Click the Repair your computer link in the bottom-right corner.

Accessing Advanced startup when PC is loading

If you have access to the desktop, you can use these steps to access the recovery environment to use the Startup Repair tool:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Update & Security.
3. Click on Recovery.

Under the «Advanced startup» section, click the Restart now button.

After completing the steps, you can now continue with the steps below to fix loading problems with your device using the automatic repair feature.

Using Startup Repair to fix loading problems

While in the Advanced startup environment, use the following steps to use Startup Repair:

Click the Troubleshoot button.

Click the Advanced options button.

Click the Startup Repair button.

Click the Continue button.

Quick Tip: If your computer is loading correctly, using this tool, you’ll get the «Start Repair couldn’t repair your PC» message because there’s nothing that needs fixing.

Once you’ve completed the steps, the Start Repair feature will proceed to scan, detect, and fix any problems that may prevent your device from loading correctly.

Also, the repair process creates a SrtTrail.txt file in the «C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles» folder with log information that you can view to have a better understanding of the diagnostics.

If you’re still having problems, you should use the Windows Central forums to find help.

Alternatively, if you’ve been running the same installation for a long time, you should consider nuking the old installation with a clean copy of Windows 10. This process will take longer, and it’ll erase everything on your computer, but it’ll help to fix the loading issues, as well as performance, battery life, and other problems.

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For more helpful articles, coverage, and answers to common questions about Windows 10, visit the following resources:

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Windows 7 Boot Repair via Command Prompt (5 Ways and 2 Tips included)

Want to fix Windows 7 boot problems? You can see this article and learn Windows 7 boot repair via Command Prompt.

By Ivy / Last Updated October 9, 2020

If you have Windows 7 boot problems, the boot sector or master boot record on your system partition may be damaged, corrupted, or has missing files. And you will receive an error message like the following before Windows actually begins to load.

Missing operating system

Reboot and select proper boot device

Invalid partition table

Bootmgr is missing

FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted.

Then, what are the boot sector and master boot record exactly?

What are the boot sector and master boot record?

The boot sector is a small section at the beginning of a hard drive. It’s created when you format the hard drive.

The boot sector contains some code and data that helps BIOS hand off the startup process to Windows. It also hosts the Master Boot Record (MBR), which contains the disk signature, partition table for the disk, and a small bit of code called the master boot code.

When a PC starts, the BIOS will load the master boot code into the PC’s RAM. Then it will scan the partition table, determine the active partition, load a copy of the boot sector into the PC’s RAM, and hand off the startup process.

If you backup MBR in advance, you can use it to restore your computer and make it work as normal. If not, you can see the next part and learn to repair boot with command prompt in Windows 7.

Five efficient ways to run Windows 7 boot repair

Way 1: Startup Repair with Windows installation media

If your boot sector or MBR runs into problems, you cannot start Windows normally. That’s to say, you need a bootable media to boot your computer. You can choose to create the Windows installation media or create a repair disk on a working computer.

Start with the detailed steps:

Step 1. Create Windows 7 installation media on a working computer. You can download ISO image files from Microsoft Store and burn the ISO image files to a USB drive or CD/DVD via Windows 7 USB DVD download tool.

Step 2. Plug the USB drive into your computer.

Step 3. Start your computer and press the corresponding key to go to BIOS.

Step 4. Set boot priority to your drive in the Boot option.

Step 5. Restart your computer and press any key to boot from it.

Step 6. Wait for Windows 7 installation files to load.

Step 7. Click Repair your computer in the initial Windows installation screen.

Step 8. Select the operating system in the window and click Next.

Step 9. Select Startup Repair in the System Recovery Options and it will automatically start to repair boot sector or MBR in Windows 7. Just wait patiently until the process is completed and click Finish.

If the startup repair not working in Windows 7, you still can click View advanced options for system recovery and support in the last page and back to the System Recovery Options page. Then, try command prompt in Windows 7 to repair boot.

Way 2: Windows 7 boot repair from Command Prompt

Step 1. Click Command Prompt in the System Recovery options

Step 2. Fix MBR in Windows 7. You can type the following command and hit Enter.

bootrec /fixmbr

Note: This command can write a new Windows-compatible MBR based on the version of your Windows to the boot sector. And it does not overwrite the existing partition table.

Step 3. Repair boot sector in windows 7. You can type the command below and hit Enter.

bootrec /fixboot

Note: This command can write a new boot sector to the system partition. And it does not overwrite the current partition table. If you install multiple operating systems on this computer, you need to reconfigure the boot options.

