Booting in safe mode

[ChrisBrand]

Howzit guys. This is one for the techies. I installed win 7 ultimate 64 bit on my laptop. During installation when it rebooted it stayed at a black screen with a white cursor flashing at the left top. Ive tried f8 and f10 and f5 to get it to start in safe mode but no luck. The bios menu does not have an advance boot function.

Its a toshiba laptop. Anyone with ideas? Starting to think its the hdd

 

[sash]

i sometimes get that with my 64bit machine that is set to boot up from usb before hdd, if it finds anything plugged into the usb ports, it tries to boot up from there first.

I assume the machine is a 64bit machine else you would not have been able to install the OS?

 

[Josh-ZN]

in this order

1) go with what Sash says - check nothing external plugged in
2) Set hard drive to IDE mode in BIOS (if it has an option for it)
3) Reload from scratch and try again
4) Test your hard drive with manufacturer software tools for faults

 

[Bugger]

If you've only just installed it means you have nothing on the hard drive other than the OS? If so try reloading the OS from scratch. Seems like it might be looking for a boot device though. When you start the machine up, put your ear close to the keyboard,if you hear it whining,might be an issue with the HDD (physically) otherwise it may just be a bad OS install.

 

[Nick]

Was the machine running 100% on the OS before you put & 64bit on?

Could be RAM issue if the PC wont post.

 

[ChrisBrand]

Thanks guys! The laptop had Windows 7 64 bit Home edition already loaded. The nice surprise i got is that the shop that sold it to me did not install a genuine version of Win 7 or even installed Office and laptop was running very slow.

So i got Win 7 Ultimate and decided to install 64 bit again.

Its a crack version :fencelook:

Thus its an ISO burned on a DVD disc. Problem is that you need to mount an ISO disk in order for it to run.

I removed all USB devices and even checked the battery.

Took it to work this morning and had a friend try with a Win 7 cd, also crack, but not an iso file to see what happened and seems it worked.

Just don't know how its impossible to boot the computer in safe mode from bios

 

[sash]

i have been out of the Pc game for too long, how do you mount an iso disk on a clean installation
:fencelook:

i used to copy any iso onto a disk so that its a normal disk, and also the auto run/install bit so that it picks up as a boot disk.

 

[ChrisBrand]

Funny enough the iso was burnt to the disk but it only started to autorun as soon as i mounted it.

With Win 7 it installs windows as you would any normal program. You just run the setup and it does the rest via a wizard.

 

[kabal]

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

that will create a bootable usb/dvd from iso

 

[sherwinZ]

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

that will create a bootable usb/dvd from iso

Lol @ using a legit microsoft product to be able to use a cracked microsoft product

:roflol::roflol::roflol::roflol:

 

[Nick]

You simply use Deamon tools while the old version and WIN is installed.
Mount the ISO and reinstall,works 100% do it all the time.

 

[ChrisBrand]

You simply use Deamon tools while the old version and WIN is installed.
Mount the ISO and reinstall,works 100% do it all the time.

No, thats exactly what i did. Problem came where the laptop tried to restart. Gets stuck with black screen just after BIOS menu option.

 

[Nick]

You simply use Deamon tools while the old version and WIN is installed.
Mount the ISO and reinstall,works 100% do it all the time.

No, thats exactly what i did. Problem came where the laptop tried to restart. Gets stuck with black screen just after BIOS menu option.

That is stange man... I use that method every time i build a rig.
Perhaps the Software failed and lost its train of thought. :rollsmile:

 

[ChrisBrand]

Did it on my PC and it worked fine but that was 32 bit. Same CD also has 64 bit option so i think that maybe the 64 bit has an error somewhere.

Trying to install 32 bit now.

 

[Nick]

I have a ISO of ultimate x64 and RemoveWAT if you need.

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I just checked, you in Cape Town lol.

It may be a mission to get to you hehe :biglol:

 

[ChrisBrand]

Got the 64 iso and removewat crack. Only problem is getting into windows. Thats why i want to use safe mode to enter windows and maybe change the resolution, drivers or config. Whatever needs to be done

 

[LordPhoenix]

Boot from install disc and run a startup repair. Let us know what it finds.

 

[cOlDFuSiOn]

Format + clean install :thumbs: Will save you hours of fiddling with drivers which could be causing the chaos IMO.

 

[carelvos]

Download this image:

http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso

Burn the iso to DVD (don't put the iso on the DVD - create a DVD from the iso - if you understand what I mean)

It's a non-cracked image - when you done loading PM me and I'll give you a key that you can activate with.

 

[ChrisBrand]

Thanks very much guys! Did a quick scan on the computer this morning and it seems the HDD has gone :flyfun:

So i take it the laptop HDD are thinner and more expensive than the PC's?