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munchie2222:
Hi Boggin No hurry I am grateful for the help and they just called me back to the Cancer Clinique for more tests, I feel like a pin cushion. Will try to do that tonight and the computer is working with the mouse, not great but works.
Have a great day
Pete
Boggin:
If the sfc /scannow doesn't help, see if these cmds can do anything for your slow boot ups.
Boot up as to select Safe Mode but select Repair your Computer instead.
Use the dropdown to change/confirm the keyboard/language etc. then navigate to the Recovery Environment (RE) and select Command Prompt then enter bootrec /fixmbr
That should return as successful.
Enter exit to close the cmd window then select Shutdown and then see if the boot up is any quicker.
If there's no or just a slight improvement the redo the steps to boot to the RE and enter bootrec /fixboot and see how it boots up then.
This is what those cmds do - https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/927392
munchie2222:
Hi again it's guess who the pain; So sorry for all the communication it's a lot of trouble for you and if you get fed up I will understand.
Attached is a word doc to bring you up to date on what I did this morning, hope it helps a bit.
Thanks again.
Pete
Boggin:
It's good that sfc /scannow reported it repaired the files so there will be no need to run SFCFix.exe.
Unfortunately it hasn't fixed the problem.
Sorry for the confusion but there's no "instead" after Repair your Computer, but it's troubling that you don't have that option as it's an integral part of repairs in Win 7.
When it went missing from one of my Toshiba Win 7 laptops I phoned the extended warranty people for advice and they advised to factory reset it.
You may want to get your son to do this for you which could very well sort out all of your problems, but first you would need to create a System Repair disk to boot up with to access the Recovery Environment to select the HDD Recovery option.
While as far as I know, the Repair your Computer option is in the advanced boot options for Win 7, different makes may have a different key to tap.
You could see what tapping F11 as you switch on gets you, but don't proceed if it takes you straight to a reset, although you usually get a chance to cancel and you would need to back up all of your personal stuff first as that and all 3rd party programs you have installed since will be lost.
You need to reinstall all 3rd party programs after the reset.
To create a System Repair disk go Start - Control Panel - System and Security/Back up your computer and in the upper left pane you should have the option to Create a system repair disc.
Stick a disk in the drive then click on Create a system repair disc then click on Create disc and let it do its thing.
Click on OK when the disk drive stops then open the drawer.
You will need to make a note of those bootrec commands then shutdown, tap F12 as you switch on then select the disk drive (ODD) for it to boot from first, close the drawer and press enter.
Press any key to boot from CD/DVD when prompted - you have about 10 secs to do this and you may be presented with an inverse window with Windows Setup (EMS Enabled) highlighted - just press enter.
When the files have loaded, change/confirm the keyboard input - Next - wait for it to locate your OS to repair - Next and that should see you in the Recovery Environment to select Command Prompt - you may also see the option of HDD Recovery.
Enter the bootrec /fixmbr cmd then exit to close the cmd window - open the disk drawer then click on Restart to see how it starts up then.
You can reboot it a couple of times but if it's still slow then redo the procedure to navigate to the Recovery Environment by booting up with the disk and enter bootrec /fixboot and then see how it boots up.
I'm going to have to shoot off now as I have to get ready to go for a blood test - but will be back later.
munchie2222:
Good luck with the tests, I have to go back today, tomorrow, Tuesday and Thursday next week for a series of scans, they think I have throat and maybe lung cancer and I think their nuts.
I followed a link you were kind enough to provide me with: How to run the Bootrec.exe tool
To run the Bootrec.exe tool, first start the Windows RE:
1. Put the Windows Vista or Windows 7 media in the DVD drive, and then start the computer, I never got that disc.
Be back to you later and before I forget Happy Easter!
Pete
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