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Disk Check on Windows 7/64
I had to force a shutdown a couple weeks ago and now when it loads it says it will need to run a disk check. Doesn't take long and I can't read it fast enough but at the end it says it found an error and give the error number or whatever and says I can run system restore to possible repair it. This happens when windows is loading and before it loads the desktop. I have installed a bunch of stuff since so I don't want to do a system restore. From what I remember on XP is that system restore could mess up some programs that you installed after the restore date. I remember in XP there was a disk error repair that the system could run. Is there any thing like that in Windows 7? Or anything else that I could run? If I have to do a system restore I will but I would like to have that as a last option. I could take a pic of the error if needed.
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Posted September 1st, 2015 19:00
Ok, I fixed it. I was getting an unspecified error occurred with number (766f6c756d652e63 3f1). Check picture. After it ran what you see it seems to start up ok but I got this every time I would start windows. I looked up the error number and some people in other forums said to press F8 when restarting and Select the Repair Your Computer part. After selecting that it said Repair Start Up Problems or something like that and so i selected that since it was a start up problem. It ran it's thing and apparently fixed the problem. After the repair it will auto restart and hopefully load right and that's what it did for me, thankfully! I forgot about the F8 repair option. I guess other people forgot about that too since there is not much response here.
I know what the Sys Restore does. I know it's not destructive so I don't know why you said that.
FYI; my build is a
Dell Studio XPS 9100 (Mid 2010)
Windows 7 Ultimate
1.5 TB HDD
Intel Core I7-930 2.8 GHz
9 GB’s of RAM
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
ATI Radeon HD 5870
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Posted August 31st, 2015 15:00
Disk errors might be able to be repaired--not restored--but that is highly unlikely. Reboot and access the boot menu usually by tapping F12 immediately after starting the computer and run the diagnostics, custom extended scan of the the hard drive which can take a couple of hours on a big drive. Any errors mean you need to replace the drive. If no hard drive errors are found, run all the diagnostics. Check your manual for instructions on accessing the boot menu. You should always mention your model computer when posting.
System Restore is not destructive. You are confusing it with Factory Restore which is. System Restore just goes back to a restore point saved before you had a problem--usually a day or two. You really need to see exactly what the error message is. Check the Event Viewer to see if it has the actual error message.