Windows Won't Boot

[0x1de]

To make it easier I have prepared a video for you guys. Sorry that it looks weird it was recorded on my iPod.



This happened after running Eurosoft PC Check. My computer did pass all the tests but after a reboot this happened I was thinking that booting windows 7 home premium 64 bit off a dvd would do the trick, but I don't own a dvd or a flash drive with a 4gb+ capacity to hold windows 7. Any other suggestions on a possible fix? If there isn't I just need to know if I can get my music and school files back from the hard drive if I put the hard drive in another computer. P.S. THANKS A LOT MULTIPAZZ YOU BROKE MY COMPUTER

[joecef]

Just to answer your question you should be able to connect hd to another pc and recover files

[0x1de]

Well that's good to know.

[Fight9]

Do you have another computer that you can download and burn windows 7 onto? If you can do that, should be to boot to the disc, then recovery your files and move then to an external disk, then restore.

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This is a prime example why back ups are so important. You never know when your computer is going to take a nose dive into shit.

[King Kaos]

use linux, fits on any USB/FLASH/memory card and you can easily revocer files by going into your HDD name.

anyways it seems like you got a nasty HDD killer infection on your hand, its done for but you can try this:


go to bios and check to see if your HDD's are still registering, if so do a health check.
also make sure your HDD is set to boot up first. hope it helps.

[joecef]

Windows 7 Ultimate USB Stick Edition 2.0 (2011) Free Download - Freshwap

[0x1de]

Will that fit on a 2gb drive?

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Originally Posted by King Kaos

use linux, fits on any USB/FLASH/memory card and you can easily revocer files by going into your HDD name.

anyways it seems like you got a nasty HDD killer infection on your hand, its done for but you can try this:


go to bios and check to see if your HDD's are still registering, if so do a health check.
also make sure your HDD is set to boot up first. hope it helps.

What can I use to burn an ubuntu iso onto a flash drive?

[MrElectrifyer]

What you could do is buy both a cheap 16 GB flash drive (non-Sandisks are cheaper and just as reliable) and 1 TB HDD. Follow the instructions here (using a separate computer) and install Linux on it (you could do it with a 2GB flash drive). Boot off the USB flash drive and use the Linux file system to transfer important files off your computer's HDD to your external HDD.

Following that, download Windows Se7en Ultimate here (again using a separate computer), burn it to a DVD R+, boot off it and format and restore your computer.

Originally Posted by Fight9

Do you have another computer that you can download and burn windows 7 onto? If you can do that, should be to boot to the disc, then recovery your files and move then to an external disk, then restore.

This is a prime example why back ups are so important. You never know when your computer is going to take a nose dive into shit.

Let it just be a lesson, buy an external HDD (I would suggest going bigger than what's built into your computer) and setup Windows Image backup. They come in handy for such rare situations.

[joecef]

Lots of options here but 90% of the time all you have to do is put the hdd you want to save files from in another pc and copy to usb/sd or other pc hdd.

[0x1de]

What I'm going to do is get ubuntu on a 2gb flash drive, boot my computer using ubuntu, and transfer all my important files on an external hdd. Thanks for all the help guys!

[King Kaos]

theres many ways you can put ubuntu on a 2GB flash drive.

1. use WUBU installer - built in options will configure everything for you
2. use Unetbottin > UNetbootin - Homepage and Downloads



heres a good tutorial on it here:

Installation/FromUSBStick - Community Ubuntu Documentation

[joecef]

i think your MBR could be corrupt.

if you still want to fix it try google "fix MBR windows version"

[King Kaos]

Originally Posted by joecef

i think your MBR could be corrupt.

if you still want to fix it try google "fix MBR windows version"

thats what i was thinking, that program he used may have corrupted it.

[0x1de]

It corrupted my entire hard drive, it was formatted oh well, I backed up my music on my iPod at least. That's all I really needed. Now I have a fresh computer with ubuntu 12.04 whatever, you learn some things along the way. Going to use this computer for a month until I get a new one seeing as the drive was formatted and it shouldn't have any problems.

[King Kaos]

if it was formatted then you can do a clean install right?


btw ubuntu 12.04 is nice and its what i am currently using as well.

[0x1de]

Yeah I'm in the process of doing one, recommend me some applications cause this is my first time using a linux distro

[multipazz]

I'd use photorec on Linux to find your lost files

it will only find ones not already overwritten

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at least you know your hardware is good

I would also find a tool to look at the hard drive smart data more close

if the drive is failing you should replace it

[rontorbay]

In case this should happen again, to anyone else, this method has saved me, and some of my friends' computers

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup-repair-run-3-separate-times.html?ltr=S

[King Kaos]

heres what i highly recommend:


2 live dvd's (one linux and one HIREN'S boot cd)
make 3 paritions on your HDD (1 windows, 1 linux, 1 windows recovery)




hirens boot cd is an excellent DVD that is basically a computer drug to help you look for problems, repair internal damage, etc etc.


i always keep a live hirens boot cd when i repair computers.