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Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« on: November 06, 2015, 08:34:46 PM »
So earlier today my computer was running incredibly slowly and at a certain point the screen just went black, leaving only the cursor and a black screen. I left it like this for a minute or two and then did a hard reset. Upon resetting, it got to the "Starting Windows" screen and just stayed there, nothing happened, it just wouldn't start. I've tried all the options under F8 (debugging mode, disable signature drivers etc etc), none of them will work, even safe mode won't work. Startup repair hasn't helped.

When I try to load safe mode it shows the list of files and eventually gets down to aswrvrt.sys and just stays there, nothing works.

I had just finished lots of really important work that I hadn't backed up and I'm so worried about losing my data now, any help would be hugely appreciated.

I'm running a Lenovo laptop with windows 7 - I have avast free version installed, I've heard that this can be the cause of the problem in some users? Anyway I'm absolutely desperate so any help would be hugely appreciated.

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2015, 08:36:08 PM »
Is this a 32 or 64 bit system ? 

And no it is normally a windows failure

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2015, 08:49:03 PM »
Windows 64 bit - I've just downloaded rufus and FRST as per your instructions in another thread, unsure about where to get ISO file though?

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2015, 09:03:23 PM »
Is it likely that I'll lose my data?

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2015, 09:05:14 PM »
The instructions say:
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If you cannot  Boot the computer

Please print these instruction out so that you know what you are doing.  Applicable to 32bit systems.  If you have a 64bit system then create a thread and instructions for the recovery console download will be given

Download OTLPENet.exe  to your desktop
Download Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to a flash drive.
Ensure that you have a blank CD in the drive
Double click OTLPENet.exe and this will then open imgburn  to burn the file to CD
Reboot your system using the boot CD you just created.

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2015, 09:05:56 PM »
The problem is it's late here and I don't have any blank CDs. In some other threads there seemed to be a way to do it via USB and I was hoping to do that.

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2015, 09:19:40 PM »
I'm just trying to get a sense of how likely it is I'll get my data back? I don't mind that much if I have to buy a new drive (although I'd prefer not to) but if my data is gone then I'm completely screwed. Will I still be able to get it back?

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2015, 09:34:58 PM »
Yes we can use a USB

Download the following three programmes to your desktop :
 
 
1.  Rufus 
 
For 64bit systems  
2. Windows 7 64bit RC I will pm link
3. Farbar Recovery Scan Tool x64 
 
Insert the USB stick Then run Rufus
 

Select the ISO file on the desktop via the ISO icon. 
 
Press Start Burn

Then copy FRST to the same USB   
 
   
 
 
 
Insert the USB into the sick computer and start the computer.  First ensuring that the system is set to boot from USB 
Note: If you are not sure how to do that follow the instructions Here
 
Windows 7 and Vista screenshots 

When you reboot you will  see this.
 Click repair my computer  
 
 
Select your operating system  
 
 
Select Command prompt 
 
 
At the command prompt type the following  :
 
notepad and press Enter
The notepad opens. Under File menu select Open
Select "Computer" and find your flash drive letter and close the notepad. 
In the command window type e:\frst64.exe  or  e:\frst.exe dependant on system
 and press Enter 
Note: Replace letter e with the drive letter of your flash drive. 
The tool will start to run. 
When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer. 

Press Scan button. 
It will make a log (FRST.txt) on the flash drive. Please copy and paste it to your reply.
 

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2015, 09:45:20 PM »
I currently have a system repair going (windows suggested system restore but it's been "attempting repairs" for an hour or so and nothing's changing) and windows says "the current repair operation cannot be canceled" - not sure what to do?? Should I just let it finish? I've heard sometimes it can take days. Is it ok to cancel?

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2015, 10:36:49 PM »
Leave it run as it can ruin your day if the cancel goes wrong

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2015, 10:38:10 PM »
I have to be honest I cancelled one earlier, although I cancelled it during the preliminary stage where it was searching or solutions rather than the actual attempting repair stage.

Do you think it's likely I'll be able to get my files back?

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2015, 10:41:24 PM »
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Do you think it's likely I'll be able to get my files back?
Where is your backup ?

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2015, 11:53:11 PM »
I have like 90% of my stuff backed up but the most recent stuff is super important and didn't get a chance to today.

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2015, 12:15:06 AM »
Ok scan is over, going to do this stuff now. Thanks you for the help so far btw, I really appreciate it.

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Re: Windows 7 not booting - stuck on aswrvrt.sys
« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2015, 12:24:32 AM »
Ok so I've followed those steps, I've gotten to the system recovery options bit and it's been on a "Searching for windows installations..." screen for quite some time now. The window that looks like this: http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee362/Essexboy3/RepairVista_7277202.jpg is there and it has my windows 7 drive listed but the more prominent window is the one that says "searching for windows installations" and there's no button to cancel or close it or anything - I can't get at the other window in order to click next.