Repair disk won't load

[VespaHive]

Hello again- I believe something is seriously wrong with my computer. My windows 7 disk won't boot up for repair. It's stuck at the loading screen for hours until i get impatient and shut it off.

any possible causes for the repair disk to not load?

 

[zigzag3143]

Hello again- I believe something is seriously wrong with my computer. My windows 7 disk won't boot up for repair. It's stuck at the loading screen for hours until i get impatient and shut it off.

any possible causes for the repair disk to not load?

Lots


Bad media (DVD), dust in the dvd player, trying to boot from within win 7, etc

Could we get more info?????


Ken

 

[VespaHive]

I think the disk is fine- other disks such as linux live CD's won't fully load either. The loading bar for the windows repair goes about 1/10 of the way before stopping. Disks appear to be read just fine from within windows.

I'm not too sure what else I could say.

 

[Lemur]

Make sure you select boot from CD first, and not from HDD

 

[VespaHive]

Make sure you select boot from CD first, and not from HDD

did that- the disk boots but doesn't fully load

 

[DocBrown]

Do you have a 2nd monitor or TV connected ? Any excess USB peripherials ?

 

[VespaHive]

Do you have a 2nd monitor or TV connected ? Any excess USB peripherials ?

No, unless you count my laptop power cord

 

[VespaHive]

Would you prefer if I made a youtube video to show you how it's booting?

 

[Lemur]

If it won't boot anything, including linux live, you could try cleaning the optical drive. If you can boot off the usb, this again would point to the drive. I guess memory could be an issue as well.

 

[VespaHive]

If it won't boot anything, including linux live, you could try cleaning the optical drive. If you can boot off the usb, this again would point to the drive. I guess memory could be an issue as well.

How do you clean the optical drive, that's the issue?

 

[Lemur]

You can used compressed air. Afterward, you can use a lens cleaning kit.
Belkin 3.5" Diskette/CD/DVD Cleaning Kit FDD / CD / DVD drive cleaning kit - Disk Drive Cleaners - F8E648 - CDWG.com
All this is assuming the drive is dirty, and not failing.
Good luck!

 

[VespaHive]

and if it is memory? I assume that would be a more complicated fix.

 

[Lemur]

and if it is memory? I assume that would be a more complicated fix.

No, it's very easy to install memory. Go to crucial.com to let it help you select the correct memory (I like their site).
When you install the memory, be careful handling it, be grounded, holding the sticks on the edges. You can refer to your documentation to see if you install pairs, and if so, if it's 1-3, or 2-4.

**EDIT** Looks like your L350 has two slots, so no problems.

 

[VespaHive]

just did some tests. My repair disk makes a full load when I use it on a virtual machine. So the disk and CD Drive must be okay.

I'm not sure if this is related to the problem but my computer won't let me make a partition more then 9 GB when I have 100+ to spare.

 

[merkat106]

Have you tested your hard drive & ram to see if either is the culprit?

Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic <= download, burn onto a disc and boot. Run the test for at least 5 passes.
TEST Diagnostic Diagnostics Memory RAM DIMM SIMM DDR RIMM TESTS HDD Harddisk Harddrive Storage Download Downloads <= under hard drive tests, chose the diagnostic software of the company that made the hard drive (this can be found under device manager)

 

[VespaHive]

TOSHIBA MK2555GSX ATA Device

Device type: Disk drives
Manufacturer: (Standard disk drives)
Location: Location 0 (Channel 0, Target 0, Lun 0)

It doesn't say who made it

 

[merkat106]

Okay, here's the hard drive diagnostic tool that will work on a Toshiba HD: http://sdd.toshiba.com/techdocs/fjdtwin.exe

You might need to run it in compatibility mode since I saw no mention of Windows 7 on that page. Good luck.

 

[VespaHive]

not letting me select my hard drive... or am I not doing it right?

 

[merkat106]

You are probably doing it right. From my understanding on the Toshiba website, I thought that they were rebranded Fujitsu drives... Perhaps not in your case.

The computer I'm on does have a Fujitsu drive...


If you can't get the tool to work correctly, try the tools from Seagate & Western Digital (a link found in my earlier post should get you there)

 

[VespaHive]

with the seatools I keep failing each test (except for the SMART test.) for Western Digital I don't know what to download.