Corrupt file at startup, can not start up Win 7- resolved using a repair installation

Question

Original Title: Corrupt file at startup, can not start up Win 7

Win 7 machine was running normal until I got this message at start up. When I try to run startup repair, I get the following message:

Problem Signature

Problem Event Name:    StartupRepairOffline

Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385

Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385

Problem Signature 03: unknown

Problem Signature 04: 21201026

Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover

Problem Signature 06: 23

Problem Signature 07: CorruptFile

OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1

Locale ID: 1033

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Lisa O.

Answer 1

Normally would not reccomend this as if the virus is still in the OS you may be able to boot but you will still have a virus infected system.

How to repair and reboot to Windows 7:

a) Insert the Windows 7 System Repair DVD or Installation DVD and reboot.

b) Select the correct keyboard input method and click ‘Next’.

Note: If you are using the Windows7 Install DVD then at the 'Install Now' prompt (Do not pick the Install Now option) instead choose the 'Repair your computer' option located in the lower left of the dispay.

c) The System Repair tool will search for a valid operating system and will report that “Windows found problems with your computer’s startup options. Do you want to apply repairs and restart your computer?”

d) Click ‘Repair and restart’ and reboot again to the Windows 7 System Repair environment.

e) Click ‘Next’ at the keyboard selection prompt and when the ‘System Recovery Options’ screen appears verify that the “Use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting Windows” is selected.

Note that on your Dual Boot system there now should be only one operating system listed. Click the ‘Next’ button.

f) Now from the menu list select the ‘Command Prompt’ option.

g) At the DOS prompt type the following three commands:

bootrec.exe  /fixmbr

bootrec.exe  /fixboot (may return an 'Eliment not found' message)

bootrec.exe  /RebuildBcd

h) Close the command prompt window and click the ‘Startup Repair’ option.

i) The repair process may take some time, so wait until the process completes at which point you will see two messages “Windows cannot repair this computer automatically” and “Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically”.

These messages are the result of the radical changes made by removing the other drive. Ignore the Send/Don’t send options.

J) Close this message window by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the Send/Don’t send window. Next click on the ‘View advanced options for system recovery and support’ option and from the main menu once again click ‘Startup Repair’. This time the repair process may only that a few seconds and when prompted “Startup Repair could not detect a problem”, click ‘Finish’  and run the ‘Startup Repair’ option one more time, click ‘Finish’, and then remove the System Repair DVD and click ‘Restart’.  Reboot the computer.

JS

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Answer 2

Windows 7 - Repair Install

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

JS

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Answer 3

<<f) Now from the menu list select the ‘Command Prompt’ option.

g) At the DOS prompt type the following three commands:

bootrec.exe /fixmbr

bootrec.exe /fixboot (may return an 'Eliment not found' message)

bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd  >>>>

found this solution having Googled the corrupt file thing - this appears to have worked perfectly and I have my system back without a lengthy reinstal (which I had just done for other reasons). I had also chosen a system restore poiint action as well so no idea which took preference in the above. I had tried multiple "repairs" etc thru Windows, none of which worked. I think I might have copped a burrowing trojan somewhere and am doing a full Norton rescan just in case - so far so good. Just as well I have a wireless router and laptop to search for this solution so I could ignone for a few days the inactive desktop. Thanks again so much for the fixMBR solution which seems to have restored my system.

Answer 4

I have read that i shouldn't do a repair install if System restore did not fix this problem and it didn't. In this case, what should i do ? should i continue with this method or is there another solution for this problem ?

Answer 5

I had a simular problem and could not run any repairs or System Restore.  I could not even do a repair from the Windows DVD.  In one of the diagnostic reports it said I had a corrupt mv91xx.sys and a corrupt mvxxmm.sys.  Both of these files are for Marvel.

I connected my HD as a slave to another computer  and went to C:\windows\system32\drivers and renamed both files by adding a .bak to the end of them. (mvxxmm.sys.bak etc)

Everything booted fine!  I haven't reinstalled the marvel files yet, so I don't know what will happen when I do.