Msconfig modification, my PC won't start anymore
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iheb2121 Posted messages 2 Status Member -
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Hello,
On a forum, I followed a tutorial that explains how to start your PC faster:
Go to msconfig, go to settings and change the number of processors and the RAM allocated at that moment. Stupidly, I set it to the maximum (8 processors and 8 GB of RAM)
Only problem is, my PC won't boot anymore and I'm faced with this lovely image
http://img543.imageshack.us/i/imagezcc.jpg/
I've tried safe mode, automatic recovery, nothing works.
I have a dual boot on my PC, with Linux that works fine (though I don't have access to the network)
Any ideas, solutions???
Thanks!!!!
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On a forum, I followed a tutorial that explains how to start your PC faster:
Go to msconfig, go to settings and change the number of processors and the RAM allocated at that moment. Stupidly, I set it to the maximum (8 processors and 8 GB of RAM)
Only problem is, my PC won't boot anymore and I'm faced with this lovely image
http://img543.imageshack.us/i/imagezcc.jpg/
I've tried safe mode, automatic recovery, nothing works.
I have a dual boot on my PC, with Linux that works fine (though I don't have access to the network)
Any ideas, solutions???
Thanks!!!!
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Hello...
Enter the BIOS by tapping F2, or Delete... or another key as soon as you power on and set the "default values", then exit BY CONFIRMING... and restart, then let me know...
Best regards,
See you later
PS: for MSCONFIG, avoid the tutorial you used in the future... I'll tell you how to do it later!
"He who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" a.k.a. "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
Enter the BIOS by tapping F2, or Delete... or another key as soon as you power on and set the "default values", then exit BY CONFIRMING... and restart, then let me know...
Best regards,
See you later
PS: for MSCONFIG, avoid the tutorial you used in the future... I'll tell you how to do it later!
"He who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" a.k.a. "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
The "default values" is a complete option when exiting the BIOS... "load setup default" from the last page...
"Who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" a.k.a "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
"Who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" a.k.a "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
@kaumune:
Apparently, there is no more boot.ini on Win7.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/What-happened-to-the-boot-ini-file
Do you think there is another file I can access?
My Windows partition is on the third partition, see the image
http://img840.imageshack.us/i/imagewypb.jpg/
(before recovery, there is Dell utility, a very small partition of 101 MB. The OS is indeed on /sda3)
@poupougne13
Not better :(
Apparently, there is no more boot.ini on Win7.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/What-happened-to-the-boot-ini-file
Do you think there is another file I can access?
My Windows partition is on the third partition, see the image
http://img840.imageshack.us/i/imagewypb.jpg/
(before recovery, there is Dell utility, a very small partition of 101 MB. The OS is indeed on /sda3)
@poupougne13
Not better :(
Yes, you could try with the Windows 7 DVD the option "Repair Startup"
See this tutorial http://www.chantal11.com/2010/06/windows-7-ne-demarre-plus-reparer-avec-lenvironnement-winre-dvd-installation/
If it doesn't get better, we can intervene on the startup via the command prompt (using the DVD) and the command bcdedit
After clicking on "Repair your computer," you select Command Prompt
When you have the black screen, type bcdedit
It will display a bunch of parameters
In the second part "Windows Boot Loader," you check what it has in "Identifier," it should be {current}
http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg
On your system, you should also see a line numproc and a line truncatememory
You type bcdedit /deletevalue {current} numproc then press enter
Next, you type bcdedit /deletevalue {current} truncatememory then press enter
It should be fine after restarting
See this tutorial http://www.chantal11.com/2010/06/windows-7-ne-demarre-plus-reparer-avec-lenvironnement-winre-dvd-installation/
If it doesn't get better, we can intervene on the startup via the command prompt (using the DVD) and the command bcdedit
After clicking on "Repair your computer," you select Command Prompt
When you have the black screen, type bcdedit
It will display a bunch of parameters
In the second part "Windows Boot Loader," you check what it has in "Identifier," it should be {current}
http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg
On your system, you should also see a line numproc and a line truncatememory
You type bcdedit /deletevalue {current} numproc then press enter
Next, you type bcdedit /deletevalue {current} truncatememory then press enter
It should be fine after restarting
No restaurant points at all... Very bad on my part. And I don't have a Windows DVD on hand, I need to ask a friend but that's not so certain... Yeah, I'm in a bit of a mess. However, I can access Linux, but without internet because I don't know why, but my wifi card doesn't seem to be recognized, but it would allow me to save my data just in case.
