I have an Acer Aspire that's a few years old. I installed windows 7 on it about a year ago, and hadn't had any problems with it until a couple weeks ago, when windows failed to start. Startup Repair fails to fix the problem.
I get:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline
Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 21201005
Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 06: 34
Problem Signature 07: CorruptRegistry
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Startup Repair diagnosis and repair log
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Last successful boot time: 12/6/2010 1:43:29 AM (GMT)
Number of repair attempts: 33
Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 125 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 15 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 172 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 15 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 328 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Root cause found:
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Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of the problem.
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Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 140 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 32 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 171 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 156 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 577 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 63 ms
Root cause found:
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Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of the problem.
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Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 16 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 124 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 47 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 187 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 32 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 15 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 624 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Boot status test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 16 ms
Root cause found:
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Boot status indicates that the OS booted successfully.
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I get:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline
Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 21201005
Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 06: 34
Problem Signature 07: CorruptRegistry
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Startup Repair diagnosis and repair log
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Last successful boot time: 12/6/2010 1:43:29 AM (GMT)
Number of repair attempts: 33
Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 125 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 15 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 172 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 15 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 328 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Root cause found:
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Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of the problem.
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Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
---------------------------
Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 140 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 32 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 171 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 156 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 577 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 63 ms
Root cause found:
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Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of the problem.
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Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 16 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 124 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 47 ms
Test Performed:
---------------------------
Name: Target OS test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 187 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Volume content check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Boot manager diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 32 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System boot log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 15 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Event log diagnosis
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 624 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Internal state check
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: Boot status test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 16 ms
Root cause found:
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Boot status indicates that the OS booted successfully.
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