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Windows repair won't run from USB stick or CD

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Shane:
On the other computer that works download this cd and burn it to a disk
http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

Then take it and put it in your system and boot off the cd. Then from there you should be able to run a check on the hard drive for any bad sectors :-)

When you boot off the cd and it is running you should see Hard Disk Tools.

Shane

gillg:
Hello again

Sadly it won't boot off the CD that I burned the download onto. I tried about 6-7 times, but no luck, so I put  the Bootable disk that came with the laptop in to see if it still works and it does, so should I just reinstall Windows and just accept that my data is a goner?  :sad:

Weirdly, although I had disabled the automatic restart, it did not stay disabled (or maybe it is not supposed to stay disabled?). Anyway, I disabled it again and when I looked at the blue screen of death that came up, the first lot of info in the bracket section had changed. Now it says 0x86D59788.

BTW - I should have mentioned that I am in Europe - thus the delay in replies!

Thanks again for your time.

Gill

Shane:
Did you burn the iso file correctly? An ISO is a cd image and you have to use a burner program that supports that such as the free program imgburn.

That would explain why it didnt boot if you didnt burn it correctly :-)

Also if it ends up you cant get windows to come back up download unbuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/download

You can boot off the cd and run the OS right off the disk. Then use a usb drive and copy your important files from your computer to the usb drive, once you do that you can restore your system if you need to and you will still  have your files :-)

Shane

gillg:
Hi Shane - thanks for your reply. No - I didn't burn it properly.  :cry: What a learning curve I am on! I am downloading the CD again - decided to start afresh - although my broadband speed is painfully slow as I live in the middle of nowhere and it is the best I can get! :rolleyes:). I have already downloaded a burner programme that can burn the CD properly so I will let you know how I get on.

BTW - your Windows Repair download that I couldn't get to work - would that be because I didn't use a burner programme in the first place?

Bye for now

Gill

Shane:
My Windows repair program has to run in Windows itself, so if you cant boot up to Windows then you cant run it.

It is because the repairs need Windows to be running in order to repair them properly and pull system info and all that good stuff :-)

Shane

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