Solve : Windows 7 Issues.?

1.	Solve : Windows 7 Issues.?
Answer» I've been handed my mother in laws laptop to fix, as I normally do the small fixes, virus's etc. This ones completely ruined to my knowledge THOUGH. When booted up it will come up saying about bootmgr not found. So I'm guessing all the system files have been wiped with a format from cmd prompt. (Not by me) This laptop only had 1 drive on it, no recovery drive, and no recovery CD. It was however a legitimate windows 7 version laptop, so I downloaded an ISO of windows 7 and burnt that to a DVD. Putting in the windows 7 disc and booting it from disc, I can get the windows to load up, select country etc as normal. Then it'll load up to "Setup is starting" Freeze on this part for about 2 - 2.5 hours. And load up the section to select which drive. It'll again freeze for about 2 - 2.5 hours before letting me select the drive. (There are 2 listed there, one called system with 5gb taken up, and the main drive - I don't understand why as whenever I was using this laptop there was only one drive in the computer) Then when I select the drive, baring in mind it's taken about 5 hours to get this far. It'll go to the installing windows section, say "Copying files 0%.." This was on 0% for 2 hours before I fell asleep last night, woke up 4 hours later to be told: "Windows Could not format a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing te partition selecte for installation, Error Code 0x80070057" This was very close to, if not the same error I got when I tried to format the HDD from the part where you select drive in the windows installation. It also wont let me create a new partition. Specs are: Advent Roma 2001 Intel Celeron T3100 3072MB DDR2 RAM 320GB Hdd As I can't load anything at all in it, apartfrom the windows Disc and Bios, I have no idea of any other specs. Can anyone help at all? I've tried updating Bios to try and look in there, but can't FIND which one I should be using. Google doesn't seem to like the Advent 2001. Just to add. I've just managed to do the Startup Repair thing in Windows disc repair mode. This is the result: "Startup repair can not repair this computer automatically" Problem Details: Quote Problem Signature: Problem event Name Startup Repair Offline problem signature 01 6.1.7600.16385 problem signature 01 6.1.7600.16385 problem signature 01 unknown problem signature 01 -1 problem signature 01 Externalmedia problem signature 01 1 problem signature 01 MissingBootManager OS Version 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID 1033 Not sure if this will help at all. I'm really confused and getting quite wound up on this one. Quote so I downloaded an ISO of windows 7 Where from?http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65732/X15-65732.isoDownloaded files such as Windows ISOs that are 2 GB or more can get corrupted if you don't use the right tools. Also corruption can happen at the burn stage, e.g. from cheap disks, too-HIGH burn speed, etc. Posting the link on here is possibly not a good idea! You could have just said "I bought it online" (did you?) In any case your first port of call should be the official pressed Advent recovery disk. If you don't have this (why not?) then ask your MIL for it and if she has lost it then get her to order one. Quote from: Odi on March 04, 2011, 06:44:07 AM Google doesn't seem to like the Advent 2001. The Google on my planet seems to be quite fond of it. No charge for the download. You need a product key to use it. Quote Microsoft’s partner Digital River is providing the direct high speed download links for the Windows 7 all editions, The download links are available in English,French,German,Spanish languages. The installation ISO files of Windows 7 are hosted on the server msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net owned by Digital River, one of the delivery partners for Windows 7. All you need is legal the Product key for a Windows 7 Edition that you want to install using these ISO images. You can burn these images using any standard burner like ImgBurn http://www.dxdo.com/2010/softwares-os/digital-river-direct-download-links-for-windows-7-editions-free/ EDIT: The hard drive is failing.But if you try to download a large file (such as a 2 GB plus iso) using http the file can get corrupted or truncated so it is best to use a download manager. A download manager is a computer program dedicated to the task of DOWNLOADING (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and sometimes to) the Internet for storage. This is unlike a World Wide Web browser, which is mainly intended to browse web pages, composed of a multitude of smaller files, where error-free moving of files for permanent storage is of secondary importance. (A failed or incomplete web page file rarely ruins the page.) Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 05, 2011, 02:32:12 AM EDIT: The hard drive is failing. Could be, but see above re corruption. Anyhow I still say try the official recovery disk. Quote from: The Original Poster (There are 2 listed there, one called system with 5gb taken up, Sounds like the small one may be the normally hidden recovery partition - I sure hope you didn't nuke that one! Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 05, 2011, 02:32:12 AM EDIT: The hard drive is failing. More than LIKELY, I think.

