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Boot to the Earlier Version<br />
<a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/open-a-command-prompt-window" rel="ugc">Open a Command Prompt</a><br />
<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833" rel="ugc">Run SFC /SCANNOW</a><br />
<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2641432" rel="ugc">Schedule a Disk Check of your C: drive</a>
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Boot to the Earlier Version
Open a Command Prompt [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/open-a-command-prompt-window]
Run SFC /SCANNOW [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833]
Schedule a Disk Check of your C: drive [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2641432]

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i agree with rindi - your problem probably points to disk problems<br />
** &nbsp;you can make a bootable cd - or bootable usb stick of the UBCD<br />
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for completeness -here's how i handle disk problems : <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Hard_Drives/A_3000-The-bad-hard-disk-problem.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Hard_Drives/A_3000-The-bad-hard-disk-problem.html</a>
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i agree with rindi - your problem probably points to disk problems
**  you can make a bootable cd - or bootable usb stick of the UBCD

for completeness -here's how i handle disk problems : https://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Hard_Drives/A_3000-The-bad-hard-disk-problem.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Hard_Drives/A_3000-The-bad-hard-disk-problem.html]

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I have a lenovo desktop. &nbsp;Turned it off the other night at work. &nbsp;Turned it on today and it won't do anything except go into system recovery for Lenovo. &nbsp;I go into system restore and restore to an earlier time (which works) but when I restart it goes right back into system recovery. &nbsp;Any ideas on what to try? &nbsp;I can't seem to get into safe mode either. &nbsp;Do you know how to get into safe mode from the command prompt? &nbsp;Can't do it by hitting F8. &nbsp;This is a Win 7 Pro machine.
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I have a lenovo desktop.  Turned it off the other night at work.  Turned it on today and it won't do anything except go into system recovery for Lenovo.  I go into system restore and restore to an earlier time (which works) but when I restart it goes right back into system recovery.  Any ideas on what to try?  I can't seem to get into safe mode either.  Do you know how to get into safe mode from the command prompt?  Can't do it by hitting F8.  This is a Win 7 Pro machine.

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