Windows 7 Startup Repair Loop

CaptTenacity · 23-01-2012 04:53PM #1

Hey guys, I'm hoping that someone on here can help me out! As the title says my PC is stuck in Startup Repair loop that I can't seem to get out of.

My laptop was working fine and dandy this morning. I put it in Sleep mode for about an hour and then turned it on only to find it couldn't set up. So it hit the power icon to turn it off manually and since then I've been in a loop. I turn it on and I'm asked to choose between Startup Repair and Start Windows Normally. If I choose the former, I'm told that Windows is preparing files before getting a cursor on black screen. Nothing else happens. If I choose the latter, Windows attempts to start and then I get taken back to where I started. There's no option given to boot in Safe Mode, and a spare retail CD of Windows 7 I have from a newer laptop doesn't seem to register.

I'd appreciate any suggestions! My laptop is a Toshiba, running Windows 7, about 200gb of data on the HDD, 4GB of RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor.

mp22 · 23-01-2012 04:59PM

Turn it off (hold down the power button)press f8 on startup see if that gets you into the menu with safemode

CaptTenacity · 23-01-2012 05:07PM

It worked, but when I tried to boot up in Safe Mode it prepared the system drivers then took me right back to Startup Repair.

mp22 · 23-01-2012 08:05PM

Just re-read your first post,re the cd you need to set the bios to boot from the cd drive first.(hold down f2 and press the power button)

CaptTenacity · 23-01-2012 08:15PM

Thanks for your help so far! I tried to boot in Safe Mode again, which failed. I tried to get a copy of 7 I had on CD to work, after changing around the drive boot order in BIOS it just booted from CD then went right back to a black screen with a cursor, which is what I get whenever I tried to see the Startup Repair through.

spinzes · 23-01-2012 09:32PM

you could try to get the last known good config
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IE/windows7/Using-Last-Known-Good-Configuration

CaptTenacity · 23-01-2012 10:46PM

That didn't work either.

Keith186 · 24-01-2012 10:44PM

I had a similar problem but it was with Windows Vista, couldn't get out of the loop no matter what.

Turned out the hard drive was dying.

Get the Ubuntu live cd here #2) and boot from cd.

You can navigate to your hard drive and see the smart status, that will let you know if there's any errors on it. At least you can rule it out then or get a new hard drive and reinstall W7.

You might also be able to copy some important files from your hard drive to a usb stick in ubuntu if you need to.

mossy1 · 06-08-2012 05:18PM

Hi All,
I used a windows vista recovery disc on my toshiba laptop that has windows 7 on it by mistake now i have lost alot of drives and now i cant even get to the main screen.......any idea how i could fix this thanks??

Windows 7 Startup Repair Loop

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