Solved Windows 7 wont boot

[sbunker1]

I have a dual boot system Vista Business/Windows 7 pro 64. The other day it froze while booting into win7. This is a laptop, so i had to remove bat. Then tried to reboot. It wont reboot. I can boot into vista just fine. I can access all files in win 7 partition. HD has tested fine. Win tring to boot into win 7, the windows error recovery screen comes up and says

"windows failed to start. a recent hardware or software change might be the cause. If windows files have been damaged or configured incorrectly, Startup repair can help diagnose and fix the problem. If power was interupted during startup, choose start windows normally."

It wont start normally, and if I choose startup repair, is says choose operating system to start. When I choose win7 it come right back to windows error recovery. Just a never ending cycle. I want to see if I can fix windows 7 without a complete restore. I dont want to loose installed programs.

Thanks

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello sbunker1, welcome to Seven Forums!


As a start, have a look through the information in these tutorials linked below for some additional ideas and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.

Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

Windows 7 Installation Errors : Troubleshoot Step by Step

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start






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[sbunker1]

Thanks for the info. I had to use another computer to make a win 7 repair disk. It found problem and fixed it.

thanks,

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Good to see you got it started and thanks for the update.