Solved Win7 boot failure grub

[lebdorz]

Hello

I dunno what happened everything was working great on my laptop with windows7 ultimate 32

I installed kaspersky and asked dor restart, after that I got boot failure and then a grub>

A message above says: Minimal bash like line editing is supported
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F8 safe mode not working
Tried windows repair and nothing happened

Please help

 

[Arc]

Grub?

Are you dual booting windows with any Linux distro?

If so, try to update Grub. The process might vary depending on the linux distro used there.

 

[lebdorz]

Helli Arc

No I am not using any other window other than 7

I inserted windows dvd today and activated it maybe I chose the wrong file

I tried bootrec.exe /fixmbr and fixboot but nothing worked

 

[Arc]

Hi lebdorz.

Can you let us see the a camera snap of the screen where it is saying about Grub?

Windows has nothing to do with Grub, unless it is a dual boot with a Linux.

By the way, how have you activated the installation? Online or by phone?

 

[wasnotwas]

Did the OP buy this pc new or second hand ? If the latter, it's possibly a piracy problem - some activation exploits use Grub.

> apologies in advance etc

 

[lebdorz]

Hello again

here's how I fixed it, when windows 7 gives u boot failure with ggrub message:

1-insert win7 original DVD
2- Get into Repair mode
3- choose cmd prompt
4- type this in one line: bootsect.exe /nt60 SYS /force
5- exit and Restart

thanks a lot for ur fast replies

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Interesting string where or how did you come up with it ?
The disk at some point must of had Linux on it :/

 

[gregrocker]

It could either have been Linux on the drive previously, or activation exploit.

To reassert the Win7 boot loader, one must confirm that the 100mb System Reserved partition (if you have it) or the Win7 partition (if you don't) is Partiion Marked Active

Then run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times which automates all of the bootsect and bootrec commands in addition to checking for other possibly needed repairs.

If this fails then try Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start

 

[lebdorz]

thanks Gregrocker and sorry I contacted u on PM u'r awesome

I actually called a friend of mine who is a technician and he gave me that string in 2 minutes

and no there was never linux on this computer

thanks all

 

[Arc]

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and no there was never linux on this computer

Grub is Linux bootloader.

If it was not Linux then I will go with what other said, a possible counterfeit, as others said (I am not aware of it) that some activation explotis are Grub based.

There is no other possible explanation of the presence of Grub there.

But, the computer is running stable at this point, that is enough. Try to keep away of activation exploits, and I would suggest to never install Linux (Grub) on the same HDD with windows because Grub can corrupt windows bootloader beyond repair.

 

[gregrocker]

Occasionally i've seen strange GRUB menus during repairs that have choices such as Bypass Loader which appeared to be part of an activation exploit, although they may have been something from GRUB that is more legit as I am not familiar with GRUB.

It would be helpful to see a picture of that boot screen so we can determine with certainty what it is. If confirmed to be part of an ACtivation exploit it may require wiping the drive.

 

[Phadrox]

So I googled the same thing and solved it. I had been messing about in the boot menus to fix a problem, and set the SATA settings to RAID. When I booted next time, it sent me to an options screen that led to a bash prompt.

Press the Del key (or whatever boot options is, maybe F8 or F11) then change your SATA setting back to the normal one.