When I turn on my computer I get the black screen and all it says is A disk read error occurred Press CTRL+Alt+Del to restart It just constantly will loop thro this sequence, what do I do to fix this (really I just want to backup my primary partition so I do not loose any data)?
EDIT --- I just tried to run a Linux Live CD and mount my Windows partition but Linux is unable to mount the Windows partition, it errors everytime.
EDIT # 2 ---Used a Win 7 install cd and chose the repair option...problems with this route is 1) The partition isn't even recognized this way, I also went into the command prompt and tried to run chkdsk (no errors reported), and fix MBR and after this still unable to boot the PC.
whenever I turn on the laptop, it seems to boot into Windows 7, in that the "Starting Windows" text appears and the little animation of colors forming the logo shows, but as some point it fails. This message appears on screen:autocheck not found - skipping AUTOCHECK After a few seconds a BSOD shows up, but too fast for me to make out what it says. It used to, but after some hasty fix attempts no longer does, cycle around to a menu that informed me of this error:Status: 0xc000000f Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible. Here's the longer history:As some point in the past I decided to try out dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux on the laptop. I got it to a state where this worked fine. I had partitions roughly as follows:[Ubuntu][Windows 7]([Data and files][Boot]) The parentheses denote a logical partition. The Boot partition was very small and only held what was necessary to launch GRUB. This week, I realized that I hardly ever used the Linux partition and decided to get rid of it to reclaim storage space. This is where the trouble begins. I rebooted into a thumb drive that could run GParted and modified the hard drive layout in the following steps: Delete the Ubuntu partition Delete the Boot partition Grow the Data/Files partition to take up the space left by Boot Shrink the Windows 7 partition to make it faster to move Move the Windows 7 partition to the front of the volume Expand it to take up the remaining space. What I ended up with was: [Windows 7]([Data and files]) My naive and fatal mistake was to trust that the Windows Repair CD could fix any boot issues, and also that there would be no catastrophic hardware failures. Both of these assumptions turned out to be false.
First, the laptop's CD/DVD drive has either broken or is too unreliable to use. I have noticed it becoming more and more unstable over time, but now (when I need it most!) it simply does not seem to want to spin up and function at all. This forced me to create a Windows Repair USB drive. However, I can't load any installation media. This is because the laptop did not come with an install DVD. It had a recovery sector, which I cannibalized for the Linux partition. I did copy the stock recovery stuff to a series of DVDs, but, well...This is all to say that any solution that requires a DVD drive is straight out until I can replace it, which I'd like to consider a last resort.My expectations for the Windows Repair CD/USB have been dashed. Attempting to automatically fix boot issues either fails for some specific reason (I can probably reproduce it and provide the details, if necessary), with a dialog to send a report, or fails because it cannot detect any problems. I have tried a variety of things based on my own research to fix this through the command prompt: Running chkdsk /x /r on all drives. Does not find any errors. Running various bootrec commands: /fixmbr, /fixboot, /rebuildbcd, /scanos. All complete successfully, but the last 2 report finding 0 Windows installations. Using bcdboot and bootsect to recreate the bootloader. Again, no errors result, but it does not fix the issue. I guess it should have been obvious that none of the boot record fixes would matter, since the laptop does boot into Windows 7, briefly.
Today when I was surfing on my laptop (G74S Series) I wanted to restart the laptop because the internet crashed and it usually helps to restart. But I restarted it holding down the power button thing.So, I restarted it and while I was waiting, staring in to the screen, the blinking "_" thing when you start up was doing that for a while and nothing was happening, and a couple of seconds later the computer tells me that it can't boot the laptop/pc because no drive was found. I saw an error code but I didn't catch it, but it was something like "0x0000".So then on later, it sent me in to "Image Restore" But I have no image to restore with, so I cancel it, and then it sends me into the menu where. I can choose to "Restore Computer" or "Scan for startup errors" or something like that (I don't really have a such accurate memory.)And on the top it also says "os unknown on (unknown) local disk".Everytime I start the computer it sends me to that menu where I can choose to restore my computer etc..And I can't really do much about it since I don't have the windows 7 disc/dvd thing either.And this all came all so sudden I don't really know what to do.I don't have any backu or anything, and windows can only detect my /D: drive and not /C:, and I have my OS on /C/
My nephews laptop is not able to boot up and he needs to recover files if possible before he reinstalls the os if it comes to that.My computer has recently been unable to boot; it froze up, so I went into safe mode and ran some scans. It froze there, and then when I tried to boot again it froze while booting, so I went into system repair. In system repair, nothing happens. It doesn't freeze, I can still move the cursor, it just stays on an empty screen and nothing pops up. I ran diagnostics without booting and it's said that the error is in the hard drive. I get error code 305 and it says that the hard disk is full. I have a Compaq Presario CQ63-238DX Notebook, it's running Windows 7, and it's a home premium.Essentially, I have two questions;
1. Do I need to replace my hard drive or is there a way to fix it? I have recovery disks.
2. What's the easiest way to save the documents, videos, etc. on my hard drive, if it's possible? I'm working on some projects and desperately need to keep the edits and scripts I have.
