► Guys my WINDOWS PC is restarting with repair tools. Please help me! Its urgent ◄

Guys its very urgent. My PC is getting restart and automatically LOADING FILES in black screen and then system repair running and then it says: "Restart if repaired successfully it will start normally" and after restart again it repairing bar. And again same thing.
My PC config is Windows 7 ultimate SP1
It was working fine since one year, but today because of power cut it shut down automatically. Please solve guys! I'm writing this problem from my cell. I don't want to reinstall windows. I tried to repair from windows cd but it didn't worked. Even after system restore it didn't worked.

You can try to run chkdsk from a utility disk like UBCD or Hiren's boot CD.
It looks like some files got corrupted during abrupt shutdown of the PC.

chkdsk (check disk) can repair the files.

If you don't have UBCD or Hiren's boot CD then you can also run chkdsk from the recovery tool of XP disk. I think even Windows CD which you have should allow you to into recovery mode to run the command. Try it. All the best.

Vyom said:
You can try to run chkdsk from a utility disk like UBCD or Hiren's boot CD.
It looks like some files got corrupted during abrupt shutdown of the PC.

chkdsk (check disk) can repair the files.

If you don't have UBCD or Hiren's boot CD then you can also run chkdsk from the recovery tool of XP disk. I think even Windows CD which you have should allow you to into recovery mode to run the command. Try it. All the best.

i tried windows 7 recovery tool, but nothing is helping out.

even sfc scannow is giving error like this : "There is pending restart with recovery option, "

As I said.. you need an external disk mentioned above, to do the scan for you.

Or, you can do one thing. Install windows again NOT on same partition, but on some other partition. And then check the disks. After that is done.. try to boot into the original windows. And if logged in successfully, remove the windows you installed before.

Can you enter windows in safe mode?Press F8 when windows is about to boot and select safe mode from the list.Then try restoring windows to a restore point and reboot.

Neuron said:
Can you enter windows in safe mode?Press F8 when windows is about to boot and select safe mode from the list.Then try restoring windows to a restore point and reboot.

when i press F8 it again starts running recovery tool, not able to switch to Safe Mode.

already restored to last point by recovery tool but it didn't worked.

Did you give enough time for windows to repair or manually restarted it because it took too much time?If you haven't manually restarted it then boot into windows recovery mode,open-up a cmd window and enter the following dism.exe /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions and restart.

Neuron said:
Did you give enough time for windows to repair or manually restarted it because it took too much time?If you haven't manually restarted it then boot into windows recovery mode,open-up a cmd window and enter the following dism.exe /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions and restart.

ya, i didn't interrupt but it always starting recovery mode checking files, i'll try what you said. Will report soon here.

R

If you are still facing the issue then try following:

Put the Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
Press a key when you are prompted.
Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard or an input method, and then click Next.
Click Repair your computer.
Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Then change the directory to x:\sources\recovery
run the command startrep.exe and reboot and check.

If that doesn't help then again boot in winre and try following command's:

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd

Neuron said:
Did you give enough time for windows to repair or manually restarted it because it took too much time?If you haven't manually restarted it then boot into windows recovery mode,open-up a cmd window and enter the following dism.exe /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions and restart.

bro, it didn't worked. Again Recovery mode started ,

by d way i've HIREN BOOT CD. how can i use this to solve my problem?

i mean STARTUP REPAIR automatically starting. Giving message: "if problems are found, startup repair will fix them automatically, Your computer restart several times during this process" This is exactly i'm getting after every restart,

If you have the Hiren's boot CD, then put it inside the cd tray and try to start computer from booting from the CD.
After some time you will have a menu. Don't exactly know what will be the interface, but you can try to find the option of cleaning disk (or chkdsk) in there somewhere.
Try to run a thorough analysis, which can fix bad sectors and all. And then try to start the PC, after removing the CD.

kool said:
bro, it didn't worked. Again Recovery mode started , by d way i've HIREN BOOT CD. how can i use this to solve my problem?

i mean STARTUP REPAIR automatically starting. Giving message: "if problems are found, startup repair will fix them automatically, Your computer restart several times during this process" This is exactly i'm getting after every restart,

Try this. Startup Repair Infinite Loop Recovery - Windows 7 Forums

Open up a cmd window and start from the 12th step.Skip 1 to 11.

