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Solved: 7 Won't Repair Start Up Files

8947 Views 16 Replies 3 Participants Last post by spirittoo, Sep 11, 2014

spirittoo

Discussion Starter · Sep 2, 2014

Howdy ... I have a computer with win 7 ultimate 32 bit and something is wrong with the start up files. I tried using mini tool to repair the MBR but that didn't help.

If the install disk is not in the dvd player windows will go to the screen that states there is a problem due to new software or hardware which isn't the case and gives me the option of launching the repair option or starting windows normally ... if I try starting normally it gets as far as the logo, then reboots.

When I ask it to do a repair I get an error message stating "failed to save startup options" ... I have to put in the install disk and do the repair that way, then I can get into windows ... remove the install disk ... get the error screen when I reboot ... leave in the install disk ... it is able to get the startup files it needs and goes into windows.

The problem is getting those files to the hard drive and why isn't the install disk doing this during the repair?

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CoolBurn

· #2 · Sep 2, 2014

Have you tried rebuilding the Bcd through windows cd recovery command prompt?

flavallee

· #3 · Sep 2, 2014

I have a computer with win 7 ultimate 32 bit

What brand name and model name and model number is that computer?

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spirittoo

Discussion Starter · #4 · Sep 2, 2014

CoolBurn said:
Have you tried rebuilding the Bcd through windows cd recovery command prompt?

What is "Bcd"? I forgot to mention that I did test the hard drive, memory, and cpu ... all checked out good. I tried to go to the command prompt and ask it to fix the MBR but I got a messages stating ... "'bootrec' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".

spirittoo

Discussion Starter · #5 · Sep 2, 2014

flavallee said:
What brand name and model name and model number is that computer?

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It's a home build computer ...

CoolBurn

· #6 · Sep 2, 2014

Are you using the command prompt within windows?

CoolBurn

· #7 · Sep 2, 2014

First make sure your computer is configured to start from the DVD drive first during boot up.
Insert your Windows installation DVD or Windows repair DVD
Restart the computer.
Press any key when prompted
Choose your language, time, currency, keyboard language and click Next
Click Repair your computer
Select the operating system you want to repair and click Next
Click Command Prompt in the Systems Recovery Options dialog box
Type the following commands in the command prompt window and press Enter after each command

bcdedit /export D:\BCD_Backup

d:

cd boot

attrib bcd -s -h -r

ren d:\boot\bcd bcd.old

bootrec /RebuildBcd

Type Exit at the command prompt then press Enter to close the command prompt window. Remove the disk and restart the computer.

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spirittoo

Discussion Starter · #8 · Sep 2, 2014

I wasn't able to get the computer to accept all of the commands ... only the bcd back up and it stated it was successful ...and the rebuild which also claimed success .... also I found I was using the win 7 64 bit disk ... I used the 32 bit disk and it claimed it could not detect a problem ... Tried to reboot without the disk and got the same problem and the windows error recovery screen ... here is a break down of the diagnosis and repair details ...

Startup Repair diagnosis and repair log
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Last successful boot time: 9/2/2014 9:20:25 PM (GMT)
Number or repair attempts: 2

Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = D:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1

Test Performed:
_________________
Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
_______________
Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 47 ms

Test Performed:
_______________
Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 109 ms

Test Performed:
_________
Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 187 ms

Test Performed:
_______________
Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 110 ms

Test Performed:
_________
Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
_________
Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 47 ms

Test Performed:
_________
Name: Boot status test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Root cause found:
_________
Boot status indicates that the OS booted successfully.

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Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = D:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1

Test Performed:
_________
Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
_________
Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Test Performed:
_________
Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 63 ms

Test Performed:
_______________
Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 31 ms

Test Performed:
_______________
Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 94 ms

Test Performed:
_______________
Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 202 ms

Test Performed:
_______________
Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 94 ms

Test Performed:
_______________
Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 187 ms

Test Performed:
_______________
Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 16 ms

Test Performed:
_________
Name: Boot status test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms

Root cause found:
__________

Boot status indicates that the OS booted successfully.

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CoolBurn

· #9 · Sep 2, 2014

Was the hard drive always set as D: on your computer?

spirittoo

Discussion Starter · #10 · Sep 3, 2014

Just remember this has xp on it as well ... xp is on the d drive and 7 is on the c drive yet, I am not getting the boot option to go into xp at start up ... so that isn't working right either ...

CoolBurn

· #11 · Sep 3, 2014

So windows 7 was installed first then windows xp on second partition?

Next time you log into windows, click Start, in the search box type Computer Management press enter. Under Storage click on Disk Management. Take a screen shot of that and post it back here.

spirittoo

Discussion Starter · #12 · Sep 3, 2014

2

Here are a couple of screen shots from the computer management ...

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CoolBurn

· #13 · Sep 3, 2014

Did you create all the partitions?

spirittoo

Discussion Starter · #14 · Sep 4, 2014

Yes I did ... I downloaded EasyBCD and was able to get XP back in the boot menu ... but the problem still remains ... without the win7 install disk in the DVD it will go to the windows error recovery screen ... if I leave the install disk in ... it will go to the dual boot menu ...

spirittoo

Discussion Starter · #15 · Sep 4, 2014

I went into the command prompt via the win7 install disk ... this is the screen I got ...
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

X:\Sources>bdcedit|find "osdevice"
osdevice partition=D:
X:\Sources>c:
C:\cd boot
C:\Boot>arib bcd _ _h _r
C:\Boot>ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
C:\Boot>bootrec/rebuildbcd
Scanning all disks for Window installation.
Please wait, since this may take a while ...
Successfully scanned Windows installations.
Total identified Window installations: 1 (there should be two)
[1] D: Windows
Add installation to boot list? Yes9Y)/No(N)/All(A) {I chose A}
The operation completed successfully.

Exit the command prompt ... Took out the win7 install disk restarted and it's back at the windows error recovery screen again ...

Put in the install disk ... can get into window 7 but the boot menu option was gone ... had to redo the install disk and BCD to get it back ... also tried using the D: drive to do the commands but it claim there was no path ... that's all I got so far ...

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spirittoo

Discussion Starter · #16 · Sep 5, 2014

One other thing ... I can't get the screen saver to work in win7 even when I go into the display properties and tell it to go to screen saver after 10 mins. Any idea how to get that straighten out?

spirittoo

Discussion Starter · #17 · Sep 11, 2014

Well sir ... I tried several different things to be able to boot into windows without the install disk short of doing a reinstall. I don't want to have to reinstall programs so I will settle with it booting normally with the disk.

That's my solution ... so this is marked solved ... but it's somewhat solved ... wasn't able to boot into windows 7 or XP before, but with the help of easyBCD and a partial repair with the install disk was able to do that.

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