@ poupougne
Here’s what my BIOS looks like:
http://img543.imageshack.us/i/imageuki.jpg/
http://img210.imageshack.us/i/imageixh.jpg/
http://img441.imageshack.us/i/imagerak.jpg/
http://img35.imageshack.us/i/imagesnj.jpg/
http://img838.imageshack.us/i/imagebtq.jpg/
http://img819.imageshack.us/i/imageqqil.jpg/
What default values should I set?
I tried F9, and I saved, but it didn’t work!!
Thank you
(sorry for the delay, I’m abroad, I was sleeping)
Here’s what my BIOS looks like:
http://img543.imageshack.us/i/imageuki.jpg/
http://img210.imageshack.us/i/imageixh.jpg/
http://img441.imageshack.us/i/imagerak.jpg/
http://img35.imageshack.us/i/imagesnj.jpg/
http://img838.imageshack.us/i/imagebtq.jpg/
http://img819.imageshack.us/i/imageqqil.jpg/
What default values should I set?
I tried F9, and I saved, but it didn’t work!!
Thank you
(sorry for the delay, I’m abroad, I was sleeping)
"Mount" your HDD... there, you are on a network!!!
"He who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" aka "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
"He who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" aka "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
You need to put your HDD on top, either by standing on it and hitting "page up", or in some other way... try....
--
"He who wants to climb a mountain begins from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" aka "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
--
"He who wants to climb a mountain begins from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" aka "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
Are you sure you're responding to the right topic, poupougne? Because I don't see why I should mount a disk.
All my partitions are already "mounted." All I want is to access this "boot.ini" from Win 7, which is no longer boot.ini but bcdedit, in order to manually modify the options.
I tried to start my PC in console mode because apparently you can access bcdedit from there, but still nothing works, same blue screen as at the beginning of the topic. So my only hope is to be able to do this from Linux (I have Mandriva 2011).
All my partitions are already "mounted." All I want is to access this "boot.ini" from Win 7, which is no longer boot.ini but bcdedit, in order to manually modify the options.
I tried to start my PC in console mode because apparently you can access bcdedit from there, but still nothing works, same blue screen as at the beginning of the topic. So my only hope is to be able to do this from Linux (I have Mandriva 2011).
In your image: http://imageshack.com/f/ncimagewypbj
the HDD is not set as the 1st boot... you need to move it up in the list...
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"Who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" a.k.a "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
the HDD is not set as the 1st boot... you need to move it up in the list...
--
"Who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" a.k.a "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
Yes... I didn't notice that the successive images were linked, because I got an ad that interrupted in the middle... it's indeed 838!
--
"Who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" aka "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
--
"Who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" aka "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
Alright, it's done but it doesn't change anything. The boot was working fine on Windows before because the 1st boot was "removable drive" and since I don't have an external disk plugged in, it was the same.
Do you think that by launching Windows from a Windows DVD, I can reaccede to msconfig and restore my original settings?
Do you think that by launching Windows from a Windows DVD, I can reaccede to msconfig and restore my original settings?
I don't know... waiting for news from Kaumune...
See you later
--
"Who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" aka "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
See you later
--
"Who wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" aka "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
Hello everyone, I just wanted to thank you for your help. I had exactly the same problem and I found my answer on this forum. Once again, a very big thank you to you all.
;)
--
"Whoever wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" alias "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
--
"Whoever wants to climb a mountain starts from the bottom!"
Signed: "Gillette" alias "nobody"! ;) (°!°)
slt
When booting with Linux, you should have access to your Windows partition
Edit and copy here the contents of your boot.ini
We should be able to remove the erroneous options from it or at least create a line that allows you to enter safe mode
We simply add the line:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Safe Mode " /fastdetect /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
(All on the same line)
(If Windows is on the first partition of the first hard drive, otherwise it needs to be modified)
When booting with Linux, you should have access to your Windows partition
Edit and copy here the contents of your boot.ini
We should be able to remove the erroneous options from it or at least create a line that allows you to enter safe mode
We simply add the line:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Safe Mode " /fastdetect /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
(All on the same line)
(If Windows is on the first partition of the first hard drive, otherwise it needs to be modified)