If it helps at all, prior to freezing up, I was trying to open Chrome. I always use Chrome as my browser and it always worked, but the last few times I tried to open it the computer froze, and then the whole startup issues happened.We will be working on this with you from my pc so my work schedule will cause some delays at times. Also, when booting in safe mode it stops at the following: [code]
This morning, my laptop turned on fine, and after I had logged in, the screen went blue and a message came up which said that my laptop had been affected by a virus and had to power off to prevent and further damage being done. But now when I try and turn my laptop on, the blue light comes on, but the screen stays blank as it won't boot up. How could this be fixed?
I've had a problem with my ACER Laptop, and I need help fixing this Black Screen Of Death. I started up my laptop today, and BOOM! An error popped up and I have no absolute idea how to fix it.
my son has the dreaded bootmgr missing on his dell inspiron laptop. We've found a few fixes online that all revolve around using the repair tool in the cd but when we put this into the tray, whilst it makes a whirring noise we still just get the bootmgr missing message on the screen with ctrl alt delete to restart. We've tried the cd in another computer and it loads fine - we;re at our wits end
I tried to restore my acer aspire 5532 to a earlier date, and the proses was interrupted. Now the laptop won't boot all the way. it will go to the "WELCOME TO WINDOWS" screen, but just black after that.
so my laptop wouldnt boot and i took it in to a shop. The person told me that my windows 7 was bad and NOT my hard drive. Is it even possible to have a bad windows 7? I never heard of this before.
I have a ToshibaL675 -06j laptop that will not boot up.I tried every thing that i know without sucess like safe mode ,last good config restart normally ,repair etc..I don't want to loose my data it only a year hold laptop. When i bought the laptop i made the recovery disc..but i haven't put them on to scarte to loose my data...
I have a Packard Bell Easynote TJ74, i bought it will a defect screen as i was planning to use my tv as the external monitor. For a few months it has worked perfectly. One morning i turned the laptop on and the laptop turned on with certain lights, but did not boot up and the screen which usually just has a white light did not show either, the hard drive lights did not light up but the heat sensitive buttons do work and light up but it's almost like the laptop is on but nothing is happening inside :S. I have the power supply constantly plugged in but the battery is not being used as don't want to over charge. After turning the laptop on and off multiple times it will finally start up correctly and the screen will light up just with a white screen and it will change over to the TV correctly.
I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop with Windows 7. Laptop will not boot up. I tried Last Known Good Configuration and Safe Mode, it will still not boot up. It looks like it will but it does not. Then I went to the BIOS and did the Hardware Scan and it gave me this message.Error Code 0142Msg Error Code 2000-0142Msg Hard Drive 0 - self test unsuccessful Status 79
I have another laptop from Dell that has Windows 7 OS. Within the past couple of days it started rebooting on it's own. Now it boots to a black screen with a flashing cursor in the upper left hand corner. I have gone into the setup and noticed that it was trying to boot from Diskette, then CD/DVD and finally the Hard drive. I changed it to boot from Hard drive, but still received the same problem. I ran the diagnostics and received Code 4400:011A in one of the results after the diagnostics finished. Could the hard drive be going? Do I need to reinstall the operating system? I also tried to do a repair after using the reinstallation CD but it shows that I have no restore point and said it could not be repaired.
I have a Windows 7 DVD that I want to use to format a laptop (and reinstall Windows 7 on it), however, the laptop won't boot from the DVD. It shows the flashing cursor for 2 minutes and then boots the HDD.
The DVD does boot on my non-laptop PC.
Edit: Apparently, the DVD won't show up in Windows' Computer either. Is the DVD drive dead?
