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Something blocks my repair - it cannot run (Windows Repair v3.3.1)
Boggin:
RE = Recovery Environment which is where Startup Repair etc. is located.
I'm not really sure what to advise as the machine is in the middle of what in effect is a repair install which is where your personal stuff remains intact while the OS is repaired, but something has gone drastically wrong.
Booting up with your install disk would only give you the same option of the Advanced boot options, navigating to the RE or a Custom install - but if your install disk doesn't include SP1 then you may get an error when trying to navigate to the RE.
What did the revertpendingactions cmd report and did the Startup repair run ?
If you can boot up with the install disk you would press enter when Windows Setup (EMS Enabled) is highlighted and then use the dropdown to confirm or change the language and currency then navigate to the RE.
The restore point option isn't likely to work as there isn't anything to restore from and if you had created an external system image, you would have already tried that option.
That only leaves fixing the MBR but I'm not confident this will work either.
Follow the steps for Win 7 by clicking on 5 in the side index in this article for that. https://neosmart.net/wiki/fix-mbr/#Fix_the_MBR_in_Windows_7
I don't know if that Easy Recovery Essentials is a freebie or what it does, but as you have an install disk, that may be sufficient.
Dorthejuul:
As I can see, I am unable to get any reports. Tomorrow I should get a CD with Win7, since I only have a pre-installed windows-version and therefore no cd. I only have the product key for it (or what it is called). Once I get the CD, I will try to do as you have written.
Thanks to all of you for your big efforts. Please cross your fingers that it will work. :thinking:
Boggin:
Where did you get the product key from and where are you getting the Win 7 disk from ?
Julian:
Im wondering if you can mash the f8 button and let it show what its loading or get it into the repair mode
Julian:
Hmmm if you have a usb to format you could download Windows 10 and use Rufus to make a Windows togo usb it will make your usb a live os to where you can access your files in your personal user folder
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