#Computer startup repair taking forever for free
#Computer startup repair taking forever Pc
#Computer startup repair taking forever windows 7

And we run backups to a second drive on the PC as well, for those that never learn. If they lose anything else it's their issue, we constantly tell them that ALL files get stored on the server where they are constantly backed up, not the local PC. Boot first from a linux CD and get the users pst files so they don't lose email. Since having a users PC down for even a few hours is problematic, we go straight to the image restore now if system repair starts running. If it never finished, restoring the system from an image has solved the issue, and none of them had anything wrong with the drive so far. It never completes, as in your case, or it takes hours to complete with a message that it could NOT repair the drive, and then boots normally with no issues. It boots to system repair and one of two things happens.

#Computer startup repair taking forever windows 7

I have had this issue on a few Windows 7 PC's at work. The drive works fine indeffinitely thereafter. Finally I test the drive for clean bill of health using SeaTools. Most of the time what is required is just to backoff data files using something like TestDisk, then 'wipe' the drive (ie, write zeros to all sectors), then re-format. Ya and come to think of it, that usually involved doing lots of file transfers (and I mean lots) and large files too.ДЄt least with spinners you can usually get your data off. However, once in a blue moon a section of them can just get corrupted. Ive lost only a couple HDDes in decades of using spinners.

#Computer startup repair taking forever for free

How to Recover Data and Partitions for Free with TestDisk It's a bit cryptic, but nevertheless doable. 'Testdisk' is a free recover tool that Ive used to not only back data files off a damaged HDD, but it also has partition repair and recovery capability. I've not noticed any reboots during the repair process. So now I'm stuck waiting indefinitely for the scan to end. IT ALSO, disables the mouse and keyboard during the scan so I can't hit the 'CANCEL' button or anything. the pc just fires up the Startup Repair scan no matter what I choose. Whether I choose option 1) 'Run scan (recommended), or option 2) 'Start Windows normally'. BUT I can't START WINDOWS NORMALLY, even if I select that option at the outset. Hope I haven't damaged anything by aborting the process multiple times. The hard-drive-activity indicator light stays almost perpetually on. BUT it could be just slow, I've no way of knowing. It seems to hang on 'Attempting to repair. How long should the Startup Repair task take to finish on a 500 GB drive? I let it run for 21 HOURS, before shutting off the system forcefully. Windows 7 is installed to a classic mechanical hard drive that survived a power surge 10 weeks ago (lightning), and it's been running normally for six weeks. My last actions before this, were copying many gigabytes of files to a USB flash drive for backup purposes, then shutting off the computer. Not sure what prompted this - never had a problem before. ostensibly to fix problems keeping my pc from booting. Instead of booting up Windows 7, my pc saw fit to run Startup Repair utility (tool that comes with Windows).