Unable To Enter The Windows Repair On Bootup?
Jan 11, 2012
I am having a bit of an odd issue with my Alienware MX11 laptop. I just restored it to a previous "checkpoint" after just having the error "Failed to save all the components for the file \System32\000052af. This file is corrupted or unreadable This error may be cause by a PC hardware problem." After restoring via Control Panel it is running generally fine. However, my issue is wanting to reset it to factory default settings. I've reset to the Factory Image before with previous Dell laptops, but for some reason the repair menu will not load past the black screen with the grey bar on the bottom with the words "Windows is loading files..." After the bar fills white (very quickly might I add) it returns to being gray and sits there.
Is there another way to return to factory image or a way to fix this?
This laptop is still fairly young (got it last month) and the warrenty is still good.
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Mar 18, 2012
i have a spare pc a medion core duo it has win 7 as an upgrade and never had any problems, when it boots up now it starts a repair, after that it works ok, i have done a check on the hard drive etc but i cant find anything wrong? is there a test i can do to find out why it does a repair?
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