System Recovery Startup Freezing
Feb 11, 2009
I have an Acer 9410 laptop with Windows Vista and I had taken it to computer techs to fix some mouse pad problems as well as some startup freezing problems. They said it passed their PC check so didn't appear as anything was wrong. They said I could try to do system recovery to restore it back to its factory settings. Well, when I initially tried it, it didn't work so then, not thinking this through and not being as familiar with this as I would like to have been, I accidentally rand the Anytime Upgrade CD thinking it was also the recovery CD.
Of course, I found out after the fact that it was just that, so it reinstalled another version of Vista on my computer which then completely wiped everything including the Acer emPowering Technology software which contains the software to do the system Recovery. But it also removed some of my original drives like the memory card drivers, microphone, and maybe the webcam. In the process it saved a bunch of old Windows files to my hard drive. Are those still useful and is there any way
I can recover those drivers besides getting the recovery CD's which I can purchase from Acer or the store where I bought it from for around $40.
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Dec 27, 2008
I tried System Restore up to the previous 4 restore points, but it didn't work. I ran System Recovery with the recovery disks I burned when I purchased the computer, but it froze up at 1% on Reinstalling Original content. I am currently running the System Restore from the recovery partition on the computer, but it is freezing up again at the same spot.
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Apr 27, 2008
The last couple of days I had a few times a startup error. It said something like Windows couldn't start normally. Run Startup Recovery (Recommended) Start Windows Normally. I did the Startup Recovery and then it worked again but the next day or so the same thing, otherwise my system runs fine.
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Mar 29, 2009
During my days working as an in-store PC tech at Circuit City, these were techniques I developed for cleaning heavily infected computers. This is what I did if the client's computer won't boot, freezes during startup, or constantly crashes.
1. Remove hard drive and connect it to a clean, anti-virus protected computer. Run a virus scan on infected drive. Physically delete known virus files/folders. Run a checkdsk to correct any file system errors, which was done though command prompt> chkdsk /r
2. Reinstall hard drive in client computer. Boot computer into safe mode. Used CCleaner & MSCONFIG to disable any viruses/malware from starting during boot. Run an antispyware program such as AdAware or Spysweeper (run portably through flash drive. Scan for viruses with client's AV program, if present
3. Reboot client computer normally. Run CCLeaner to delete temporary files, cookies, etc. Defrag client's computer, I used Auslogics Disk Defragmenter (on flash drive. Check for internet connectivity then update client's AV program, if it hadn't already. Scan for viruses with client's AV program to ensure computer is cleaned And if all failed, or the OS was damaged too much, then we reinstalled/recovered the OS
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Jul 21, 2009
I'm trying to restore my computer and it is absolutely driving me CRAZY! Last thursday I tried running the HP Recovery manager to restore it back to it's factory image and it kept freezing around 77%, so I chatted online with an HP customer support guy and he told me I needed to get the restore disks. I got the restore disks today and it freezes at 33%! What should I do?
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Aug 5, 2008
the problem is what I start up Combat Arms, I get a brief period of everything on my computer freezing. When I try to goto options if I click any tap or press OK I get a period where my computer just freezes for about 10 mins. I can't Ctrl+Alt+Del or alt+f4 out of it. This also happens when I start a game, not join one but when the actually gameplay starts, and I also get it when die and respawn for about 1-2 mins.
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Jun 5, 2009
friend's laptop came up with the unmountable boot volume BSOD recently and I've been trying to fix it. I followed the guide and booted the startup recovery disc, but all I'm getting is a black screen with a mouse arrow after it says it's loading, so I can't even get to the startup recovery option yet. Is there a reason it's not showing up? Its a Dell Inspiron 1526 laptop with windows home 32bit.
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Apr 11, 2010
For the past few days, I've been having problems with my laptop. It keeps freezing up, usually when it's idle (Which I can't afford because I download torrents while I sleep). This is my laptop: Toshiba Satellite L305-S5933 - P T3400 2.16 GHz - 15.4" TFT Laptop reviews - CNET Reviews I'm pretty experienced with computers, but I'm stumped on this one. Usually, I notice this:
1.It's usually happens when it's idle, and running uTorrent.
2.If uTorrent isn't open, it's when a lot of programs are open.
Nothing special happens, all that happens is that the computer freezes up, with no error message. The only way to restart it is to go and take out the battery.
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Jun 4, 2008
I have a system that has FAT16 file system on it. I have that file system on that for some reason so I don’t need to upgrade on that….but recently I had some files deleted and now I need to get them back. They are important for my official use and hold great importance. I know that there is software for recovery but since I have a FAT16 file system I guess that all won’t work on that.
