recovery options

When I start Windows 7 64 I get 3 boot options 1. Windows 7 2. Windows 7 (recovered) 3. Windown 7 (recovered) The first 2 are both dead and I would like to know how to make them go away. I used the start up disk it shows all 3 options but the first 2 it says that there is 0kb in both files and...

No changes were made since last boot. Attempted to follow instructions posted here: windows 7 bootmgr is missing-- resolved using WinRE - Microsoft Answers Method 1: Message states a fix was made.Root cause found: The partition table does not have a valid System Partition. Repair action...

I recently installed some windows updates on my laptop and restarted the computer accordingly. However when I come back on it came to its normal start up screen and then froze there, I let it sit for about an hour and then restarted it again. This time it said there was a problem and need to go...

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to get to the Windows 7 System Recovery Options menu and describes each of the tools on the menu. Link Removed

Hey everybody, just encountered what i think may be a boot sector trojan virus. Im running windows 7 on a sony vaio and can only get into the BIOs system (version R0200Z5). Im unable to boot into anything (normal mode, safe mode, system restore points) when trying, my comp just...

I used the disk clean function and thought I would be saving more space on the drive by checking the compress feature. Now when I boot up, after the Dell window the message shows up on a black screen, like a 'c' prompt screen HTGCM is compressed hit ctrl - alt - del to restart. When I do that...

I am attempting to get a Dell Inspiron 910 with Windows 7 installed up and running again. The system was running fine yesterday, but lost the ability to connect to my wireless network suddenly, though other devices in the house were still connecting fine. I attempted to correct the issue by...

Hey guys, New to these forums and any help would be appreciated. Yesterday i dropped my laptop on the ground and it seems to have shaken up my hard drive. Originally it would not boot at all but after trying a couple of times I got it to start normally into windows once. I read somewhere...

I keep getting Unspecified Error - even from Safe Mode and different restore points. BTW, is there a foolproof way to get into Safe Mode? I have to keep trying and trying and trying until something 'clicks.'

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire 7741Z-5731. It came with Windows 7 installed, which all was fine for the first few days, then Windows Update decided it was time for an update. Ever since then I have had issues with Windows. Immediately upon boot up it goes into Startup Repair, which of...

Hello! I am desperately trying to "train" my Windows 7 64-bit system to replace my aging (and last) XP system. It is giving me fits. I've been in here before describing how I gave up and reinstalled Windows (clean install) rather than "Update" because my SSD is too small to do the update...

Here's the story. I had Windows XP on my original 500GB disk in my computer. We will call this DISK XP. I bought a new 1TB drive and bought Windows 7 64bit to put on it. Call this one DISK W7. I just recently moved all my old files from DISK XP to DISK W7 so I decided I wanted to format DISK...

Here is my case on this particular problem. This is quite long so apologies ahead of time. This computer had windows xp on it for quite some time and I decided it was time to upgrade to windows 7 ultimate. When I did the upgrade it asked me if I wanted to override xp altogether, or create...

Hi everyone.This is a long post so bear with me please. Thanks. My problem is somewhat weird. I've searched and searched for a solution but none was like mine. So sometimes (actually most times) after i do the smallest change like stop/start a service , or set the number of drives in daemon...

Hello all, this is my first post. I need some help with my computer I built myself. I want to format and/or reinstall windows 7 fresh. I have a couple problems though. I haven't made any system image disks nor do i have recovery disks. What are my options, or is it even possible?

Hi Guys, There were a batch of updates done on my windows 7 machine this morning, I by mistake thought the updates had jammed (my machine often jams when I shut it down) so I held down power and rebooted. I am now having serious issues when I seem to run MS Office & Adobe programs. When...

Hi, after installing win7 ultimate on an additional HDD, neither of my windows 7 installations will boot anymore. XP does. I was using windows 7 evaluation copy until yesterday, when I bought additional HDD and installed 64 bit Ultimate on it. No changes were made to the old HDD with win 7...

How do you put a system restore point,while you are in safe mode,mine wont let me,and it wont restore in normal mode,even though it has restore points?

Hi there guys. Can someone please try and get me out of this pickle. My windows 7 (32 bit) laptop won't start normally (only in safe mode). Repair can't fix it and I have no other recovery options. I've tried using the install disk but it only can repair/upgrade in normal boot up. The blue...

hello. i mounted an unbootable iso image via power iso and forgot about it when i rebooted my computer now when i try to boot into windows i cannot boot up because of a screen that sais "boot from cd_" failed solutions: pressing f8 to get to the safe mode options loading optimized defaults...