I clicked to start normally but it wouldn't work.
I clicked on the do a repair. Eventually, it popped up a window "Start up repair is checking your system for problems" and "Repairing disk errors. This might take over an hour to complete."
Well, it took about 4 hours and was still doing it's thing so started over. Rinse and repeat. It's been on the "repairing disk errors" window for about 14 hours.
Any way to get computer to work?
Thanks.
Rinse and repeat. And back to
PING!...................
Quit messing with it and reinstall it.
If you’re unable to get it running again and have to reinstall, make yourself a Linux Live USB stick.(Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc) Boot up the PC with it and you should be able to browse and save your files, My Documents etc. Save all of them before you wipe windows.
Try a System Restore if you have restore points
Does your computer use a traditional spinning hard drive? If it’s old enough, the drive just might be reaching a point of failure.
How old is the machine???
If greater than 5 years I’ve seen this happen with hard drive failures. They don’t last forever. And if you’re still running Windows 7 I am assuming it is pretty old.
Have you done hard drive maintenance regularly?
It can spot failures and predict errors like this.
You know that Win7 is no longer supported by MS, so continuing to use it while hooked to the WWW is a really really bad idea. What brand of cpu is it? Some of them have the ability to wipe their drive and reinstall as new, but you lose everything you personally had on it that way.
You could get a new computer running Win10 pretty cheap if all you do with it is run the internet. Not so cheap maybe if you need to do other things that require Office or other programs. Either way, you can remove the hard drive from your non working cpu and insert it in one of the USB to SATA docking stations(about $30) and retrieve your documents and stuff from it and copy them to your new cpu if you go that route.
Bump for probable hard drive failure. You may be able to repair / reinstall but it will most likely happen again. Fix will require a new hard drive and new windows install.
If you are going that far, consider Linux as an alternative (still will need the drive replaced).
I’m guessing a bad hard drive... which is common with that kind of time frame on repairing.
Boot to repair and bring up the command prompt window.
Run chkdsk /R on the OS drive. It might take a while.
There’s a little flat battery on the motherboard can cause this if it’s dead or too low keeps the clock running and on the older putters BIOS.
It sounds like your drive is failing. If it is failing the more you run it the more likely it will fail completely and you will lose your data (there are data recovery companies for failed HDD’s but they are expensive).
I would get a new hard drive (they are relatively cheap) and reinstall windows. Once you are back into windows you can connect your drive and recover your data.
If the drive is failing you might be able to get it to run long enough by freezing the drive (put it into a zip lock bag to keep the moisture out). This often works if the drive is failing because of the electronics which are over-heating.
I googled: startup repair is checking your system for problems taking too long
Many postings to look at.
I’ve encountered this several times. It’s usually caused by an incomplete, corrupted, or interrupted update.
It may (or may not) be recoverable but your first consideration is data recovery. I did this sort of thing for a living and have tons of tools that you may not have access to but there are things you can do.
I hate that Microsoft added this “Launch Startup Repair” because it mostly doesn’t work. Try this instead:
Start your computer.
When it gets to a Windows splash screen or any other informational screen, shut off the PC (power down).
Restart and do the same thing (you may need to do this several times).
Eventually you will get the old startup options screen (that we used to see in the Win XP days) that offers several startup options.
Choose “Safe mode with networking”. This will start your computer with minimal drivers and (hopefully) allow you to capture your data and user profile. By the way - I have recovered several machines at this point just by choosing to restart normally. I think that by booting in safe mode it gives the update a chance to finish installing.
If you have access to another computer go to Ubuntu (https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop) and download their ISO. Follow the instructions to “burn” the ISO to a thumbdrive. This gives you a bootable, non-invasive optional boot device that you can use to recover your data.
It’s always wise to have a backup strategy and basic tools so that you are not at the mercy of the geek squad!
You need to get off Windows 7. Your machine probably has a failing hard drive which is causing the disk errors. Machines that are still on Windows 7 are big targets of hackers with malware and botnets. Most computers that are involved in committing denial of service attacks are older machines that are easy to compromise, and the users aren’t even aware.
If that doesn't work, follow the other advice in thread above.
If you feel getting the machine back up and running is beyond your computer competence, take it to a computer technical support outfit, even the Best Buy “Geek Squad” could probably help. May cost you $100+. Might be worth it.
Sorry for last post, link messed up the formatting, I asked mod to remove
Type in “startup repair is checking your system for problems loop” into yahoo search or xome search engine you will likely find d some solutions