Fix repeated boot errors on Windows 7

Has your computer ever been in a continuous reboot that can't load the operating system? In previous Windows versions, this may require users to completely reinstall or at least perform some complicated operations. Fortunately, Windows 7 has been designed to solve this problem in a way that takes relatively little time.

This startup error occurs because of a problem in the Windows 7 system registry. Unfortunately, if you fail to boot into Windows, the registry cannot be repaired and you cannot access the operating system.

To fix this, the tools provided in Windows 7 System Recovery Options can help.

1. Access the System Recovery Options screen:

First of all, we will need to boot the computer into the System Recovery Options screen. Do this with the installation DVD inserted into the optical drive. When the computer boots, press any key to boot from the CD or DVD drive as required, select the language option and then click Repair your computer . A list of installed operating systems is displayed. Select Windows 7 and click Next .

The System Recovery Options screen will appear. Choose the first option, Use recovery tools, and then select Startup Repair (if the computer has a built-in recovery partition, the steps are a bit different. In this case, boot Go to the Advanced Boot Options screen, select Repair your computer and click Enter , then select the keyboard language type and enter the username and password before choosing Startup Repair in the System Recovery Options screen.

After selecting Startup Repair , Windows will perform automatic repair.

2. Prepare Windows 7 Recovery:

If the Startup Repair option fails, you will receive a message that Windows cannot repair this computer automatically. At the end of the notification line, click View advanced options for system recovery and support to return to System Recovery Options and click Command Prompt .

The black command line interface will open the X: drive by default. This is Windows internal RAM used for System Repair. Go to the system drive which is usually the C: drive by default.

To open drive C, type C: and press Enter . Type DIR to check that we are in the correct drive. Content in the drive will be listed, including Program Files, Users and Windows folders.

Change the directory path by, enter the CD windowssystem32config and then enter DIR to check the listed files and folders:

1. RegBack
2. DEFAULT
3. SECURITY
4. SYSTEM

Enter MD mybackup to create a backup folder. Enter copy *. * Mybackup to copy everything from this address, agreeing to the overwrite warnings that appear.

The RegBack folder stores Windows registry backup files automatically. To check if they can be used to restore the system, enter CD RegBack and DIR to view the content. We will see the following files:

1. DEFAULT, SAM and SECURITY files, each file is about 262,000 bytes.
2. SOFTWARE file, about 26,000,000 bytes.
3. File SYSTEM, about 9.900 million bytes.

Note that if any of these files display 0 bytes, we will have to use another Windows 7 recovery method.

3. Run Windows 7 Recovery:

With the RegBack folder containing the data needed to restore Windows 7, exit the boot loop, we will be able to copy the content and use them to help the operating system run again.

Use the copy *. * Command to paste the above files into the Config folder. Agree to the override warnings, then enter exit to close the command window.

On the System Recovery Options screen, click Restart to restart the PC. Windows 7 will now boot correctly!

4. Conclusion:

The boot loop is a persistent error on Windows. Although previous versions provided a number of ways to deal with recovery options, these solutions are not really easy to use.

With Windows 7, at least the success rate when dealing with infinite loops is much higher. Also note that the steps above do not guarantee success. Users should be prepared to reinstall Windows in case it cannot fix this loop error.