How to boot from dos to windows 7

Step 6. After that, you will go to the Install Windows screen, click Repair your computer. Step 7. Sometimes, you will not see any operating system in this window, please click Load Drivers to install drivers for your disks. Step 8. Just wait patiently until the process is completed and click Finish. When you try to manually run Startup Repair using installation disc, you may find startup repair not working sometimes and ask you to restore your computer with System Restore.

Click Restore if you have a working restore point. If not, click Cancel. Then, you will see the Windows cannot repair your computer automatically screen with 2 options at the lower location, select " View advanced options for system recovery and support ". After that, you will go back to the System Recovery Options window and select Command Prompt to boot repair Windows 7. Then, it will automatically pop up. Wait a minute, please try Windows 7 startup repair command prompt chkdsk to scan the integrity of your file system and hard drive so as to rule out the physical problem of hard drive.

Because it can also damage the boot sector and MBR. Then, try other command lines below. In the command prompt window, type the following command line and hit Enter after each one. In the command prompt window, type the following command line in order and then hit Enter. If the above command prompt does not work for you, you still can try to backup and rename BCD first and then rebuild it via CMD. Step 2. Then, type notepad in the command prompt window.

After that, save the change and exit this window. Part 2. Press Enter. Click Next. Make sure the 'I agree. Click Continue. Leave all the disks in their drives and click Reboot now. The next few steps will look exactly the same as the last few to a point but it's vital that you repeat them.

Click Yes. Consider installing the add-ons. The next few steps are all down to personal preferences but it is recommended that you do install all the add-ons as it makes using MS-DOS easier. Confirm that the above settings are correct and click OK. Click Continue if you wish to install additional add-ons this was selected in the tutorial. Decide whether you want to install drivers for your sound cards Yes was chosen here. Choose your sound card and click Continue.

Click OK. Click No. It will put you in an endless loop if you click Yes. Click Load both. Ensure all the options are checked and click Continue.

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In reply to Andre Da Costa's post on April 30, I've visited the site whose link you gave and have downloaded the VirtualBox. I'm also looking at the suggestion of simply using the System Image in Windows 7. All I'm looking for is an exact copy of the hard drive that I can use to replace any files that become corrupted. In reply to Shenan Stanley's post on April 30, Hi, there. I am beginning to look into it, but I never thought that System Images could do what simple copying couldn't, which is to copy files that are being used by the computer.