Solved Problem with booting Windows 7

[mibaup]

Hello,

Windows started to boot quite slowly, so I entered the repair DVD, and clicked on Repair your computer, and I got a message that said something like "Windows found problems with your computer's startup options. Do you want to apply repairs and restart your computer?". also got something like identifier:9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795 and Partition : D: , but I only have C: partition, I don't get it, is this problem related to the slow booting I encounter or something else? or should I click on repair?

Thanks!

 

[marsmimar]

I'd suggest going through the tutorial one of the Forum experts made.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219533-troubleshooting-windows-7-failure-boot.html

 

[mibaup]

I'd suggest going through the tutorial one of the Forum experts made.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219533-troubleshooting-windows-7-failure-boot.html

It's not that I can't boot into Window, I can boot, but just slower than what it used it be, and it's the first time I inserted the repair DVD and got this message. what will happen if I will press Repair, although Windows does boot?and why it shows the partition as D: when I only have C:?

 

[mibaup]

I have a question : Is this DVD a repair DVD or Installation DVD? because I also have the option "Install Now" when I enter it, I am confused.

also, this is the window I get when I press Repair your computer (instead of Install Now) :
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The following startup option will be repaired:
Name: Windows Boot Manager
Identifier: {9DEA862C-5CDD-4E70-ACC1-F32B344D4795}

Name: Windows Recovery Environment (recovered)
Path: Recovery\374bb2f8..(bla bla)\Winre.wim
Windows Device: Partition=D: (476837MB)

A copy of the current boot configuration data will be saved as C:\Boot\BCD.Backup.0001

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as you can see it says something about Partition D: although I don't have it, is it related to the slow computer problem I'm having?

 

[marsmimar]

Do you know if your hard drive has a hidden recovery partition that was installed by the computer manufacturer? If it does, that might be the D: partition. Without seeing your disk management it's difficult to know how your hard drive is set up. If you can open disk management, maximize it, and post a screenshot it will probably help to understand things.

How To Access Disk Management in Windows 7

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

The DVD you're using ... if it's an installation DVD then it also contains repair functions. (See the "Note" in this tutorial.)

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

 

[mibaup]

Do you know if your hard drive has a hidden recovery partition that was installed by the computer manufacturer? If it does, that might be the D: partition. Without seeing your disk management it's difficult to know how your hard drive is set up. If you can open disk management, maximize it, and post a screenshot it will probably help to understand things.

How To Access Disk Management in Windows 7

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

The DVD you're using ... if it's an installation DVD then it also contains repair functions. (See the "Note" in this tutorial.)

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

I have under Disk Managment another "System Reserve" partition sized 100 MB.

About DVD: I am confused because it's not a DVD from Microsoft, it's a DVD that was burnt and written with marker, shouldn't installation DVD come as a DVD with Microsoft labeling on it etc? (or it's because I got OEM version of Windows)

 

[Kaktussoft]

C, D, E etcetera are just drive letters. In registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices it is defined. There is C defined as (just an example): Disk with signature AFC8D312 partition that starts at sector 45619812

In winxp/vista/win7 you can change drive letters!!

You're boot to recovery environment and that's a total different windows environment and uses different registry

I bet you have a partition before C. in winre the first partition is called, second D

So there's no problem with C and D!

Can you boot to advanced boot options and select "repair your computer"? Because that's "Name: Windows Recovery Environment (recovered)" all about.

Best thing to do: Let him repair it.
It doesn't fix the slowliness of pc however

 

[mibaup]

C, D, E etcetera are just drive letters. In registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices it is defined. There is C defined as (just an example): Disk with signature AFC8D312 partition that starts at sector 45619812

In winxp/vista/win7 you can change drive letters!!

You're boot to recovery environment and that's a total different windows environment and uses different registry

I bet you have a partition before C. in winre the first partition is called, second D

So there's no problem with C and D!

Can you boot to advanced boot options and select "repair your computer"? Because that's "Name: Windows Recovery Environment (recovered)" all about.

Best thing to do: Let him repair it.
It doesn't fix the slowliness of pc however

I have a question : I get the option to "Repair Your Computer", I select it and it finds the problem above , right? but when I press cancel, and I get into the System Recovery Options, you get the option "Startup Repair", and this one does not find any problems , is it because these are 2 different things?

*what will happen if I press Install Now?

 

[TVeblen]

mibaup: you should inform the people helping of all the info:
http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/271162-second-hard-drive-windows-stuck-boot.html
to get the best help.

