Startup Repair loop -repair installation?

[PuzzledUser]

Dear all,

A little over a week ago, my system BSOD'd (too quickly for me to see the first time) and eventually after a number of restarts rebooted normally and ran fine for the next day or so. The following day, I was unable to get the machine to post, with fans spinning but not a lot else. Resetting the BIOS seemed to work, but I was then stuck at the startup repair screen, looping without success. I had a spare HDD so installed another copy of 7 Pro and managed to book ok, but after several more BSODs it looked like a hardware fault. I changed the motherboard today for a similar (same chipset) model and reconnected the original HDD, but once again I am stuck at startup repair with the following error:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline
Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 21200795
Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 06: 24
Problem Signature 07: Corupt Registry
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

I cannot get into Safe Mode in any guise without the system heading back to the unsuccessful startup repair. I have also tried the advanced F8 menu/ignore non-signed driver option, however this caused a fast and immediate BSOD just after the Windows splash screen -way too fast to grab any kind of info.

If at all possible I would like to retain the programs/files already on the HDD (looking through the inventory with Command Prompt, it seems everything's still there). I've seen reference to a Repair Install on this forum, but the supplied instructions state it needs to be performed from within Windows. I was hoping for something similar to the old XP version?

Any help would be gratefully received.

Best wishes.

Stu.

 

[writhziden]

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

You will need a Windows 7 repair disc or you can use the http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/666-advanced-boot-options.html to get to the System Recovery Options.

Then try the steps in Startup Repair Infinite Loop Recovery. Note the warning:

   Warning

The instructions presented withing this tutorial must be followed correctly, or you can damage your Windows 7 installation even further. This tutorial is designed to help recover from a bad registry that is causing the startup repair loop. You should note that there may still be some issues remaining that cannot be fixed by manually restoring the registry.

 

[PuzzledUser]

Many thanks for your prompt reply.

I went through all of the steps in the Startup Repair Infinate Loop Recovery link but after the Starting Windows splash screen, just before the animation appears I was taken back into Startup Repair which once again was unsuccessful.

I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions I could try?

Best regards,

Stu.

 

[writhziden]

How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/139810-sfc-scannow-run-command-prompt-boot.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html OPTION TWO

Those are the only things left that come to mind. Other than that, you will just have to do a custom install onto the same disk partition that Windows is currently on without changing the layout and let Windows put all your files and such into a Windows.old directory.


Were you able to resolve the boot errors, or did you re-install Windows 7?