PC will not boot. Startup repair keeps failing.

[ERen89]

Every time I try to boot up my PC it goes to startup repair and fails to fix anything. Is there a way to do a system restore through the boot options (F8) or anything I can do to fix this? It wont let me even boot in safe mode without jumping right back to system repair.

Any help much appreciated.

 

[Brink]

Hello ERen, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You might see if this may be able to help.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/139576-startup-repair-infinite-loop-recovery.html

 

[AddRAM]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/668-system-recovery-options.html

 

[ERen89]

I have tried those now and nothing came of it. I am trying to re-install windows with the disc since it cannot repair nor can it do a system restore (only restore point available was from yesterday and it didn't work, no other saved points to choose). Now as I try to do the re-installation from the disc, the compatibility report prompts:

"The computer started using the Windows installation disc. Remove the installation disc and restart your computer so that Windows starts normally. Then, insert the installation disc and restart the upgrade. (Do not select "Custom (advanced)" to perform an upgrade. "Custom (advanced)" installs a new copy of Windows and deletes your programs and settings.)"

Which is the whole problem, I CAN'T start windows normally.

 

[AddRAM]

Are you booting from the disc, or are you trying to install from within windows ?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

Do you see the words " Press any key to boot from dvd " on the screen ?

 

[ERen89]

I booted from the disc, changed the start up for first boot in BIOS to cd

 

[ERen89]

I do not see any way of opening the disc other than booting from it since it will not go any further than system repair (which fails) on regular start up

 

[ERen89]

and yes it did prompt the Press Any Key

 

[ERen89]

i would also prefer to keep my files and not wipe anything out. I am hoping this is possible so I can back up everything immediately if it is.

 

[AddRAM]

You should`ve already had your data backed up, or you should have made a disk image.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/93347-copy-paste-windows-recovery-console.html

 

[ERen89]

I know. But trying to see if there is any way to get it running before doing a clean reinstall. Not sure why it wont let me do the upgrade install

 

[AddRAM]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

And you can always use Linux Mint 16 off a flash drive ( not installed ) to copy and paste your data.

http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

 

[gregrocker]

Work through the steps for Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start which try everything possible to start Win7, leading up to if necessary rescuiing your files to do a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.

Since you'd need to make the Win7 installation DVD or flash stick anyway, you might as well try the repairs first. I'd copy out my files first as shown in the steps.