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    Windows 7 A patch is preventing the system from starting - Error code = 0 x 490

    None of the above suggestions worked, so I restored a system backup that I made two weeks before this issue began using EaseUS Todo Backup. This great bit of software installed a boot option that permitted me to recover my system...and so far it is stable (keeping my fingers crossed!)...
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    Windows 7 A patch is preventing the system from starting - Error code = 0 x 490

    I did as you suggested. I got the "Boot files successfully created" message. I still can't boot into Win7. However, it did change the OS recognized in System Recovery Options from "(recovered)" to "Windows 7". So I tried "bootrec /fixmbr", "bootrec /fixboot", and "bootsect /nt60 SYS /mbr"...
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    Windows 7 A patch is preventing the system from starting - Error code = 0 x 490

    "So, if you boot to the Install DVD and go to the command prompt, whichever partition the OS is on (let's use X: ) you would type this: Bcdboot X:\Windows /s X: I have not tried running it from a Command Window in XP, but as long as you know the path to the utility, it might work. Just...
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    Windows 7 A patch is preventing the system from starting - Error code = 0 x 490

    I boot seperately from the Boot Manager. Each OS is on its own HD. I installed XP first, then Win7. I made it so XP can't see the Win7 partitions because XP was wiping Win7's restore points. Same RAM configuration (2 x 4 GB Corsair DDR3 1866); but old RAM was 1600. I have tried Startup...
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    Windows 7 A patch is preventing the system from starting - Error code = 0 x 490

    I recently had to replace some bad memory which caused my home built system to fail to boot into Windows. I have a dual-boot (XP on one HD, and Win7 on a separate HD). The system has been running smoothly for more than a year until the failed RAM module. I can boot into XP, but not into...
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