Windows will not start at all

[zerox]

Hi I hope someone on here can help. I had windows vista home premium installed on my computer which is an acer m3641, I eventually used the windows 7 upgrade pack and it ran fine for about six months then a week ago I went to turn it on, it got as far as the windows symbol and then froze, start up repair said it couldnt fix it, system restore wouldnt restore it, I got as far as the option to recover the system, or repair it, none of which worked, or use the command prompt, . I tried booting the repair cd which didnt do anything. I was wondering if there is any way to format the hard drive from the command prompt window, and then try to clean install the windows 7 up grade disc. I dont think there was anything wrong with the hard drive, I hadnt had programs hanging or crashing, and I only had the computer just over a year, I really would appreciate any suggestions or help.

[andsome]

Do you have a system back up in ACRONIS or similar?

[Alan2273]

As you have a disk, do a start up repair using your disk.

/>http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

[bludgard]

I was wondering if there is any way to format the hard drive from the command prompt window, and then try to clean install the windows 7 up grade disc.

I dont think there was anything wrong with the hard drive,...

You will lose any unsaved data.

This is what I use to prepare for an install.Cleaning and formatting takes quite some time (this command line usually takes about 2 1/2-3 hours on a 250G HDD) so be patient if you decide to implement this.It may appear that nothing is going on,but it is.A blinking cursor "_" will be there to assure you that progress is being made.

To access comand prompt tap F8 while booting.Select Repair My Computer.Select Safe Mode With Command Prompt.

Hit the ENTER key after each command.

DISKPART

LIST DISK (Generates a list of disks available)

SELECT DISK # (The "#" sign will be replaced by the disk number of your choice)

CLEAN ALL (Completely wipes disk and writes zeros to it)

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY (Creates a primary partition)

SELECT PARTITION 1 (Directs focus to newly created partition)

ACTIVE (Marks partition as active)

FORMAT (Formats the partition-if no format is chosen the default format will be invoked)

ASSIGN (Assigns a drive letter to selected patition)

EXIT

For further research:--->;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(WS.10).aspx

Try a hard drive diagnostic tool if you doubt the integrity of your disk.Being an ACER,it probably has a Western Digital HDD.

Search the HDD manufacturer's website for the diagnostic tool.

[zerox]

Do you have a system back up in ACRONIS or similar?

I do have a backup, on a seperate hard drive bvut windows will not recognise it, I tried that first but to no avail unfortunately.

[zerox]

As you have a disk, do a start up repair using your disk.

/>http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

I did try what you said, but it just wouldnt do anything, I keep getting to the screen where it says you can repair the system, use a command prompt window, or do a complete recovery and when I try any of these things nothing happens.

[zerox]

I was wondering if there is any way to format the hard drive from the command prompt window, and then try to clean install the windows 7 up grade disc.

I dont think there was anything wrong with the hard drive,...

You will lose any unsaved data.

This is what I use to prepare for an install.Cleaning and formatting takes quite some time (this command line usually takes about 2 1/2-3 hours on a 250G HDD) so be patient if you decide to implement this.It may appear that nothing is going on,but it is.A blinking cursor "_" will be there to assure you that progress is being made.

To access comand prompt tap F8 while booting.Select Repair My Computer.Select Safe Mode With Command Prompt.

Hit the ENTER key after each command.

DISKPART

LIST DISK (Generates a list of disks available)

SELECT DISK # (The "#" sign will be replaced by the disk number of your choice)

CLEAN ALL (Completely wipes disk and writes zeros to it)

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY (Creates a primary partition)

SELECT PARTITION 1 (Directs focus to newly created partition)

ACTIVE (Marks partition as active)

FORMAT (Formats the partition-if no format is chosen the default format will be invoked)

ASSIGN (Assigns a drive letter to selected patition)

EXIT

For further research:--->;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(WS.10).aspx

Try a hard drive diagnostic tool if you doubt the integrity of your disk.Being an ACER,it probably has a Western Digital HDD.

Search the HDD manufacturer's website for the diagnostic tool.