Trying to repair windows 7 HELP!

[xSiBx]

This morning when i got on my computer it was going through boot process like normal but then i got a blue screen. So ive been tryin to get into windows 7 repair with my disc but everytime it loads the files it either restarts or i get blue screen. I can boot in safe mode and i cant get into windows. I was in process of adding a graphics card. But this happened before that. I have the card in it now, replaced a dedicated gpu. Please someone help me get my computer working again....

 

[RealBeast]

Go into your bios and check your settings, the boot order, sata mode, or graphics order could have gotten corrupted -- I would just make sure that all the values are what you want.

Once you can reliably boot into safe mode, delete the graphic drivers and anything else new that you added just before this started. If all else fails you can do a repair installation (that *should* not affect any data or programs, it just re-installs Windows 7 and then you have to re-install all the updates).

 

[xSiBx]

Go into your bios and check your settings, the boot order, sata mode, or graphics order could have gotten corrupted -- I would just make sure that all the values are what you want.

Is there a specific order it needs to be in? I dont think i messed with the boot order but maybe i did by mistake.

 

[RealBeast]

Not really, many people use the cd/dvd as 1 and the hdd as 2, I do that when necessary but usually keep hdd as 1 to make a faster boot. More likely a BSOD would be from SATA mode change or a graphic bios issue.

 

[xSiBx]

So im under the BIOS setup utility: Boot tab, > Boot device Priority
1st: Hard Drive Group
2nd: CD ROM group
3rd: Network Boot group
4th: Floppy group

Is this what your talking about?

 

[xSiBx]

Getting Windows Error Recovery: try launchin startup repair. it loads files and then it hits blue screen.

 

[RealBeast]

That sounds fine, and unless you have 2 HDDs with operating systems that is not the issue. Next check the bios SATA mode and insure that it is what you had (IDE or SATA), then check to see if the startup graphics are correct.

Can you boot into a stable safe mode?

 

[xSiBx]

No when i try to boot in safe mode it thinks for a bit then reboots itself. I only have 1 harddrive. The options for graphics are Onboar and pci. I took the graphics out atm to try and just get computer running. I have it set to pci. As that is what it was default set to. I upgraded to windows 7 last week would that have anythin to do with my current problems? This is the first time i have had an error since then.

 

[apache_lives]

if windows is corrupted or not booting its usually from faulty hardware (rare for windows to not want to boot etc)

memtest for memory and somehow test the rest where possible

 

[xSiBx]

I ran a memory test earlier everythhing worked fine. Read about that test earlier. Also took all my ram out and dusted them just in case.

 

[xSiBx]

Could it be a driver issue? If it is how would i go about fixing that?

 

[RealBeast]

Boot into safe mode and remove all new drivers.

 

[xSiBx]

When i try and boot in safe mode. It loads alot of the code or w.e it is. Then it reboots. Wont go to desktop or anything.

 

[RealBeast]

Then continue to check all your bios settings, and you may want to reset your bios with the clear CMOS jumper on your board in case something corrupted it during a driver install.

 

[xSiBx]

I had to look up what you meant. I couldnt find the jumper but i took out the battery for a few min. about to put it back in and see if it does anything.

 

[xSiBx]

Went i put the battery in and plugged cord in it start up by itself the bios seemed to be reset but the windows recovery page still popped up. And after it loaded files i got blue screen yet again

 

[xSiBx]

So my memory seems to be fine. Im tryin to find a way to test my hard drive to make sure its working but all the tests i have seen require you to be in windows. Which i can not do....

 

[xSiBx]

I just want to punch a hole in the wall all i want is to get my computer up and running again its its proving to be very difficult....

 

[RealBeast]

So you say that the memory is fine -- does that mean that memtest runs without error? If so, then that indicates that the hardware is not the issue, but rather your Windows drivers are the problem.

If you want to punch the wall, take the night off. After 30 years of building computers, I guarantee that punching the wall will not make it work.

Then tomorrow, do a repair installation -- put the Win 7 install disk in and start up from the DVD and choose a repair installation.

 

[fantastik250]

Did the blue screen issue happen before or after you replaced the dedicated GPU? Also, you mentioned you had an older GPU, was it working fine? Also can you tell me what kind of GPU's you have? Old and new.

 

[xSiBx]

Did the blue screen issue happen before or after you replaced the dedicated GPU? Also, you mentioned you had an older GPU, was it working fine? Also can you tell me what kind of GPU's you have? Old and new.

I was having the problem before, I also just bought a new harddrive and im having same issue tryin to install on new drive. Old gpu im unsure its intergrated, new one i have is geforce gt 520

 

[fantastik250]

Okay the best possible fix for you right now is to do a clean install. This will take care of any driver related issue and incompatibility settings. Do you have a windows 7 disk not the repair disk. Is that reasonable for you to do?

 

[xSiBx]

Yea i just did fresh install last week for win 7 once. So again isnt an issue. I have my win 7 disk but it seems not to let me get to the menus to reformat/delete partitions

 

[fantastik250]

if it ever blue screens again, there is usually a file or something that caused it to crash for example keyboard.sys

Let us knows when it happens.

 

[xSiBx]

Im tryin to boot from disc. It says Windows is loading files.... bar goes to full. Then it goes to Starting windows screen all black no icon shows up then i get blue screen