refman 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2014 Having problems booting an old ACER laptop, systems boots but then I get a blank screen...need a boot disk/repair tried microsoft to download theirs but no joy, no original disk to help me repair windows as I think there must be a corrupt file somewhere..... any Ideas ???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Grumpy 768 Report post Posted March 27, 2014 Looks like you need to download a version of Windows 7 from here and reinstall from that 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metaluna 39 Report post Posted March 28, 2014 If you want to keep your computer like it was before you had this problem, you can download as Mr. Grumpy says and when you are finished with that and burn it to disk do the following: Put the disk in and have your computer start using the disk (you may need to set your bios so your computer will boot with the dvd drive) When the disk finishes loading, you will come to a page that asks if you want to install the program, don't do it yet (only if this doesn't work) Look further down the page you should find a button that you can hilight to repair the installation push that and try to repair computer do to a startup problem. If that doesn't fix it reboot the machine and reinstall windows with the disk grumpy told you about. Good luck and let us know what the outcome is, we are always happy to hear back one way or the other, it helps the next person with a problem. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 425 3,942 Report post Posted March 30, 2014 Yes Do what Mr.G and Captain Nemo said Also so you know I have been using Hiren's Boot CD 15.2 for years as a Computer Tech, So you might want to try it. I do have a command that you can use with the Windows7 disk, but I don't have it right this minute and can't remember it (I will find it and post it here for you soon though) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Phelps 473 Report post Posted March 31, 2014 If you have a Windows install disk and the Repair option doesn't work, you can do an in-place reinstall -- which will keep all your apps and settings but refresh the system files. Details on doing this are at the Windows 7 forum: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html?filter[3]=Installation and Setup 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 425 3,942 Report post Posted March 31, 2014 This is what I have to do when we get power surge and/or power fail boot to the Windows 7 Disk then goto repair - then click the "Command Prompt" option Now in the Command Prompt window type bootrec.exe and press Enter Sometimes I have to run bootrec.exe/fixmbr - This is the command I think you need to run There is also the command to fix the boot sector - bootrec.exe/fixboot This is the command to rebuild the entire BCD - bootrec.exe/rebuildbcd 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All2See 19 Report post Posted June 26, 2014 Have you looked into TeraByte Unlimited? Me thinks it's something for everyone's future references. I have always had great results with this image/boot manager for Windows. Another jewel I often use for issues and to which other Techs will vouch for is called "DLC BOOT 2013 V 1.2"...truly a treasure in your arsenal of PC Repairing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eatmyshorts 201 Report post Posted June 26, 2014 Once you've done your OS use easybcd to create an alternative windows boot 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbbnnn 4 Report post Posted June 29, 2014 as suggested above, I recommend you use Hirens Boot. With it you can boot your PC from a pen and run various tools to repair your PC or recover your disk data. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