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May 15, 2010
my laptop keeps freezing on me and is very very slow,i've run malwarebytes through it,msse,and spybot,all to no avail,everything is telling me the laptop is clean,by the way i don't keep all three on my laptop at the same time so that isn't the problem,i'm on windows vista 64 bit.
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Feb 24, 2009
I have the windows installed on a Samsung 80Gb disk, and I have a Toshiba 500Gb Hard disk drive. My Operating System keeps on freezing every couple of hours, with only the reset button working. I can post the event logs if you want me to.
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Jan 1, 2009
when I installed an 8500GT Nvidia graphics card. The system would run for a little then completly lock up. All I would be left with was an EventID: 6008 in the Event Viewer once I reset. Once I remove the 8500GT and run on the onboard 3200HD drivers all is well. Nothing locks up the system responds fine. I dont think the system is infected with anything as this is a fresh install on a fresh hard drive. Previously the system ran with XP on a different hard drive (120gb, the 320 was storage) and had no trouble with lockups. I'm not sure what the problem could be. Originally, I thought it might be power supply--but after trying a 430watt nothign changed.
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Nov 5, 2009
I recently have managed to gain a corrupt file on my computer this basically means my computer does not startup. I have a boot disk available for my system (Windows vista x64 ultimate). However when it comes to trying to select a operating system
in the system recovery options the box is blank and i have no operating system to select. I have a feeling the fact i have sata raid setup on my computer is the reason as to why i cannot see my C: drive. I know this will fix my computer if i can only locate an operating system to detect. I have already carried out all the usual suspects of what is wrong like system restore etc but i cannot find a hard drive to restore.
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Apr 12, 2010
Here's the error I'm getting when trying to do a system repair on my acer 6930:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailOver
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 0
Problem Signature 04: 65537
Problem Signature 05: unknown....
I saw that message about the missing os loader so I grabbed my father in laws XP PRO cd (which i just realized won't freaking work) and tried to install that.... Got the blue screen of death. I tried changing my hd setting in the bios from AHCI to IDE still no success. The BSOD error message was this: STOP: 0x0000007B (0XF78D22524, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)
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May 23, 2008
I restart it and it doesn't want to start up and it just keeps trying to repair the startup. This then stopped, for the next couple of days all it was doing was going past the BIOS then a black screen with a blinking cursor would appear and it would never boot. Im pretty much sure that it came with Vista preinstalled on it so I dont have a vista CD, I tried the recovery Cd.
Now everytime i restart it it gives me options for safe mode etc I have picked them all and it loads fr a bit then the screen goes to a page with text saying reinstall windows and the registry is corrupt. Info: Windows failed to load because the system registry file is missing, or corrupt. Now I cant get into any of the safe modes at all and I dont have a vista CD as it was preinstalled.
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Jun 4, 2009
My laptop always automatically power off by itself. Means that it won't have the shutdown interface but automatically power off. Like we close our power on a CPU. When i power on, it will power off by itself at startup, window progress bar and the window interface. Sometime it went well until i shutdown. There are no blue screen. I have done scandisk but seem like no bad sector.
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Jun 14, 2009
New applications I launch don't always have the system focus on startup. For some, I don't mind them NOT having the focus immediately on startup (and sitting on the taskbar if I am already working with another application), but for others I do. Where and what settings/values should I tweak?
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Jan 23, 2010
I will probably do several system recoveries in the next couple of months for a Vista problem that is too lengthy to explain. A friend told me that causes wear on a hard drive and can shorten its life. Is that true?
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Sep 29, 2009
Can I safely uncheck the following checked items from System Configuration Startup:
SupportSoft sprtcm
HD Audio Control Panel
Google Toolbar Notifier
That would leave only Microsoft Windows Operating System and Trend Micro Internet Security as the 2 items checked for Startup.
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Oct 18, 2009
I am currently running vista home premium 32 bit. Every time I put my computer in sleep mode for the night, the next morning it goes right into the system repair on startup mode. After startup, I notice that a lot of my downloads and files from days before have been lost. I want to know if there's a way to solve this problem.
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Mar 19, 2009
i cannot get into system recovery by tapping f11 on restart i have vista 32 bit system,is there an alternative way to access system recovery ..
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Apr 6, 2008
vista ultimate, no SP1 yet, cause it won't take on my system and Panda Titanium AV i get a message that says Panda has detected a worm on the computer and I need to restart it to complete the removal. i restart, and when I do, it goes to the desktop, but none of my programs work. every time i try to open one, it gives me a message saying wininet.dll is missing.
i can't open any programs at all. i can't open explorer at all. i tried a system restore, but it said it failed and did not reset anything. i don't know if it will help to boot it from the DVD, in fact, when i think about it, the DVD drive has not been working. if i try to put a CD or DVD in, the drive disappears from my system.. so i'm not sure that will be an option either short of going out and buying a new drive.
