Author Topic: Power failure during repair: Laptop not booting (Read 51734 times)

Boggin · « **Reply #25 on:** February 08, 2017, 01:04:34 pm »

How are you getting on with this ?

amf · « **Reply #26 on:** February 08, 2017, 07:06:05 pm »

Hi, sorry guess a huge time difference makes things difficult.
Anyway, the F12 trick got me to Windows Install. I upgraded from W8 to W10 so only have the W8 key, which wasn't accepted. Any idea where I can find the W10 key before I mess things up in a big way?
I skipped the Product key bit and it then said since I started with install media I must remove it, reboot and then insert the media. That just causes the notebook to get stuck on the startup screen.
I restarted usunng F12 again and this time went for the custom installation. I then get the selections on the images....
What now?

Boggin · « **Reply #27 on:** February 09, 2017, 03:25:59 am »

Did you not see a link to Repair your computer down on the left on the Install splash screen ?

That is what you should have clicked on and not to Install.

Cancel the Install and reboot with the USB or DVD.

amf · « **Reply #28 on:** February 09, 2017, 03:32:57 am »

I will do so

amf · « **Reply #29 on:** February 09, 2017, 05:08:24 am »

Black screen for a while now, guess will have to wait...

amf · « **Reply #30 on:** February 09, 2017, 05:18:52 am »

Changed to a blue screen now

Boggin · « **Reply #31 on:** February 09, 2017, 05:27:10 am »

Any busy circles and are you using the USB or DVD ?

amf · « **Reply #32 on:** February 09, 2017, 05:28:20 am »

No busy circles (none since I selected Repair), used the USB

Boggin · « **Reply #33 on:** February 09, 2017, 05:31:24 am »

Can you try the DVD - you should be prompted to press any key to boot from CD/DVD.

amf · « **Reply #34 on:** February 09, 2017, 05:41:00 am »

Just as I was to do that came up with Two options
Restore or Advanced

Boggin · « **Reply #35 on:** February 09, 2017, 05:45:49 am »

I'm a bit wary of restore points should they have become corrupted - see what Advanced gives you ?

I'll boot my other Win 10 laptop up with an install disk and then I should be able to better follow.

Boggin · « **Reply #36 on:** February 09, 2017, 05:52:55 am »

When I boot up with the install disk I get the options of Continue, Troubleshoot and Turn off your PC.

Selecting Troubleshoot I get the options of System Restore, System Image Recovery, Startup Repair, Command Prompt and Go back to the previous build.

amf · « **Reply #37 on:** February 09, 2017, 06:17:54 am »

Same options - as far as I know a restore point was created just before I started running the software - I recall seeing the file on the hard drive.

Boggin · « **Reply #38 on:** February 09, 2017, 06:25:11 am »

As the main problem seems to be an empty Boot Configuration Data File, select Command Prompt and enter bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd and let me know what it returns.

Note there's a space before /

amf · « **Reply #39 on:** February 09, 2017, 06:42:28 am »

Scanning all disks for Windows installations

Boggin · « **Reply #40 on:** February 09, 2017, 06:44:02 am »

When it completes that you'll get something else.

amf · « **Reply #41 on:** February 09, 2017, 06:59:10 am »

Identified 1 Eindows installation, asking if it must add it to the boot list

Boggin · « **Reply #42 on:** February 09, 2017, 07:00:51 am »

Enter y then exit to close the cmd window, remove the USB and select Turn off PC then restart and hopefully it should boot okay.

amf · « **Reply #43 on:** February 09, 2017, 07:21:47 am »

Guess I have to wait till the prompt goes back to X:\Sources before I close the indow, at the moment just flashing on an empty line

Boggin · « **Reply #44 on:** February 09, 2017, 07:26:24 am »

So is it still acting upon adding the installation to the data file ?

amf · « **Reply #45 on:** February 09, 2017, 07:34:15 am »

Completed successfully
Closed the window, but no option to turn off?

Boggin · « **Reply #46 on:** February 09, 2017, 07:35:55 am »

Do you have a back arrow to go back to the other menus ?

amf · « **Reply #47 on:** February 09, 2017, 07:40:33 am »

Sorry, was too impatient
Continue
Use a device
Troubleshoot
Turn off your PC

Boggin · « **Reply #48 on:** February 09, 2017, 07:50:51 am »

Turn off your PC and leave it off for about 30 secs before you restart it.

amf · « **Reply #49 on:** February 09, 2017, 07:58:13 am »

Left it off for 2 minutes. Black screen with Lenovo on it.... No hamster in a wheel....