i'm not sure what happend today but i came home today expecting my render to be completed but instead i find my computer was stuck at the startup repair tool
its telling me "windows could'nt repair this computer automatically"
i would like to do a win7 installation repair or even a fresh install (last resort) im not sure why i cant right now or how.
the error message:
Problem Event name: Startup Repair Offline
Problem Signature 01 - 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02 - 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03 - unknown
Problem Signature 04 - 21201043
Problem Signature 05 - autofailover
Problem Signature 06 - 11
Problem Signature 07 - corrupt file
OS version - 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
anybody got any ideas or solutions?
so far i've tried booting from all three safe modes (regular, with networking, and command prompt) and it still does'nt take me to the login screen, just the startup repair
i also tried a restore point, did'nt fix the problem
Put your Windows 7 System DVD into the DVD/CD. Boot from this. Then click on Repair.
i tried that, and its not doing anything :/
Quote from: njeneb on June 30, 2011, 04:56:07 AM
Put your Windows 7 System DVD into the DVD/CD. Boot from this. Then click on Repair.
is it possible to run the win 7 dvd from the command prompt?
Are you sure the bootup sequence is in the right order?
Hit DEL key when you restart your PC to get into your BIOS settings and see if you can find your bootup sequence and make sure your DVD-ROM is first in the sequence.
If your HDD is first and DVD 2nd or later then it will never boot from DVD.
thanks, ok, i will try that when i get home :)
that worked (changing to boot pirority), the first pirority was set to floppy.
cant do a repair installation
now im left with either a fresh install or an update install...
either that or more help from the system builder
Can you boot into DOS? If you can, run a disk check. You may have a corrupted HD sector.
honestly, im not really sure...usually it just boots from the HD
does that work in command prompt?
i could access command prompt through the startup repair advanced options or whatever
i will also be contacting avadirect customer support
I think it's Function Key 12 for the boot options. You should be able to select 'Boot to Command Prompt'. Then type Diskck (I think, I have not used it in years). The computer should begin checking you HD for errors. It will try to repair corrupt files and map out the bad sectors.
its chkdsk, or chkdsk C: actually,
i got it to work, but not through the way you told me - its currently checking my hard drive for bad sectors
tomorrow i will contact/call avadirect for additional technical help and advice.
I think what you want to use is: "chkdsk c:/f" The "/f" is fix problems (or something like that.) Try "chkdsk /?" first to see the options. Without the "/f" it will only identify problems.
Maybe safe mode will help? See http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/safe-mode-windows-7.htm
i used CHKDSK C:/F and CHKDSK C: /V last night it did'nt find any problems, apparently.
i have tried booting into safemode more than once, and it has'nt worked, it just takes me to the windows startup repair menu
I'm stuck. Did you make a recovery disk?
Not sure what your problem is , but my last faulty HDD did the same thing for me .
I couldn't install Windows 7 fully and CHKDSK didn't find any problems too.
You can download the tools from your HDD maker and test it to see if it does have serious HDD errors or not.
Samsung and Seagate have such tools. I don't know the others.
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/downloads/support_in_es.html
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools
Some tests do take a long time and if you have important data in your HDD please be carefull , zaai999!
I hope it is not so serious but just in case.
One of my friends changed the cables and everything was alright! Is your PSU OK?
henry - no i did'nt/i was'nt able to.
kadri - no problems with my PSU.
i talked with an avadirect customer support guy back on friday and though he could solve my problem, he thought it was probably software related, he suggested i try and i see if i could re-install windows 7 or re-install it on a different drive, and try and retrive the files off the old hard drive.
i think im going to order a new SATA harddrive, i just have one on my machine currently.
its funny this problem happened at this time, shortly before i was planning on getting a new computer... ;)
Did you try changing the cables as Kadri mentioned? I had a second Sata driver that would suddenly "lock-up" -- the activity light was always on. I eventually found I had to re-seat the Sata cable and it would be fine.
This kept happening after a couple weeks and I finally swapped the cable out and haven't seen the problem for over a year.
