How to Repair Windows 7 Installation

Published on 17 December 2009 by Nirmal in Windows 7

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Windows 7 is by far the best OS to be released by Microsoft till date. When you install any software or drivers on Windows 7 or if any installation fails, it might cause issues with Windows 7 start up and this might effect Windows 7 booting. In case you encountered any such situation, best way is to repair Windows 7 using the DVD. Windows 7 DVD has system recovery tools to repair and recover issues with Windows 7.

Windows 7

To start repair, insert the Windows 7 DVD and restart your PC. Press any key to boot from the CD and Windows 7 will load the set up files. In the first step select the language and country and then click next.

Windows 7 Repair_1

In this screen select the option “Repair your Computer” as shown in the image. This will open up the system recovery options. You can either use the recovery tool to fix problems starting Windows or else restore the computer using a system image you have created previously without repairing.

System Recovery

Select the partition where your Windows 7 is installed and then click Next.

Recovery tool

Here you can see the recovery options available. Startup Repair tool should be able to solve any issues causing Windows startup. There is also system restore or system image recovery if you have enabled these options previously. Once you have repaired Windows 7, you can restart the PC and login.

Written By Nirmal

Nirmal is a Technology Blogger and a Microsoft MVP in Windows. Nirmal is also the editor-in-chief and owner of Life Rocks 2.0. He can be contacted at nirmal@nirmaltv.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @nirmaltv

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6 Responses to “How to Repair Windows 7 Installation”

  1. Hi
    I am using windows 7 in toshiba m satelite 200 model
    i am getting black screen after on jsut with cursor i can operate my laptop by pressing alt+ctrl+del only ,can you help me solving mine problem.Can i solve thsi withour installing windos again as cab save data but i don’t want to loose browsing history and how i can repair means if i repair then my data will be save or not and browsing history also.
    Regards,Anudeep Kanwar

  2. Umang says:

    i need to know i have upgrade window 7 from vista at that point i was not having internet but now i am having internet.and my activation dat has expired.so what can i do.

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