Win 7 startup repair.

[Alan2273]

My nephew in London has a few problems with corrupted Dll's.

Over the phone I have got him to run sfc /scannow, which has fixed some of the problems.

Now the question, I am going to instruct him on how to do a start up repair, but as Win 7 now has a service pack I am not sure if his original Win 7 disk will work, so do I need to send him a disk with the SP1 slipstreamed to it, to do the repair, or will the original disk be OK.

[andsome]

If he has a W7 installation disk he can reinstall using it. Put it into the drive and select to run the installation. He will then update the service pack. I have done this a couple of times on my computer. Much less bother than reinstalling or repairing previous Windows operating systems.

[MANEMAN]

Hi Alan.

I've got an idea that most of the stuff that I am going to say here, you will already know ! :)

For the sake of the thread and for the help of others less knowledgeable than yourself though, - Here we go.

do I need to send him a disk with the SP1 slipstreamed to it, to do the repair, or will the original disk be OK ?

Depends on how far you want to go, and the type of repair. Can do no harm to have the full disk though as it can be obtained for free, - and legally !

You can then do this "Windows 7 Repair Install". >>>>>>>> http://www.sevenforu...ir-install.html

Free Legal Direct Download of Windows 7 Install Disks are Here: >>>>>>>>>> http://techlogon.com...sp1-integrated/

An ordinary System Repair Disk can be made from within the Windows 7 environment.

Here is how it is done. >>>>>>>>>> http://www.howtogeek...c-in-windows-7/

The bog standard System Repair Disk gives you the following options:

Startup Repair/ System Restore / System Image Recovery / Windows Memory Diagnostic / Command Prompt

If the automatic Startup Repair ever fails, it is worth going for the "Command Prompt" and following this tutorial:

http://www.howtogeek...oader-problems/

Here is a list of just some of the other useful command prompts that can be used whilst using the "System Repair Disk" if so required.

http://www.sevenforu...indows-7-a.html

It is worth printing out the above tutorials for ease of use when another computer is not available for reference. - Do it now perhaps before your system fails ?

I have the biggest success rate for non-booters when using the Command Prompt option. (/fixboot & /fixmbr)

It is a good idea to have "Team Viewer" installed on both computers for the final tweaks on this sort of family stuff Alan.

You can just put the phone down on them and carry on peacefully, all in a little world of your own once you are back in the Windows environment.

John.

[Alan2273]

Hi john,

Thank you for your very comprehensive answer.

I already have the 64bit Win 7 SP1 download burned to a disk, ( I did it about 3 months ago and forgot about it), I think I will just post it of to him and do the startup repair when he receives it.