When it failed, chkdsk would usually report a problem, but not always.
hey, i've been on vacation for the past week, family reunion beach trip, but im back now...
yeah, went in & i changed the sata cables, and plugged it into another different sata port, same thing happend, startup repair.
-Update-
my PC is working again, and the files on the hard drive are safe :)
i installed a new hard drive and installed win 7 64bit on it.
yay!
another update
i should have sandy bridge system in a week or so, once i get that i'll start rendering with TG2 again :)
nice one, look forward to that!
Convert to mac ;D
Just teasing :P Sorry
Quote from: TheBadger on August 06, 2011, 04:27:33 AM
Convert to mac ;D
Quote from: TheBadger on August 06, 2011, 04:41:23 AM
Just teasing :P Sorry
actually i already converted to mac, once, but i converted back to PC again.
Quote from: zaai999 on August 07, 2011, 03:07:06 PM
actually i already converted to mac, once, but i converted back to PC again.
Why? Just curious , zaai999!
I had a iMac G4, 800mhz, 512mb ddr ram, Nvidia geforce MX 32mb of vram.
i switched back to PC for several reasons. but it mainly it was a hardware/cost issue.
I liked using Mac OSX, but i did'nt like their computers/hardware, or the way they were making some of their computers.
-fewer GPU choices (one or two Nvidia/ATi cards)
-hardly any workstation (quadro/fireGL) GPUs supported
-no DirectX
after a couple years of using the iMac i felt it was a little too intragrated for me, or for future system i would buy.
the mac workstation towers were too expensive for me too.
Thanks , Zaai999 :)
It is good to hear opinions from users who know 2 sides!
Perhaps also consider using raid1 for your main disk drive. As the sizes get bigger the MTBFs are dropping a bit. I find that raid1 (disk duplication) gives me some more fault tolerance and is supported in bios of many new motherboards. Extra disk cost is quite reasonable even if its a TB.
Sorry to hijack, but, I had seen (long while ago now) a website selling custom macs. from what I remember they were OSX with mac architecture, but really pimped out. Sorry cant remember the details, basically a mac brain with better guts. Anyone have an idea what site Im referring too? I have tried to find it but with no luck. Should have thought better of it when a friend showed me the site.
And I believe they where still covered under applecare.
I just hate windows so much, its like microsoft just does not give a shit.
hmmm...
i wonder if apple forced them to go out of business.
???
i wonder if it was actual mac manufactured hardware or or PC brand componets, i.e. evga, asus, gigabyte...
i recall something that was a a little less-legit, there was a guy selling modified PC based Nvidia cards for the Mac OSX architecture
i'd like to fully switch to a linux distro. but spme of the 3d/graphical programs i use are mainly for PC (revit, maya, 3DS Max, TG2, lightwave3d etc, etc.)
my current computer is still ok, sometime next week i should have a superfast sandy bridge system ;)
Quote from: zaai999 on August 18, 2011, 03:43:35 PM
i wonder if apple forced them to go out of business.
???
i wonder if it was actual mac manufactured hardware or or PC brand componets, i.e. evga, asus, gigabyte...
i recall something that was a a little less-legit, there was a guy selling modified PC based Nvidia cards for the Mac OSX architecture
i'd like to fully switch to a linux distro. but spme of the 3d/graphical programs i use are mainly for PC (revit, maya, 3DS Max, TG2, lightwave3d etc, etc.)
my current computer is still ok, sometime next week i should have a superfast sandy bridge system ;)
One thing I remember clearly is that the memory was a different brand than what apple was selling and the macs came as full as they were able to come.
I have heard over and over again that linux is the best when compared to mac and windows, I just don't know if I have time to learn yet another complicated thing that by the time I finish learning, has updated and become more complicated and expensive. Also, If you say linux is not supported by many art programs, than theres no reason for me to try it. Art is where my interest in computers began so my comp has got to work with the teck.
What is sandy bridge? Others on this forum have mentioned it too.
i know of other companies that produce ram for apple computers, I know G. Skill makes laptop ram for apple.
sandy bridge is the code name for intel's recent line of i3/i5/i7 processor microarchitecture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge
Ahhh. OK. I know about i5 and i7. Don't have one yet, but looking forward.