System protection = lost!

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jamiealvis

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Here it is, I turned on my Acer laptop last night and would not boot to desktop. Safe mode will not run as it should do, system restore will not repair any problems, I cannot get to desktop full stop. Although I can get to a system restore which displays 3 potential restore points but when i click I cannot go any further because it says 'you must enable system protection on this drive' how can I do this if I cannot boot correctly?

I am totally lost on this one!

I downloaded the win 7 beta a few months back and had win vista preinstalled. Someone please help me!!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer
OS
Windows 7
First open a command terminal ... enter cmd in the search box ... enter sfc /scannow .. let it check your system files... reboot .... this should resolve your problem ... let us know your results...

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My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
LENOVO K450 @3.0GHZ
OS
64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
CPU
Core(TM) i5 CPU 4330 Haswell @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard
LENOVO
Memory
12.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 25' ISP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1900/1020
Hard Drives
(1) ST1000DM003-1CH162 (2) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device (3) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Internet Speed
100mb down/10mb up
Tews said:
First open a command terminal ... enter cmd in the search box ... enter sfc /scannow .. let it check your system files... reboot .... this should resolve your problem ... let us know your results...

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So your saying to open command prompt option and type CMD, then type sfc/scannow?
 

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Acer
OS
Windows 7
ok, this is what I get " There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart windows and run sfc again." I have restarted but this comes up again??
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer
OS
Windows 7
No just enter sfc /scannow when you get the command prompt open...
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
LENOVO K450 @3.0GHZ
OS
64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
CPU
Core(TM) i5 CPU 4330 Haswell @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard
LENOVO
Memory
12.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 25' ISP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1900/1020
Hard Drives
(1) ST1000DM003-1CH162 (2) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device (3) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Internet Speed
100mb down/10mb up
Tews said:
No just enter sfc /scannow when you get the command prompt open...
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Yah just did that and I get "There is a system repair pending..."???
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer
OS
Windows 7
In that case, I would do a repair install... boot from your dvd, choose custom install, choose repair install..
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
LENOVO K450 @3.0GHZ
OS
64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
CPU
Core(TM) i5 CPU 4330 Haswell @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard
LENOVO
Memory
12.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 25' ISP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1900/1020
Hard Drives
(1) ST1000DM003-1CH162 (2) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device (3) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Internet Speed
100mb down/10mb up
Tews said:
In that case, I would do a repair install... boot from your dvd, choose custom install, choose repair install..
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Grrr! I have never had a DVD, like I said vista was originally preinstalled and then I downloaded win 7 when it was downloadable from microsoft
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer
OS
Windows 7
Do you still have the ISO image that you downloaded from Microsoft??
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
LENOVO K450 @3.0GHZ
OS
64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
CPU
Core(TM) i5 CPU 4330 Haswell @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard
LENOVO
Memory
12.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 25' ISP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1900/1020
Hard Drives
(1) ST1000DM003-1CH162 (2) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device (3) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Internet Speed
100mb down/10mb up
Could be. fortunately microsoft has a trial of their enterprize edition which is good for 90 days. Go to MS download and burn to dvd. Use that dvd to repair

good luck
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU
[email protected]
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card
HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
17" Wxga
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Cooling
none
Internet Speed
45Mb down 5Mb up
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My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
LENOVO K450 @3.0GHZ
OS
64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
CPU
Core(TM) i5 CPU 4330 Haswell @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard
LENOVO
Memory
12.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 25' ISP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1900/1020
Hard Drives
(1) ST1000DM003-1CH162 (2) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device (3) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Internet Speed
100mb down/10mb up
Resolution found for same issue

I know that updates on this thread have long since past, but I wanted to update it as a resolution had not been confirmed, and I had the same issue as described by the OP. I have found that windows 7 does not offer a repair installation as Windows XP did, and if you try the upgrade option, it will tell you that you must load the OS and run the installation from there. Not much help.

I had my hard drive divided into two partitions, so I installed an evaluation copy of Windows 7 on the other partition. From the new working OS, i went into the D:\windows\system32\config directory (where D is the drive letter of the broken Windows 7 installation) and found a folder called RegBack. I made backup copy of the DEFAULT, SAM, SECURITY, SOFTWARE and SYSTEM registry files in the config directory and proceeded to copy those files in the RegBack directory over the files in the config directory. I rebooted the PC and was able to successfully load my original Windows 7 installation!

I also found that I could have enabled System Restore on the old Windows 7 from the new Windows 7 installation, and then gone back into to Repair my Computer and performed a System restore to a time before this issue occurred which most likely would have worked as well.

Also keep in mind that this issue occurred because of a Scandisk windows performed after some bad memory caused my system to do a hard reboot while at work one day. The Scandisk deleted a ton of registry entries it believed to be in error, causing the issue. If you have encourntered this same type of issue, I encourage you to check for hardware issues, such as memory or hard drive.

This was my work computer, and although I had all my data backed up, I really did not want to do a clean install of Windows because of the down time it would have taken my to re-install and re-configure all of my software.

I really hate it that Microsoft took away the repair installation option in Windows 7, but at least in this case I have found that there is a way around that.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-ED45-UD3R
Memory
4 GB DDRII
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia 9800CTX+
Sound Card
Realtek ALC889A High Def Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 22"
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
Western Digital Black, 1 TB
PSU
BFG
Case
Cooler Master CM 690
Cooling
Intel CPU Cooler and 3 120 mm case fans
Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Ergonomic
Mouse
Microsoft Wirelss Intellimouse Explorer 2.0
Internet Speed
Cable, 8 Mb/s
Well, there seems to be a solution. All I need is someone else's desktop so I can stick my laptop hard drive in... *headdesk*
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
ketchup214 said:
I had my hard drive divided into two partitions, so I installed an evaluation copy of Windows 7 on the other partition. From the new working OS, i went into the D:\windows\system32\config directory (where D is the drive letter of the broken Windows 7 installation) and found a folder called RegBack. I made backup copy of the DEFAULT, SAM, SECURITY, SOFTWARE and SYSTEM registry files in the config directory and proceeded to copy those files in the RegBack directory over the files in the config directory. I rebooted the PC and was able to successfully load my original Windows 7 installation!
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I just registered to this board to say thanks as this solution worked perfectly for me. Also, I would like to add that you do not need another Windows installation for this since it can also be done using the repair console from a Windows 7 DVD.
 

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OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x86
kiddikai said:
ketchup214 said:
I had my hard drive divided into two partitions, so I installed an evaluation copy of Windows 7 on the other partition. From the new working OS, i went into the D:\windows\system32\config directory (where D is the drive letter of the broken Windows 7 installation) and found a folder called RegBack. I made backup copy of the DEFAULT, SAM, SECURITY, SOFTWARE and SYSTEM registry files in the config directory and proceeded to copy those files in the RegBack directory over the files in the config directory. I rebooted the PC and was able to successfully load my original Windows 7 installation!
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I just registered to this board to say thanks as this solution worked perfectly for me. Also, I would like to add that you do not need another Windows installation for this since it can also be done using the repair console from a Windows 7 DVD.
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Me too!

I can't even begin to express how thankful I am. I hope ketchup214 reads this, considering it's an old thread, but if you do: You're awesome! Last time I had this problem I had to re-install in the end. You saved me a couple of headaches...
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7 Ultimate x64
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hey, i have an win7 iso file in my hard drive
 

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OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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