Neuron said:
Try this. Startup Repair Infinite Loop Recovery - Windows 7 Forums

Open up a cmd window and start from the 12th step.Skip 1 to 11.

I did what here mentioned. But not solved. And ya, the problem name is "Infinitely Looping Startup Repair Loop" i don't wanna reinstall else i'll loose all settings of firefox, documents, idm, utorrent, avast, office

i've latest HIREN BOOT CD with mini XP.

Do are you able to boot from the CD to recovery mode?

R

did you try the steps I posted?

Vyom said:
Do are you able to boot from the CD to recovery mode?

yes sir,

rawgeek said:
If you are still facing the issue then try following:

Put the Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
Press a key when you are prompted.
Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard or an input method, and then click Next.
Click Repair your computer.
Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Then change the directory to x:\sources\recovery
run the command startrep.exe and reboot and check.

If that doesn't help then again boot in winre and try following command's:

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd

Diagnosis and repair details: Boot manager failed to find OS loader
Error Code: 0x5 and
0x490

R

run following commands:

bootrec /FixMbr
bootrec /FixBoot

Also what is the o/p of:

bootrec /scanos

?

rawgeek said:
run following commands:

bootrec /FixMbr
bootrec /FixBoot

Also what is the o/p of:

bootrec /scanos

?

total identified windows installations 0

R

did you reboot after running the other 2 commands?Also did you repair bcd?

after restarting now its showing new error Winloader.exe and digital signature not found for this windows.

rawgeek said:
did you reboot after running the other 2 commands?Also did you repair bcd?

yes sir

this is i'm getting with black screen
file: \windows\system32\winload.exe
status: 0xc0000428
info: windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file

can hiren boot solve any problem?

R

does it say so on a back screen?After or before windows logo?

what does "can hiren boot solve any problem?" mean?

I guess there can be 2 ways from here.
But first go back to WINRE and run x:\sources\startrep.exe again and check if it works this time.

rawgeek said:
does it say so on a back screen?After or before windows logo?

what does "can hiren boot solve any problem?" mean?

I guess there can be 2 ways from here.
But first go back to WINRE and run x:\sources\startrep.exe again and check if it works this time.

not showing any windows logo. Even f8 also not working. And i'm asking i've HIREN BOOT CD with GUI interface it has windows xp mini. I can access anything like windows, so i can change any file or rename easily with mouse.

what is winRE?

R

If you can do it from that live env then try this,or else do it from WIN RE:

bcdboot c:\windows /s c:
(This is assuming C: is the boot drive).

I must caution you that at least in WINRE there is a change in drive letters.Make sure that the present "C" is the one where your OS is installed.You can use "dir" command to check the directory structure.

now i'll do tomorrow, feeling to sleep. In case if it wont work, then just tell me what file i need to restore for firefox, chrome, office, idm, utorrent, networx! I don't wanna loose saved password, bookmark, old windows settings and tweaks.

rawgeek said:
If you can do it from that live env then try this,or else do it from WIN RE:

bcdboot c:\windows /s c:
(This is assuming C: is the boot drive).

I must caution you that at least in WINRE there is a change in drive letters.Make sure that the present "C" is the one where your OS is installed.You can use "dir" command to check the directory structure.

i already assumed it, it showing D drive. I did each step according to you. But now bootloader is missing error in diagnosis report under Startup Repair.

^ i've exam today, will repair tonight. And then i'll report you guys.!!!