 

[mibaup]

mibaup: you should inform the people helping of all the info:
http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/271162-second-hard-drive-windows-stuck-boot.html
to get the best help.

these are two different problems , I unplugged this second hard drive already I am now only with 1 main hard drive , but you are right, maybe the slow booting is related to what I did on that thread, maybe I damaged the drive while messing with the hard drives, so to all people who help here, you might check the thread as maybe it's related.

update: I did System Restore ,it didn't help - the booting time is still slower than what it used to be, specially on the Welcome screen, also, after I did System Restore about 9 GB disappeared from my hard drive - I had 399 GB free and now I have 391 GB free, where did they disappear?

let me sum up the situation to make it easier :
I felt that booting time was slower than usual, so I entered the DVD I got when I bought the computer: this DVD gives me the option to "Install Now" or "Repair Your Computer", I press Repair Your Computer and get that:
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Windows found problems with your computer's startup options. Do you want to apply repairs and restart your computer?

The following startup option will be repaired:
Name: Windows Boot Manager
Identifier: {9DEA862C-5CDD-4E70-ACC1-F32B344D4795}

Name: Windows Recovery Environment (recovered)
Path: Recovery\374bb2f8..(bla bla)\Winre.wim
Windows Device: Partition=D: (476837MB)

A copy of the current boot configuration data will be saved as C:\Boot\BCD.Backup.0001

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
but I press cancel and instead I enter the System Recovery Options menu and press there on Startup Repair, but it finds nothing there.
Also, I have a question about this DVD, if it's an installation DVD, should it look like it is? a DVD that is not from Microsoft but a DVD that was burnt by the company I bought the pc from? (is it a fake dvd?)

 

[mibaup]

Could this slow booting issue be related to the fact that I disconnected the hard drive while windows was on? I was sure it was off but it was actually in sleep mode and when I disconnected the hard drive, the monitor with Windows desktop turned on so I shut the pc off and plugged the drive back.

 

[gregrocker]

It could have ruined your HD or worse. Power down when you plug or unplug your HD unless you have hotplugging in which case your HD will appear as a device to Safely Remove in the system tray.

Quite obviously if you boot into Repair My Computer and it says it found things to repair, then you should proceed to repair them immediately. Why would you need to ask?

But as Kaktussoft says this is very unlikely to solve system slowness, which is primarily caused by a factory OEM preinstall's bloatware corruption. If you have Factory OEM then I would do what most tech enthusiasts to Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7. At the very least you'd want to Clean Up Factory Bloatware.

Otherwise work through the Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7.
If you have HD issues now start with the HD diagnostics test followed by Disk Check.

 

[mibaup]

It could have ruined your HD or worse. Power down when you plug or unplug your HD unless you have hotplugging in which case your HD will appear as a device to Safely Remove in the system tray.

Quite obviously if you boot into Repair My Computer and it says it found things to repair, then you should proceed to repair them immediately. Why would you need to ask?

But as Kaktussoft says this is very unlikely to solve system slowness, which is primarily caused by a factory OEM preinstall's bloatware corruption. If you have Factory OEM then I would do what most tech enthusiasts to Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7. At the very least you'd want to Clean Up Factory Bloatware.

Otherwise work through the Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7.
If you have HD issues now start with the HD diagnostics test followed by Disk Check.

About Repair My Computer-I hesitate to press Repair because it shows the path as D: while I have C: only so I don't know what will it do.
How can I check if I damaged my HD? use chkdisk?
And thanks, I was sure I can't reinstall OEM Windows, but now I see I can. So the DVD I got from the company I bought the computer from actually used this DELL download to create it?

 

[gregrocker]

The bootable HD test is in the note at beginning of the troubleshooting steps I linked you.

The drive letters in Repair console may be different so they can be ignored. It wouldn't find an installation to repair other than the one you have.

The only thing different in the Dell Reinstallation DVD is a Dell logo and it self-activates which also can easily be handled using the Product Key on the COA sticker.

 

[mibaup]

greg, I think that the D: is a different problem, because now I connected a second working hard drive, and the letter that it has is E:, and I cannot change to D: (no D: on list), it looks like there is a hidden D: partition, can it be because of the bad hard drive I used in my other thread ?

 

[gregrocker]

Please post back a camera snap of exactly what you're referring to with the drive letter. Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums - Windows 7 Forums

If you are trying to repair Win7 to start then unplug all other HD's, then when you boot into Repair My Computer if it detects an OS to repair it doesn't matter what drive letter it says it's on because they are different in repair mode. Just proceed with the repair.

 

[mibaup]

OK, I will do it, and thanks, btw the D: problem has been found, the optical disc drive was somehow renamed to D:, thanks for help,this thread can be deleted