Lenovo laptop with Windows 7 OS. The laptop shut down while plugged in overnight. I have removed the battery and let it sit for hours to cool/reset. Upon power up, the hard drive light comes on for 2-3 seconds, then goes off. Sometimes the screen flickers white for another 2-3 seconds, but the OS never boots up. I have removed the hard drive and plugged it into another computer via a SATA cable. I was able to read data. The drive appears to be working. I ran Malware Bytes and it cleared off some suspect files (PUP.FunWebProducts and PUP.MyWebSearch). I have a log file to post if helpful. When I put the hard drive back into the laptop, I get the same result as before. I made a recovery disc on another Win 7 computer and attempted to boot the Lenovo from the disc, but still I get the same result. I have tried pressing F8 at start up, but still no joy. Is this a BIOS issue, failed HD controller, or something else?
One month old asus laptop just stopped working. Now won't boot up. Goes as far as choice between "launch startup repair" and "start windows normally".. Tried both options but ends with blank screen. Tried online suggestion for asus of using F9 when logo comes up. does this mean the laptop is unrepairable.
I bought my son a Toshiba Satellite C655-S5132 laptop running Windows 7 for Christmas. He used the laptop about a week ago, and a couple of days ago tried to use it and it won't boot. Most of the time when the computer is turned on there is simply a blank screen. Sometimes a scree will show up that has Toshiba's name on it with F2 go to utility manager and F12 go to boot manager in the bottom left corner then a blank screen. Then sometimes it screen with Toshiba's name and the F2 and F12 will show up and them after a while something that looks like and underline that is blinking will show up in the upper left hand corner and there will appear a message that says ...
Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 083) ForAtheros PCIE Ethernet Controller v2.0.1.9(12/15/09) Check cable connection PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel PXE Rom. No bootable device--insert boot disk and press any key
When it opens pressing F2 in Setup Utility the system date is correct, the System Date is correct and Language is in English. You can enter these three and change them. But the CPu Type, Cpu Speed, HDD/SSD, Total memoy Size, an Sytem Bios Version cannot be selected or entere.The boot manager can be entered and the boot sequence can be changed. Nothing else can be done, can't even enter safe mode.
After I logon to my Windows 7 machine, the computer seems to freeze. Every once in ahwile I'll be able to do a little but it is painfully slow(3-5 mintues for one action). Everything runs normally in safe mode.Originally I thought my virus software of kaspersky 2012 was causing problems at startup, so unwisely I removed it. I can't get the machine to run long enough to get it reinstalled.The computer will start and run in safe mode. I have downloaded combofix. It runs and creates the log. It runs at an acceptable speed in normal mode after the combofix reboot where it is creating the log. However I can't launch any program because it says that a registry is marked for deletion. When I restart it goes back the computer being unusable.
My laptop is continuously freezing after startup. I after booting up and logging in everything will load completely then will often freeze for 10mins to upwards of 50mins, and I will eventually get a Microsoft Explorer error and everything will disappear from my screen leaving up only my wallpaper. And all attempts at bringing up the task manager will not work.
Bought the toshiba satellite A505-S6970 for college three years ago. Now the logo shows then the F2 or F12 menu. After which there is only a blinking cursor, There are no error beeps. Additionally the keyboard is entirely unresponsive: I can neither enter the F2 nor F12 menu.After powering I have left it sitting an hour but it was still a flashing cursor. It will not boot to usb if I put in a known to boot usb drive. Similarly it won't boot from a bootable CD or a DVD.
I have an 2 year old HP Pavillion dv7-4165dx entertainment Lapton triple core AMD chip. A few days ago, I plugged the laptop to my Big screen to watch Hulu, well it took me a few mins to get the audio to respond correctly, BTW this was not my first time plugging to the Big Screen. While watching the programs noticed there were a few freezes, unplugged the HDMI cord, screen never went back to single monitor mode, so I did a hard reset. Laptop took a little longer than normal to load into windows but it got there.
Firefox was running a little buggy so I went to check the antivirus program, Trend Micro 2012 Titanium and the its not running nor can I open the console. Checked for a restore point, there was none left. Rebooted into safe mode check Trend Micro still has the same issue, still unable to restore. Finally, reboots once more and computer goes into start windows normally or start windows repair (recommended), starting normally and repair gets you to the same place the HP recovery manager that does not work.
One takes a little longer than the other, I have tried all the options on the recovery manager panel none seem to work. So during research I found that I could download Systemssweeper (now Windows defender) by MS and boot to CD Drive and scan for viruses. Accomplished few viruses found, cleaned rebooted, went back to HP recovery manager, same results nothing working. Unmounted the HD, plugged to a working laptop, used local antivirus, no viruses.
