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Windows 7 Startup Repair runs long.
Suddendly no signal was reaching my display, so I did a cold reboot, got the screen to choose Start windows Normal or Repair mode
I chose Repair, and the Startup Repair program begins running. It's been going on almost four hours.
Is this normal? Should I take a different approach?
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I chose Repair, and the Startup Repair program begins running. It's been going on almost four hours.
Is this normal? Should I take a different approach?
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It could be normal since it is repairing disk errors (per the screenshot). Â One thing I would do when you get back into Windows, is try to clean the registry with a product called Auslogics Registry Cleaner. Â Free and great. Â Another thing you can do is a system restore to a time where your computer was working without a problem.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/system-restore
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/system-restore
[E]stebs1978's suggestion is good. Â Give it time to complete.
[FWIW, Auslogics Registry cleaner, which I was using for a few years in past, caused problems by deleting entries it should have not deleted. Â Thereafter, CCleaner is sufficient, and if more is needed, using "Wise Registry Cleaner." Note that using registry cleaners is generally not a good idea.]
[FWIW, Auslogics Registry cleaner, which I was using for a few years in past, caused problems by deleting entries it should have not deleted. Â Thereafter, CCleaner is sufficient, and if more is needed, using "Wise Registry Cleaner." Note that using registry cleaners is generally not a good idea.]
Bummer. Â Auslogics gets me out of trouble all the time. Â :) Â I always create a restore point before running a registry cleaner so I can F8, Safe Mode, System Restore and move on just in case.
Try that. Â Hopefully it will work. Â Depending on how big the drive is, then the disk scan and repair could be lengthy.
Try that. Â Hopefully it will work. Â Depending on how big the drive is, then the disk scan and repair could be lengthy.
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It can take many hours and even more than a day.
If you want to stop it go ahead then reboot computer go back to repair mode then choose command prompt then type in chkdsk /f
If you want to stop it go ahead then reboot computer go back to repair mode then choose command prompt then type in chkdsk /f
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I had to reinstall Windows, it was a bad drive.
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Great. You got it working. :-)
i object, since i suggested the ansswer in my post :
if it takes that long, it points to : a very corrupted OS, or  - in most cases, a dying disk
if it takes that long, it points to : a very corrupted OS, or  - in most cases, a dying disk
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Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.