Solved Windows does not boot

[TheGhastSlayer]

Hello.

Is your OS partition Active ?
If that partiton isn't Active you can't boot.

Follow this tutorial to check this : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

And, did you got any Recovery CD with your Laptop ? If answer is yes , you can use it to recover your OS.

Trinty.

I have an installation disk not recovery CD but its not my computer, its my sisters so i want to do this quickly as possible b4 she notice anything

 

[IFix]

I was unable to find any other solutions for your brand and model computer. You may have no over choice but to do the System Recovery. If you did not keep backups of your important files. You will lose them.


Prehaps, another member with more experience will have better suggestions.

 

[EzioAuditore]

Hello.

Is your OS partition Active ?
If that partiton isn't Active you can't boot.

Follow this tutorial to check this : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

And, did you got any Recovery CD with your Laptop ? If answer is yes , you can use it to recover your OS.

Trinty.

I have an installation disk but its not my computer, its my sisters so i want to do this quickly as possible b4 she notice anything

Is your sister's disc is of same os as yours i.e. Home premium x64?
Repair install will preserve your data and user profiles but i'm not sure about the recovery partition.
It may or may not keep a backup your data.
In any case, you should make a habit of backing up your important data as disasters won't knock before coming.

 

[TheGhastSlayer]

Hello.

Is your OS partition Active ?
If that partiton isn't Active you can't boot.

Follow this tutorial to check this : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

And, did you got any Recovery CD with your Laptop ? If answer is yes , you can use it to recover your OS.

Trinty.

I have an installation disk but its not my computer, its my sisters so i want to do this quickly as possible b4 she notice anything

Is your sister's disc is of same os as yours i.e. Home premium x64?
Repair install will preserve your data and user profiles but i'm not sure about the recovery partition.
It may or may not keep a backup your data.
In any case, you should make a habit of backing up your important data as disasters won't knock before coming.

I asked earlier "how to i repair install"

 

[Trinty]

If you have problem with backup.

You can take out your HDD from computer, and go to one friend who have free space on his HDD. Then attach your HDD to his computer, backup important files to his computer, take out HDD and back to your computer. Then you can Recover or do Clean Install without problem. After this, take your HDD and back to friend and copy all that files to your HDD

Trinty.

 

[Trinty]

You have that already in this theard.
Here you are Brink's tutorial for Repair Install : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

Trinty.

 

[TheGhastSlayer]

If you have problem with backup.

You can take out your HDD from computer, and go to one friend who have free space on his HDD. Then attach your HDD to his computer, backup important files to his computer, take out HDD and back to your computer. Then you can Recover or do Clean Install without problem. After this, take your HDD and back to friend and copy all that files to your HDD

Trinty.

Its easier wiht a computer but ihave a laptop and since its my sisters laptop, i dont want to risk it. But thanks for the advice. Is it possible to copy over from usb to my firends pc?

 

[TheGhastSlayer]

You have that already in this theard.
Here you are Brink's tutorial for Repair Install : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

Trinty.

Hi. I get a message. It says that i should boot into windows, start the installation thing and then reboot. The problem is: I can't boot into windows!

 

[EzioAuditore]

You have that already in this theard.
Here you are Brink's tutorial for Repair Install : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

Trinty.

Hi. I get a message. It says that i should boot into windows, start the installation thing and then reboot. The problem is: I can't boot into windows!

Have you tried this link ? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

 

[TheGhastSlayer]

You have that already in this theard.
Here you are Brink's tutorial for Repair Install : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

Trinty.

Hi. I get a message. It says that i should boot into windows, start the installation thing and then reboot. The problem is: I can't boot into windows!

Have you tried this link ? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

hey look at the picture i posted, which partition should i set as active?

 

[Trinty]

On this image, that is Partition 3.

List of partitions :
- Partition 1 = Recovery (That have only 14GB, you can't use for OS)
- Partition 2 = Windows 7 Reserved (That partition create Windows 7 on install)
- Partition 3 = I think OS (Where you installed Windows 7)

So you need to active partition 3.

Try this link :
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

Steps how to do it, if you don't know what to follow :
1. Open Command Prompt window.
2. Type this :

diskpart
           list disk
           select disk 0
           list partition
           select partition 3
           active

3. Reboot and maybe you can boot to Windows 7 !

Trinty.

 

[TheGhastSlayer]

On this image, that is Partition 3.

List of partitions :
- Partition 1 = Recovery (That have only 14GB, you can't use for OS)
- Partition 2 = Windows 7 Reserved (That partition create Windows 7 on install)
- Partition 3 = I think OS (Where you installed Windows 7)

So you need to active partition 3.

Try this link :
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

Steps how to do it, if you don't know what to follow :
1. Open Command Prompt window.
2. Type this :

diskpart
           list disk
           select disk 0
           list partition
           select partition 3
           active

3. Reboot and maybe you can boot to Windows 7 !

Trinty.

Ok when i set partition 3 as active and rebooting it says "BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" i do restart but same message is coming all the time

 

[writhziden]

You want to set the System Reserved partition as active, not the Windows partition. Partition 2. Then you want to run startup repair three times with a reboot between each.


If that does not work:

• 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.

 

[Jacee]

Please see this How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows and follow the instructions.

 

[Trinty]

Oh Sorry. I made on small mistake. You need to active System Reserved, not OS partition. Only what you need to edit in code is select partition 3 to select partition 2.

Then do what writhziden said.

Trinty.

 

[writhziden]

The suggestions given by myself, Jacee, and Trinity were provided in the tutorial you were given earlier in this thread: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219533-troubleshooting-windows-7-failure-boot.html

Did you follow those instructions exactly? If you do not follow the instructions in that tutorial step by step, then you will not be able to fix the problem.

The startup repair loop link I gave is new information, and up to you whether you want to proceed with it after following gregrocker's tutorial.

 

[TheGhastSlayer]

Thanks guys. Ill try it tomorrow

 

[TheGhastSlayer]

The suggestions given by myself, Jacee, and Trinity were provided in the tutorial you were given earlier in this thread: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219533-troubleshooting-windows-7-failure-boot.html

Did you follow those instructions exactly? If you do not follow the instructions in that tutorial step by step, then you will not be able to fix the problem.

The startup repair loop link I gave is new information, and up to you whether you want to proceed with it after following gregrocker's tutorial.

OK so i use Kaspersky Rescue Disk as on the troubleshooting thread. But its asking me which operative system it will scan on. Should i say "Windows Setup" or "Windows 7 Home Premium (restored)"

 

[writhziden]

You should just scan the whole system as in this guide: How to start scan for viruses using Kaspersky Rescue Disk?

 

[TheGhastSlayer]

You should just scan the whole system as in this guide: How to start scan for viruses using Kaspersky Rescue Disk?

Look at the tutorial. When i click start update it says "Malfunction <1 minute ago, the update source cannot be found" is that ok can i just start the scan? Is Start Update important?