Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys

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Ok it's come up now but there are only 2 options and they're different to the ones shown in your image - there's no option for command prompt.

The option to select my operating system is there, and the option to click "next", but also there are 2 options either side of it to choose either "use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting windows - select an operating system to repair" or "restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier"

which of these should i select?

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AH! I'M IN! IT'S BACK! HAHAHAHA YES!


While I was waiting I did a system restore again this time it worked! I am overjoyed.

Is there something else I should do now that I'm back in??

[essexboy]

Yes I would advise that you run a chkdsk as that would appear to be where your problem lies

[Eddy]

I suggest :

- create a image of the working system
- backup your data on a regular base (perhaps schedule automatic daily)

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Yes I would advise that you run a chkdsk as that would appear to be where your problem lies

Ok cool, I'll do that right now - thanks again for your help man I really appreciate it. Is there anything else you think might be worth doing just to be extra secure?

I suggest :

- create a image of the working system
- backup your data on a regular base (perhaps schedule automatic daily)

What do you recommend for backing up data? So far I only have physical backups because I'm a little distrustful of cloud etc. Also how do I create an image of the working system? Is that a system restore?

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Also do you guys think it's worth upgrading to Windows 10? I've been considering it for a while but I've avoided it, do you think that might solve the problem or am I likely to make things worse?

[essexboy]

I have been using windows 10 for many months now with no problems

Imaging software http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/345434-macrium-reflect-imaging-tool/

[Eddy]

There are many free drive image/backup software packages.
One of them is : http://clonezilla.org/

Physical backups sound nice, but there is a risk.
Many people are using it, but are forgetting a very important thing.
They don't store the backups a decent distance away from their system/home.
Let's say a large fire breaks out at your home.
Poof, gone is the system as well as the backups.

Some ISP's give their clients some free space for a website, check if yours does too.
If it does you can use that space as backup location and you don't have to use a cloud service.

On a side note:
What they nowadays call "cloud" is a misnomer.
The cloud = The entire (inter)net
It is believed to be invented/developed by Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider in the 1960s with his work on ARPANET to connect people and data from anywhere at any time

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Ok I'll look into these softwares, thanks guys!