Solved PC Stuck in System Recovery

[Gamer1996]

My dad just gave me his gaming PC that he made and he said the SSD crashed so I might have to get a new one (no idea if this relates to the problem) my pc is running windows 7 64. When I turn it on it starts the start up repair and finds nothing to repair. So I tried to system recovery and do a system restore but it comes up with errors. This is where I am stuck, I was using the pc to game all day yesterday the. I woke up and it was on the startup repair. HELP Please!!

 

[Raystone]

Hi Gamer1996,

Have you tried the following:

1. Spamming the Tab-key between your BIOS-post screen and your Windows Bootloader?

2. Entering "bootrec /rebuildbcd" on the command prompt (in the Windows Recovery Options window)

3. Reïnstalling your Windows

Please let me know if this have solved your problem, and which step was the best.

 

[Gamer1996]

I did step one and it gave me an option to boot with windows 7 and a second option to use windows tool diagnostic.
I did step 2 and it said it was successful then I didn't know what to do from there ? I believe the D drive is corrupt, if that helps at all

 

[Gamer1996]

For step 3, I do not know how to reinstall it without being able to access it

 

[Raystone]

The D Drive, is that your Internal or your external drive?

PS. For step 3, you will need a Windows Installation disk from a store, or you can download it.

 

[Gamer1996]

Internal . I have windows 7 on the disc I just don't know how to get past all this to reinstall it

 

[Raystone]

Okay, let's see...
How are you connected to sevenforums.com?
Is there any possibility to connect to the internet and run .exe files or something?

 

[Gamer1996]

I am on my phone, I have no way to connect on my PC. I can't even get into safe mode at this point

 

[Raystone]

Okay, here are a few more steps:

1. What can you see when you enter 'bcdedit' into the command prompt in the Recovery Console?
2. Can you access system32 by entering 'cd %windir%\system32' amd 'cd C:\Windows\system32\'?
3. What pops up when you enter 'sfc /scannow', if you can even access it (it will take a while)?

 

[Gamer1996]

1) comes up with windows boot loader and data under it and windows boot manager with data under it
2)I cannot come up with anything, may be typing. Incorrectly
3)It comes up with options like /scannow is the integrity of all protected.... And /verifyonly is .....and so on. It took about 5 seconds

 

[Raystone]

1) comes up with windows boot loader and data under it and windows boot manager with data under it

Can you tell if one of the path leads to 'C:\Windows\System32\winload.exe' or 'C:\Windows\system32\winload.efi' (.exe is for Legacy boot and .efi is for UEFI boot)

2)I cannot come up with anything, may be typing. Incorrectly

Oh sorry, I've forgot that you'll need to enter 'C:' after the command

3)It comes up with options like /scannow is the integrity of all protected.... And /verifyonly is .....and so on. It took about 5 seconds

Maybe you've spelled '/scannow' wrong or you've just gave too many parameters. Try the command again.

 

[Gamer1996]

Under windows boot loader it says path and across from path it says \Windows\system32\winload.exe

 

[Raystone]

What does it say near to device?
It must be at least C:\ or boot

 

[Gamer1996]

It says partition=D:

 

[Raystone]

ok, let's enter 'dir D:' and can you post a picture of it (if there are no errors)?

 

[Gamer1996]

Next to device under windows boot manager it says partition=C: and under windows boot loader it says partition=D:

 

[Raystone]

Oh I mean without the bcdedit, just 'dir D:'

 

[Gamer1996]

I type dir D and here's what I get

Volume in drive X is Boot
Volume Serial Number is D60A-0DC2

Director of X:\windows\system32

File not found

 

[Raystone]

Now it will list the files in X:, because you forgot to place ':' after 'D'
copy this:

dir D:

 

[Gamer1996]

It's not letting me post pictures from my phone can I possibly email them or somehow get them to you