Problem with aswrvrt.sys (Won't boot)

[wafehlig]

It would be worth a try but if it happens again then I would test the hard drive for faults

I can still access all of my files. How would I go about testing for hard drive faults?

[essexboy]

What hard drive do you have (make and model)

[wafehlig]

What hard drive do you have (make and model)

The BIOS lists it as ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB

Here's the page from Lenovo for the computer: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y580/index.html#techspecs

[Eddy]

That is a SeaGate. Get and run the Seatools to test the drive.

[essexboy]

Seatools for dos would be best to use http://lifehacker.com/5348638/five-best-disk-defragmenters

[wafehlig]

Seatools for dos would be best to use http://lifehacker.com/5348638/five-best-disk-defragmenters

Tried both the GUI and text versions of seatools, computer would not recognize it as a boot disk.

[wafehlig]

It would be worth a try but if it happens again then I would test the hard drive for faults

How would I go about re-installing windows 7 x64 without a CD? Is there an ISO to burn, or an USB to use?

[essexboy]

You have a restore partition

Using the Product Recovery program on the hard disk
 

Note: All personal data in the computer will be lost during the recovery procedure.

Follow these steps:
1.Pressing F11 will start the Product Recovery program. When you see the Product Recovery Program Main Menu, select Full Recovery or Factory Contents and follow the instructions on the screen.
2.After the software has been reinstalled, copy your personal configuration and data files back into their original directories on the hard drive

[wafehlig]

You have a restore partition

Using the Product Recovery program on the hard disk
 

Note: All personal data in the computer will be lost during the recovery procedure.

Follow these steps:
1.Pressing F11 will start the Product Recovery program. When you see the Product Recovery Program Main Menu, select Full Recovery or Factory Contents and follow the instructions on the screen.
2.After the software has been reinstalled, copy your personal configuration and data files back into their original directories on the hard drive

F11 isn't doing anything for me

[wafehlig]

You have a restore partition

Using the Product Recovery program on the hard disk
 

Note: All personal data in the computer will be lost during the recovery procedure.

Follow these steps:
1.Pressing F11 will start the Product Recovery program. When you see the Product Recovery Program Main Menu, select Full Recovery or Factory Contents and follow the instructions on the screen.
2.After the software has been reinstalled, copy your personal configuration and data files back into their original directories on the hard drive

Never mind, I found the recovery system lenovo has built in. Has its own special key.

[wafehlig]

...I don't get it... I did a full system restore to factory settings, and it is still not working... hard drive problem, then?

[essexboy]

Yep that would be my assessment

Time for a new hard drive

[wafehlig]

Yep that would be my assessment

Time for a new hard drive

Ha! Not Quite! (Posting from the laptop, figured it out)

One of the many things I did to try to fix things was to change the hard drive mode from A??? to Compatibility. That let me get into the system repair menu, for some reason, so I assumed it was good.

I switched back to A??? after the factory reset, and it worked! Thank you for your help.

[essexboy]

Glad all is well

[Nikopol75]

Hello,
I've had a problem starting my dell E4300 last week after cleaning the inside of the machine. It would not reboot with Windows 7.
I thought at first I had forgotten to plug something inside the computer but the interesting thing about this computer is I have both Ubunto 12.04 LTS and Windows 7 installed, with a booting system with Grub. And the compuer is running allright with Ubuntu (I was able to save all my windows files). Win 7 is running with last version of Avast

Symptoms : when selected windows 7 starts loading and freeze in the middle of the logo.
I run the recovery mode with the option that shows the list of drivers loading and get "Stuck" on aswrvrt.sys
that brought me to this forum.
I've run FRST. Please find it attached. I noticed a suspect file : AlexaNSISPlugin.3208.dll

thanks for your feedback and advice

Regards,
Nikopol75