Step 4. Fix bootmgr is missing in windows 7 via command prompt. You can type the below command and press Enter.

bootrec /scannos

Step 5. Rebuild your BCD and get the missing Windows installations back. You can type the following command and press Enter to run it.

bootrec /rebuildbcd

Step 6. Rebuild the boot sector for Windows. You can type the following command and press Enter to start it.

bootsect.exe /nt60 all /force

The /nt60 parameter applies the master boot code that is compatible with BOOTMGR. The /all argument updates the master boot code on all partitions.

The /force parameter forcibly dismounts the volume(s) during the boot code update so that the Bootsect.exe tool does not gain exclusive volume access.

Way 3: Repair boot sector in Windows 7

If the bootrec /fixmbr and bootrec /fixboot doesn’t work, you can try to restore the boot sector code of your Windows 7 with steps below.

Step 1. Go to Command Prompt in the System Recovery Options and then type the following commands to find the drive letter of your installation media. Just see “Type” column which contains the word “CD-ROM”.

diskpart

select disk 0

list volume

Step 2. Take D: as an example and type commands below. If not, you can replace it.

d:

cd boot

dir

step 3. Type bootsect /nt60 SYS /mbr and hit Enter to restore boot sector code.

Step 4. Remove the installation media and restart your computer.

Way 4: Rename and rebuild BCD via Command Prompt

If the above command prompt does not work for you, you still can try to backup and rename BCD first and then rebuild it via CMD.

Step 1. Select Command Prompt in the System Recovery Options and type bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup command to create a backup for BCD.

Step 2. Type notepad in the command prompt and then click File > Open > Computer, find the file BCD in the corresponding drive, rename it as BCD.old, and then save the change and exit this window.

Step 3. Type bootrec /rebuildbcd in the command prompt window and input Yes when prompt.

Step 4. Type bcdedit /enum all in the window.

Step 5. Type exit and reboot your computer.

If you want to rebuild BCD without notepad, you can choose to type the following commands and hit Enter in order.

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup

c:

cd boot

attrib bcd -s -h -r

ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old

bootrec /RebuildBcd

Note: cпјљrefers to the location of your Windows.

Way 5: Windows 7 boot repair without disk

Step 1. Turn on your computer, press and hold the F8 key to go to the Advanced Boot Options screen, then choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

Step 2. You can try command prompt for Windows boot repair above and see if it works.

Extra tips for Windows 7 boot repair

1. Scan the integrity of your file system and hard drive and run Windows startup repair command prompt via chkdsk.

Aside by problem of boot sector itself, the physical problem of your hard drive can also damage the boot sector and MBR. Thus, you need to rule out this possibility.

2. Backup your computer with a free backup software.

No one dares to say that you can recover your computer all the time. Once the recovery fails, you can only reinstall your computer and all the apps. What’s more, you will lose your files forever. Thus, you need to create a backup for your computer or files. With one or more backup in hand, you can restore it whatever happens. To backup your computer, you need a proper software. I recommend you the free backup software — AOMEI Backupper Standard.

With this software, you can backup system, disk, partition, even a single file. You can use email notification to get to know whether your backup is completed successfully or not. Also, you can create a Windows 7 schedule backup at an interval date, such as daily, weekly, monthly.

And you can manage backup disk space via Backup Scheme. But this feature is only available on the paid-version. If you want to free up disk space, you need to upgrade to AOMEI Backupper Professional. If you use server-based computer, you can directly download AOMEI Backupper Server edition.

If you want to protect unlimited PCs and servers within your company, you may choose AOMEI Backupper Technician Plus. It offers unlimited billable technical services to clients. It also enables you to copy installation directory for portable version creation.

To backup your computer, you can download the backup software and open it. Then, click Backup and select the Backup type in the list. At last, follow the corresponding article to finish the backup.

To restore your backup, you can click Restore and complete the rest of step via on-screen instructions.

If your computer cannot boot, you can create a bootable media on a working computer and boot the computer having trouble. Also, you can use PXE boot tool to boot the unbootable computer.

Summary

If you receive the above mentioned error message, the boor sector or MBR may be corrupted or damaged. You can use installation disk to run Startup Repair or do Windows 7 boot repair via Command Prompt.

If you can repair boot with command prompt in Windows 7, you are very luck. But, sometime, you will fail to repair startup issue. To ensure the security of your data and your computer, you’d better to create a backup in advance. With a backup in hand, you can restore it at any time.