In general, when Windows won't boot, its means that the computer will not respond or the PC gets black screen or blue screen error. The causes of these problems are classified into 2 categories: hardware issue and software issue. When the "computer won't boot Windows 7" issue happens to you, you can try the following methods to solve your problem. It's very likely that the battery is drained. If you are sure the power is enough, then the cause may be the hardware components like PSU and motherboard.
Sometimes, the "Windows 7 won't boot" problem is caused by PC overheating. In this case, you can wait until the PC is cooled down and then try starting this PC again. If this problem is caused by overheating, I recommend you to consider replacing the cooling system. Are you worried about computer heat? Do you want to get rid of CPU overheating or graphics card overheating? Here are some things you should know about. Have you connected some external devices to your PC? Have you added or replaced some hardware components in your PC?
It's also possible that the "Windows 7 won't boot" problem is caused by these devices, if these devices are incompatible with your PC and interfere with the normal boot process of Windows. Therefore, please remove these devices to see whether the problem is solved. These external devices include: printers, scanners, media card readers, small media cradles iPod, PDA, MP3 player, etc. Many people may like to overclock their CPUs and Memory components, especially gamers. However, do you know overclocking may reduce the stability of accessories and shorten their service life?
Sometimes, Windows 7 won't boot, just because of improper overclocking. To solve this problem, you can disable the overclocking. If you use software for overclocking, uninstalling the program can solve the problem. If you use BIOS settings for overclocking, please refer to the following brief tutorial to disable it:. Is Overclocking Safe? All this indicates HDD is trash already. But you'll be sure after running low-level testing tools.
Skip any recovery until you don't know condition of data blocks - if there will be a lot of damaged sectors, data recovery might be not only fruitless, but also very time consuming. It looks like the drive may be ok but there is a problem on the boot or OS side - would anyone have a recommendation for software to recover the users files and then i can wipe and reinstall the OS on it?
TestDisk scanned the drive but only found a 12GB ntfs recovery partition and a smaller MB fat partition even after selecting the 'deeper scan' - the main GB C partition isnt found. I guess it's all because of encryption of these partitions. Since recovery partition is not encrypted, it could be recovered. The same applies to the MB reserved startup partition Win7 creates by default. It also means that Symantec software you mentioning has not decrypted those partitions properly.
I'm afraid you need to say goodbye to your data. On the other hand, you could try contacting Symantec about their product fail to decrypt partitions and claiming you've lost a lot of valuable data. Perhaps they'll help you with recovery. Of course as long as you have encryption keys or whatever Symantec product needs to decrypt encrypted data.
Generally, when the virus has been cleaned up, your computer will back to normal and you can use it without any problem. Some computers have a special recovery partition that allows you to start the Windows RE by pressing a special key directly without needing a physical disc. Then, you will get into the Advanced Options page. Note: here you can run Startup Repair first to see whether it can fix problems that keep Windows from loading.
If the boot sector was replaced with a nonstandard Windows boot sector, or if the boot sector is damaged, you can run this command. This option scans all disks for installations that are compatible with the current Windows OS. It also displays the entries that are currently not in the BCD store. Use this option when there are another Windows installations that the Boot Manager menu does not list. This command will scan all disks for installations that are compatible with the current Windows OS.
Additionally, it lets you select the installations that you want to add to the BCD store. Then, type notepad in the command prompt window. After that, save the change and exit this window. Now, you will go back to the command prompt window. Type Yes to confirm if you asked. Then, hit Enter. You can try command prompt for Windows 7 boot repair above and see if it works. You never know when your computer will crash or become unbootable, thus it's suggested to backup system with a free backup software like AOMEI Backupper Standard.
Here are some advantages of it. In addition, its advanced edition has more useful features, such as, Event triggers, USB Plug in, differential backup, etc. It allows you to create portable version of this software and use it on any computer without installing it again. It's very convenient for IT maintenance and support engineers.
To backup your computer, you can download the backup software and open it. Then, click Backup , select System Backup and follow on-screen instructions to backup your computer. Also, you can choose other backup types. Then, when something unexpected happens, you can go to the Restore tab and select the created image to restore system to new hard drive and then boot from it.
If you have multiple computers, you could consider using PXE boot tool. If you receive the above mentioned error message, the boot sector or MBR may be corrupted or damaged. If you can repair boot with command prompt in Windows 7, you are very lucky.
But, sometimes, you will fail to repair startup issue. To ensure the security of your data and your computer, you'd better create a system backup or disk backup in advance. Then, you can restore system image or disk image in the event of a disaster.
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