next. That done tell us about it so that we may proceed further.

 

[dswareagle]

The first thing that you should do is to copy it very carefully on a piece of paper and preserve it even more carefully.

The next thing to do would be to download the ISO image of your version of the Windows 7. You have not given out your version in the system specs so I do not know it but you should be knowing it.

With these two tasks done you should prepare a Windows 7 Installation DVD next. That done tell us about it so that we may proceed further.

well i have windows 7 home premium 64 bit

how do i make a dvd? can i download that iso thing to a usb? what is the iso? how can i make a recovery disk?

 

[wanchoo]

I was about to add a PS to the earlier message. Dell used to supply the best back up DVDs/CDs with their Computers. Make one last ditch effort to locate if you have them somewhere. That will save you from downloading the ISO image.

Yes you can download and store the ISO image of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on a Pen Drive. If you can't find the manufacturer supplied CDs/DVDs then please do that and when finished give the feed-back. Rest of of your queries will be answered in good time so don't worry please.

well i have windows 7 home premium 64 bit

how do i make a dvd? can i download that iso thing to a usb? what is the iso? how can i make a recovery disk?

 

[EzioAuditore]

If its a laptop, then most OEM's generally put a system recovery partition, usually accessed by some hotkey. See if you can get to it.
Else Download Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (English version)- http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso
Follow the below link to create a bootable flash drive.
www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2432-usb-windows-7-installation-key-drive-create.html

 

[wanchoo]

Yes, you can if you mean an ISO image from My digital Life.

 

[DeaconFrost]

You can download the iso (Media Refresh) from the following link, and we have a tutorial here for getting that onto a USB flash drive for installation.

Windows 7 Digital River direct links: Multiple Languages; X86 & X64 - Page 60

 

[wanchoo]

It seems that the later thread started by OP has been merged with this earlier one. We are in fact waiting for his input on the downloading of the ISO image before we proceed further about creating a Windows 7 DVD.

 

[gregrocker]

Shouldn't we try to repair it first?

Work through these Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot - Windows 7 Forums to make every effort to repair Win7, copy out your files if needed, run Factory Recovery or Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.

Everything you need is in the two blue links above. Work through them in order.

 

[dswareagle]

windows wont boot past ( \windows\system32\hal.dll ) please help

please help i downloaded the img and tried starting a restore but it wont work either

 

[wanchoo]

Once you have the ISO image you have to either make a Windows 7 installation DVD from it or make a bootable USB Stick. The link on how to make a bootable stick is given in a message from EzioAuditore. You may follow that if you prefer to make a bootable pen drive.

I prefer a bootable DVD because my computer is old and the BIOS don't support booting from a USB Drive. The method to do so is at http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/548-burn-disc-image-iso-img-file.html. However you can do this intuitively with most burning software.

Once you are armed with one of them (bootable DVD or Pen Drive), then and then alone you shall be able to boot into the Windows environment. If you have never made a bootable disk/USB just take the image to a computer savvy friend with a blank DVD and he shall do it for you easily in a few minutes. The burning speed should not exceed 4 as higher speeds might create a defective disk. But before that please try out the advise from gregrocker and if that works then you may be saved all the hassle. But even if you succeed you should still complete the project of creating a bootable DVD for the future.

Please tell the what course you have followed. Good luck.

please help i downloaded the img and tried starting a restore but it wont work either

 

[dswareagle]

Once you have the ISO image you have to either make a Windows 7 installation DVD from it or make a bootable USB Stick. The link on how to make a bootable stick is given in a message from EzioAuditore. You may follow that if you prefer to make a bootable pen drive.

I prefer a bootable DVD because my computer is old and the BIOS don't support booting from a USB Drive. The method to do so is at http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/548-burn-disc-image-iso-img-file.html. However you can do this intuitively with most burning software.

Once you are armed with one of them (bootable DVD or Pen Drive), then and then alone you shall be able to boot into the Windows environment. If you have never made a bootable disk/USB just take the image to a computer savvy friend with a blank DVD and he shall do it for you easily in a few minutes. The burning speed should not exceed 4 as higher speeds might create a defective disk. But before that please try out the advise from gregrocker and if that works then you may be saved all the hassle. But even if you succeed you should still complete the project of creating a bootable DVD for the future.

Please tell the what course you have followed. Good luck.

please help i downloaded the img and tried starting a restore but it wont work either

i did burn the iso to a dish and ran it took me to the install windows screen and then it wont let me recover or restore

 

[EzioAuditore]

Once you have the ISO image you have to either make a Windows 7 installation DVD from it or make a bootable USB Stick. The link on how to make a bootable stick is given in a message from EzioAuditore. You may follow that if you prefer to make a bootable pen drive.

I prefer a bootable DVD because my computer is old and the BIOS don't support booting from a USB Drive. The method to do so is at http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/548-burn-disc-image-iso-img-file.html. However you can do this intuitively with most burning software.

Once you are armed with one of them (bootable DVD or Pen Drive), then and then alone you shall be able to boot into the Windows environment. If you have never made a bootable disk/USB just take the image to a computer savvy friend with a blank DVD and he shall do it for you easily in a few minutes. The burning speed should not exceed 4 as higher speeds might create a defective disk. But before that please try out the advise from gregrocker and if that works then you may be saved all the hassle. But even if you succeed you should still complete the project of creating a bootable DVD for the future.

Please tell the what course you have followed. Good luck.

please help i downloaded the img and tried starting a restore but it wont work either

i did burn the iso to a dish and ran it took me to the install windows screen and then it wont let me recover or restore

Were you able to click 'Repair your computer'? What exactly happens when your in the WinRE (Windows recovery environment) i.e. booted off the disk?