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I've been handed my mother in laws laptop to fix, as I normally do the small fixes, virus's etc.

This ones completely ruined to my knowledge THOUGH. When booted up it will come up saying about bootmgr not found. So I'm guessing all the system files have been wiped with a format from cmd prompt. (Not by me) This laptop only had 1 drive on it, no recovery drive, and no recovery CD.

It was however a legitimate windows 7 version laptop, so I downloaded an ISO of windows 7 and burnt that to a DVD. Putting in the windows 7 disc and booting it from disc, I can get the windows to load up, select country etc as normal. Then it'll load up to "Setup is starting" Freeze on this part for about 2 - 2.5 hours. And load up the section to select which drive. It'll again freeze for about 2 - 2.5 hours before letting me select the drive. (There are 2 listed there, one called system with 5gb taken up, and the main drive - I don't understand why as whenever I was using this laptop there was only one drive in the computer) Then when I select the drive, baring in mind it's taken about 5 hours to get this far. It'll go to the installing windows section, say "Copying files 0%.." This was on 0% for 2 hours before I fell asleep last night, woke up 4 hours later to be told:
"Windows Could not format a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing te partition selecte for installation, Error Code 0x80070057"

This was very close to, if not the same error I got when I tried to format the HDD from the part where you select drive in the windows installation.

It also wont let me create a new partition.

Specs are:
Advent Roma 2001
Intel Celeron T3100
3072MB DDR2 RAM
320GB Hdd

As I can't load anything at all in it, apartfrom the windows Disc and Bios, I have no idea of any other specs.

Can anyone help at all? I've tried updating Bios to try and look in there, but can't FIND which one I should be using. Google doesn't seem to like the Advent 2001. Just to add. I've just managed to do the Startup Repair thing in Windows disc repair mode.

This is the result:

"Startup repair can not repair this computer automatically"

Problem Details:
Quote

Problem Signature:
Problem event Name Startup Repair Offline
problem signature 01 6.1.7600.16385
problem signature 01 6.1.7600.16385
problem signature 01 unknown
problem signature 01 -1
problem signature 01 Externalmedia
problem signature 01 1
problem signature 01 MissingBootManager
OS Version 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID 1033

Not sure if this will help at all. I'm really confused and getting quite wound up on this one. Quote

so I downloaded an ISO of windows 7

Where from?http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65732/X15-65732.isoDownloaded files such as Windows ISOs that are 2 GB or more can get corrupted if you don't use the right tools. Also corruption can happen at the burn stage, e.g. from cheap disks, too-HIGH burn speed, etc. Posting the link on here is possibly not a good idea! You could have just said "I bought it online" (did you?) In any case your first port of call should be the official pressed Advent recovery disk. If you don't have this (why not?) then ask your MIL for it and if she has lost it then get her to order one.

Quote from: Odi on March 04, 2011, 06:44:07 AM

Google doesn't seem to like the Advent 2001.

The Google on my planet seems to be quite fond of it.

No charge for the download. You need a product key to use it.
Quote

Microsoft’s partner Digital River is providing the direct high speed download links for the Windows 7 all editions, The download links are available in English,French,German,Spanish languages.

The installation ISO files of Windows 7 are hosted on the server msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net owned by Digital River, one of the delivery partners for Windows 7.

All you need is legal the Product key for a Windows 7 Edition that you want to install using these ISO images.

You can burn these images using any standard burner like ImgBurn

http://www.dxdo.com/2010/softwares-os/digital-river-direct-download-links-for-windows-7-editions-free/

EDIT: The hard drive is failing.But if you try to download a large file (such as a 2 GB plus iso) using http the file can get corrupted or truncated so it is best to use a download manager. A download manager is a computer program dedicated to the task of DOWNLOADING (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and sometimes to) the Internet for storage. This is unlike a World Wide Web browser, which is mainly intended to browse web pages, composed of a multitude of smaller files, where error-free moving of files for permanent storage is of secondary importance. (A failed or incomplete web page file rarely ruins the page.)
Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 05, 2011, 02:32:12 AM

EDIT: The hard drive is failing.

Could be, but see above re corruption.

Anyhow I still say try the official recovery disk.

Quote from: The Original Poster

(There are 2 listed there, one called system with 5gb taken up,

Sounds like the small one may be the normally hidden recovery partition - I sure hope you didn't nuke that one!
Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 05, 2011, 02:32:12 AM

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