Removed all information needed i.e. photos, music, important files, etc. Downloaded Malware Bytes, on the working laptop, scanned the HD, as an external, few malware programs found and cleaned. Downloaded Superantispyware, on the working laptop, scanned the HD, as an external, few tracking cookies found and cleaned. Mounted HD back into laptop, tried to load into safe mode, laptop just black screened with a revolving wheel for 8 hours.
Last item I tried was EBCD, but that program did not give me anything better than booting into Safe mode w/ cmd prompt. Also went into F8 menu to load Safe, Cmd Prompt, recovery, tried them all. I am not a programmer so I do not understand how to use Dos to access the information I need. I know basic commands. I would prefer not to wipe/restart but if that is the last option I am not opposed to it.
The laptop runs the UTube Toolbox (TB) most of the time so when I went to bed I checked the TB and everything was running fine. I checked it again when I woke up and the screen was black and gave the following message:Check cable connectionPXE M0F: Exiting PXE ROMNo bootable deviceInsert boot disk and press any keyI don't have a boot disk. I tried to create one on my other win7 laptop but I only have cdrws and not dvdrws so I guess it failed because of lack of space to record everything?The cdrw did save some boot files but the Tosh laptop still couldn't load windows.I did manage to run the repair tool from the LT directly and when it finished it said the root cause was a corrupt registry. I presumed it had fixed it but windows still wouldn't load and now I only get the original problem message or the repair thing which never shows a windows and the HD stops sounding like it's actually scanning after about a 1/2 hour
When I turn my laptop on, instead of loading Windows 7 like normal, it goes to a screen saying that Windows failed to start and a recent hardware or software change might be the cause. It then gives me two options, if I try to run it as normal it just goes back to the same screen and if I choose launch start-up repair, it gets frozen on a blue screen with a white bird. I have tried to load it in safe mode, it just goes back to the screen again, and I have tried using a start-up repair disc, but this also becomes stuck on the blue screen with the bird.
I have an HP Pavilion (AMD Turion) dv6 running Windows 7 as an upgrade from Vista. Shut down to hibernate and then managed to pull mains lead out, no battery installed. Now will not boot up all I get is caps lock and num lock lights flashing plus black screen .Have read other HP thread and tried booting with CD of partition wizard and also tries booting with repair CD but no joy
I have a dell e6410 laptop with windows XP SP3 on my internal HDD. I have another HDD with windows 7 located in place of my optical drive. I want to be able to boot to either the internal XP or the modular bay Win 7. During boot sequence, which is set for internal-> modular bay-> CD/, I select F12 and choose 1 time boot to modular bay but it skips over my request and boots to the internal drive Is there a configuration I need to set? Both harddrives are labelled as C:. My laptop is hot swappable but it errors out with message" Cannot enable because it conflicts with another resource" So I can neither boot to the modular bay nor can I insert it successfully with XP already running. Anyone have Any Ideas?. By the way.., I installed windows 7 on the Modular Bay HDD while it was installed in the internal bay then moved it to the modular bay if that makes a difference.
Decided to installed the HDD with Windows 7 Ultimate from my old laptop into the 2nd drive bay of my new HP Pavillion DV7 Laptop. What should I do to get the 2nd HDD with Windows 7 Ultimate to boot so that I can use programs that aren't on the primary HDD of my new laptop?
how to install windows hoping that it would fix a problem he has recently had, He was updating his system and a power cut happened, and his laptop turned off. When he boots up, he gets to options, Start windows Normally, Launch Startup repair, He asked me if i could fresh install windows as that may help, When I try this, the system freezes at Setup is starting, If I run startup repair, I get error 0xc00000e9 (Error communicating with device) If I start windows normally, goes to starting windows, then the same error I am guessing the hard drive failed, but I want to make sure before telling him.
Lenovo laptop with Windows 7 OS. The laptop shut down while plugged in overnight. I have removed the battery and let it sit for hours to cool/reset. Upon power up, the hard drive light comes on for 2-3 seconds, then goes off. Sometimes the screen flickers white for another 2-3 seconds, but the OS never boots up. I have removed the hard drive and plugged it into another computer via a SATA cable. I was able to read data. The drive appears to be working. I ran Malware Bytes and it cleared off some suspect files (PUP.FunWebProducts and PUP.MyWebSearch). I have a log file to post if helpful. When I put the hard drive back into the laptop, I get the same result as before. I made a recovery disc on another Win 7 computer and attempted to boot the Lenovo from the disc, but still I get the same result. Is this a BIOS issue, failed HD controller, or something else?
