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

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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Oh my God thank you so much thank you thank you thank you. Appreciate appreciate appreciatethe help beyond belief, what a relief. can't thank you enough. God bless man. mine was a HP G60 Win7 that just kept going to System/Setup Repair, the blue screen, after I ran some program. and MS System Restore points weren't doing anything and I was afraid I was going to have to do a whole System Restore and lose everything I had but I went into the command prompt and did that command and the system restore point worked after that....Thank You!!!

Answer 4

Hi,

I have a very similar problem.  My wife's Windows 7 computer was running normally until yesterday afternoon.  When she started it up, it appeared to boot to the Windows 7 desktop, but when she tried to click on the start button or on any desktop icon it simply did not respond. 

This machine was upgraded to Win7 from Vista, so I brought out my Win7 Upgrade disk and tried to run the repair tool.  It found errors and said that it repaired them, but a subsequent reboot yielded the same behavior.

I again booted from the update disk, brought up a command prompt and ran chkdsk which said that there were no problems.  I tried to run sfc /scannow but it says that there is a repair waiting to complete and will not start.  Since rebooting does not complete the repair, I have not been able to run sfc. 

I cannot reinstall the Win7 upgrade because it wants me to boot off the hard disk and then insert the upgrade DVD.  When I do this, I get the option to allow autorun to start, but clicking on it just freezes the system.

I tried the procedure listed above, and everything works as indicated except that I do not get the messages about "cannot repair" and it just returns to the options screen.  I chose "Startup Repair" several times and let it do its thing.  It never said that it could not find a problem, but when I did a reboot, it still freezes after bringing up the desktop (the cursor moves and allows me to click a couple of things, but never runs them.  After a few clicks I can move the cursor but it will not highlight anything).

I have exhausted my limited Win7 knowledge, but I am still hoping to not have to do a complete wipe of the system.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Chris D

Answer 5

I got the same problem. My windows 7 home does not boot anymore after I run Malwaresbytes (antimalware). This soft find the Conficker worm, so I scan and delete this virus. But then I reboot my notebook Windows 7 does not boot, I see an OLD AND WELL KNOW BLUE SCREEN and then restart for itself. I had tried the Boot repair but no luck, just that message that Lisa wrote.

This:

Windows 7 - Repair Install

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

does not help because I can´t access windows normally nor failproof.

I don´t wanna clean re-install, just repair this boot problem.

J W Stuart , did you see this problem before?