windows 7 ultimate boot up problems

[braddersz]

do i put it in and boot from the dvd drive?

Once you have completed the steps Greg mentioned above. Yes.

 

[zaragon]

what actiuon do i use

copy partition
copy disk
partition recovery
free data recovery

 

[braddersz]

what actiuon do i use

copy partition
copy disk
partition recovery
free data recovery

I don't think its any of them.

We only want to run a diagnostic check on the drive. Not recover or move anything.

Wait for Gregs input.

 

[gregrocker]

How to Boot A Computer from CD or DVD - YouTube

Cllick on the blue links showing how to do each operation in Partition Wizard. Follow the video.

 

[zaragon]

i booted from dvd drive and pressed enter then it gave me 3 options
boot disk
safe mode (which 1)
local
then it gave me the resolutions options
i picked default 1024x768
then it comes up with a blue screen with a pic of hdd with a top hat
then a menu screen.

what next?

 

[zaragon]

how do i use this software?

 

[gregrocker]

I gave you two blue links that open videos showing how to Check the File System of each partition and run the HD Surface scan.

I just pointed them out a second time in my last post.

Partition Wizard Create Partition Video Help
Partition Wizard Partition surface test

I will tell you that without absolute attention to detail it will be much harder to repair your OS. This means you can't miss any step (four times) and need to report back on the results for each or ask back questions for how to do them if you aren't sure or haven;t had a video presented showing you (twice).

 

[zaragon]

sorry i never looked propperly, i,m just doing a scan now. thanks

 

[zaragon]

i,m logging off for tonight got work in the morning.

i will update you tomorrow.

thanks for your help speak soon

 

[zaragon]

been doing a surface scan for 16 hours and it has only done 2 lines and out of 240 blocks it has 88 red ones and still has 699.40.19 hours left to do.

so i think its safe to say that the HDD is knackered

 

[gregrocker]

It's better to know for sure by running the WD drive diagnostics but since their company is too incompetent to keep a working link for CD ISO for diagnostics, try this ISO for Hiren's boot disk which includes Data Lifeguard: Download Hiren. Rightclick ISO to Open with or Burn with Windows Image Burner.

Boot it to run WD Data Lifeguard diagnostics to see if the HD can be repaired so you can keep it for backup. But I would replace it for OS, possibly with an SSD which gives you the best performance boost of all.

In addition to Data Lifeguard extended scan from Hiren's boot disk, run Disk Check on all partitions or Partition Wizard Check File System

 

[zaragon]

according to this it is going to take 29 days to scan

 

[zaragon]

what is SSD

 

[gregrocker]

Solid-state drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[braddersz]

been doing a surface scan for 16 hours and it has only done 2 lines and out of 240 blocks it has 88 red ones and still has 699.40.19 hours left to do.

so i think its safe to say that the HDD is knackered

Yeah. 100 percent hrs. I'm affraid, you will need to buy a new hdd and perform a clean install of windows
Sorry about that. We tried our best. We can try recover dat though. Although its highly in likely.