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repair win 7 without disk

Anonymous
2012-10-28T06:55:46+00:00

My version of Windows 7 Home Premium has been corrupted - on start up it say that a chkdsk needs to be performed, but it cannot due to a recent software install.  It can't be run from command prompt either.

The computer that it is installed on, had Windows 7 pre-installed, and I can't find any installation disks.

I have a backup disk of Win Pro 7 labelled Disk Kit Direct DVD.  If I use this to reinstall, can it update my current version of Windows, or will I need to reinstall all the installed programs once this installation has taken place?

The PC still works fine - just comes up with this error on startup all the time.

Thanks.

Windows for home | Other | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-10-28T16:21:24+00:00

    Tried that - got a message about my volume being dismounted - sounded kind of scary. Did a system repair from the same menu, and that seemed to fix it, but got the same error on restart.

    What does the volume dismount mean?

    Sorry, can't tell without knowing exactly when this message pops up and what its exact wording is. You will probably get a good idea when you type the verbatim error message into a Google search box.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-10-28T10:41:45+00:00

    Tried that - got a message about my volume being dismounted - sounded kind of scary. Did a system repair from the same menu, and that seemed to fix it, but got the same error on restart.

    What does the volume dismount mean - is it going to wipe any information from the PC?

    Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-10-28T07:15:35+00:00

    Here you go:

    1. Keep tapping F8 during the early boot phase.
    2. Select Repair from the menu that looks like this one: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode
    3. Log on as Administrator if prompted.
    4. Select Repair when prompted.
    5. Make a note of the drive letter where Windows is installed. It can be a drive other than C:.
    6. Select the Command Prompt from the menu that looks like this one: ttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7
    7. Type this command:

    chkdsk /r D:

    (use the drive letter from Step 5) 8. Do yourself a favour and burn a Windows Repair CD via the Control Panel / Backup and Restore, then test it by using it to boot into Repair Mode. Since you seem to do your own PC maintenance, you really do need it.

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