R

Its a tough one....hopefully it will work out
All the best for your exam

W

take a look here at mine & neuron's posts:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/software-q/152693-windows-7-bootmgr.html

btw were you using any windows 7 loader crack,if no then ignore.

for backups,firefox-->save C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Mozilla
networx-->C:\ProgramData\SoftPerfect
utorrent-->C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent
chrome(not sure about history)-->C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\
idm-->save idm folder in program files(won't save currently paused downloads)
office-->depends on version & more time consuming.

whitestar_999 said:
take a look here at mine & neuron's posts:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/software-q/152693-windows-7-bootmgr.html

btw were you using any windows 7 loader crack,if no then ignore.

for backups,firefox-->save C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Mozilla
networx-->C:\ProgramData\SoftPerfect
utorrent-->C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent
chrome(not sure about history)-->C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\
idm-->save idm folder in program files(won't save currently paused downloads)
office-->depends on version & more time consuming.

ya bro, my win7 was cracked one with some loader installed. But its been one year it was running fine, but suddenly stopped working

rawgeek said:
If you can do it from that live env then try this,or else do it from WIN RE:

bcdboot c:\windows /s c:
(This is assuming C: is the boot drive).

I must caution you that at least in WINRE there is a change in drive letters.Make sure that the present "C" is the one where your OS is installed.You can use "dir" command to check the directory structure.

did what u said, but stil i'm getting winload.exe problem. But under diagnosis no error

W

win 7 loader install in a space just before the original boot loader so as to bypass any windows check.i think because of sudden improper shutdown this boot sector space got corrupted & because of this you are in an infinite restarting loop because windows can not find its original boot loader as boot sector has been modified.did you take a look at the thread i mentioned?use my posts in that thread to confirm which drive is active & use neuron's post to write a new mbr in the boot sector.

also take a look here for winload.exe error:
*social.technet.microsoft.com/forum.../thread/c99dc573-6842-4e28-8ec0-a63c61495308/

I don't think re-writing the MBR will fix his looped recovery problem.However you will have to do this now since the bootloader got messed up.

@kool:Fix the winload.exe problem.In post #6 you said you can't boot into safe mode.I don't think that's true.Repeatedly press F8 after turning on your PC.You'll get a screen like this.Select safe mode from the list and see if you can boot up.
*i.imgur.com/wERjv.png

now i give up, going to install clean windows!

kool said:
now i give up, going to install clean windows!

Booting into safe mode will provide you with the option to upgrade your windows 7 installation.That way you will get your old windows 7 back.But anyway,it's your call.

R

@Neuron I suggested to recreate MBR as a backup copy of MBR[which is in the first sector of the disk] is always kept in the last sector.....I have seen it occur a lot in vista+ systems....and in such situations /scanos will always give you "zero"It should not mess up winloader

@Kool I think that will be best given the we have tried so much on this.Unfortunate ,however the best option at this time.

AFTER messing up with windows BCD , and mbr no one manages to get it back to life..in general.

Sujeet said:
AFTER messing up with windows BCD , and mbr no one manages to get it back to life..in general.

I always do. :wink:

Windows boot sector is easy to repair.But the 'restore' facility doesn't really work for windows 7.

W

MBR is merely a pointer to the code to be executed which in windows 7 case is bootmgr.one can simply use bootsect command to rewrite mbr & then diskpart to confirm windows installation drive is set as active.once this is done if still there is winload.exe error then it means windows is not looking for winload in its actual location.this can then be fixed by using bcdedit to set correct path to winload.exe in bcd entries.

i am assuming op/kool has given up on this & probably reinstalling windows still this is what i had in mind:
run diskpart using command prompt.type list disk.after list of disks is displayed type select disk x where x is the no. of disk on which windows in installed.after this type list partition.after list is displayed type select partition x where x is the no. of partition of your C drive.after that type list volume & a list of volumes will be displayed which should have a star in front of active drive which should be your windows drive.in my case it is volume 3 C drive it may be different for you(or even me not checked) when using cmd from bootable dvd.
*img205.imageshack.us/img205/8409/diskpart.png

now run bcdedit & you will get a screen like this.make sure that under windows boot manager correct device is selected(in my case volume3).also check that under windows boot loader path is windows\system32\winload.exe & osdevice is C.
*img718.imageshack.us/img718/2209/bcdedit1.png

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