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May 15, 2010
i used the full system recovery on vista home basic of my friend's laptop and i forgot to backup his files.. is it possible to undo the system recovery like we always did in system restore.? i ask this bcoz the laptop is not in my hand right now so i cannot look if there
is an undo option of system recovery.
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Jan 17, 2009
I recently have noticed a unusuall startup item on msconfig called: Microsoft Operating System. Its never been there before? What would be the effects if i unchecked it!!? Do u know if its a virus?? How can i send it for checking or anything like that,
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Aug 21, 2009
when I start up my PC (running Vista64 sp2 OS) my sidebar has a white background instead of the usual translucent one. If I close the side bar, the white background remains with holes in it where the Gadget icons were. Logging off of Windows Vista and then back on again fixes the problem. Has anyone else had this specific problem? Is this a glitch with Vista OS and there is no cure?
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Mar 23, 2008
I'm getting a BSOD right when Vista gets to the login screen on startup. The system will boot to safe mode, but I have no idea how to fix it from there. This happened suddenly on a system that has been running stable for 6+ months. At first I thought that perhaps some of my RAM was bad, so I tried booting with just one stick in (I have 4x1gb), but it wouldn't boot on any of them. My other suspicion was that I had installed drivers for a new keyboard that night before (as that was the only recent change to my system configuration), so I deleted those, but that didn't help either. I'm thinking my next move is to flash my BIOS, but I'm running out of ideas......
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Apr 3, 2008
What are the basic differences between XP & Vista? All we do is surf the web, email and download an occasional game. Norton AntiVirus is always on and always up-to-date. My XP machine is dying big time & I can't figure out how to save it. It won't recognize the System Recovery disk that came with the machine, but it will recognize other CDs. That CD must be bent or whatever. The SPs are up to date. I'm running Office XP and it is taking Word and Excel 7 or 8 seconds to load; it used to open in a snap. I installed the latest edition of Firefox and loading web pages with it is taking too long. Most pages should just snap open. I guessed we've been "phished" or whatever because some of the ads I run into know that I live in Seattle. Our network connection is DSL and we haven't made any changes of any consequence that I know of to this machine in ages. I put SpyBot on it a week ago and twice when WinXP started, the Spybot folder opened. Not the program but the folder.
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Mar 4, 2009
I am wondering if you need to re-install Windows after a hard drive failure before you use a "ghost" image. I used Macrium Reflect to create it.
http://www.macrium.com/blog/2008/03/...umReflect.aspx
Do you install Windows on the new drive or just install the "ghost" image of the drive before it failed?
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May 19, 2008
First and foremost create a Recovery Disc and keep it safe and do not switch off the System Recovery utility. Do not remove the bloatware came with your PC unless you are desperate for space in your Hard disc,if and when you remove them do it one by one monitoring the response of the PC. If you couldn't get SP1,don't loose your sleep over it because it is not for the benefit of the user and it is designed to stop the user using other free third party softwares and tools(in my opinion anyway and remember I am not an expert).
Do not rely solely on the advices and do your own research as well because these so called advisers haven't provided me with tangible proof of their competence. Most of them hail vista as the best but wouldn't say why. If you ask any questions,they will blame you first for not asking the question properly and point you to a website to learn how to ask questions. Then they will request the third party software details and blame them. Now the turn of your hardware incompatibility which creates the problem. When everything fails they will accuse you of being an Ubuntu user. I suspect these so called experts use Ubuntu or some thing and pretend to be Vista experts and trying to damage the image of Vista. However,there are many helpful sites available and one of them is: www.vistax64.com If you do the basic housekeeping maintenance you will do fine.
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Mar 24, 2009
My PC wont start onto my Desktop, the only thing you can see is the "System Recovery", and the "System Recovery" doesnt work (it wont repair). The computer did shutdown while i completed an programinstallation, probably a virus?:....
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Jun 28, 2009
My computer has been acting funny for several days (even though I told it to be serious!), anyway, last night, it was running v-e-r-y slow while I was trying to work on it, and then it just automatically rebooted itself. A screen came up that said to perform a System Recovery, so this morning I did the Recovery, but now I've been stuck on this same screen because it wants a password, which I don't know it, nor can I remember it. It's a Dell Inspiron 1525 which I bought from Dell April '08. Is there some way to get a password with having to be charged for Dell's help? I'm thinking of just tossing the laptop in the recycle trashbin, and buying a new brand.
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