Subj : win7 boot stops at disk.sys
To   : Warpslide
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Mar 23 2025 11:12:00

Hello Warpslide!

** On Friday 21.03.25 - 06:50, Warpslide wrote to August Abolins:

 W> On 20 Mar 2025, August Abolins said the following...

 AA>> Common wisdom seems to indicate that the problem driver is
 AA>> usually the one *after* disk.sys.   But.. I can't be sure what
 AA>> that next driver it was trying to load.

 W> If you can boot into to a command prompt on that actual machine you can
 W> try running the System File Checker utility:

 W> sfc /scannow

Impossible to boot.  Period.


 W> If you can't get that machine booted into a command prompt, you can try
 W> taking the HD out and mounting it into another Win 7 machine.  If the
 W> drive letter was E: then you can run:

 W> sfc /scannow /offbootdir=E:\ /offwindir E:\Windows

So.. you mean attach the HDD externally to a working machine?

The problem pc is Win7 Home Premium.  The only other working  
Win7 that I have is Professional.


 W> That'll check all of the Windows system files and replace any corrupted
 W> versions.  Failing that booting to a Windows 7 CD/USB and doing an
 W> installation repair could also work.

Install Repair doesn't cooperate.  I used a genuine Win7 disc  
to boot it from, but it stalls after selecting "Language  
selection.." with Next.

I also created a Repair disc from my other 32bit Win7 machine,  
and that one also fails after "Language selection.."


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