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I just resized a windows partition which involved shifting about 160GB to the left. After that it couldn't find the boot like normal so I ran the system repair tool like normal(I resize this partition a lot and each time I have to use the repair disk). But, this time, when I rebooted into the recovered 7 partition, it displayed the windows logo like normal but then flashed up 'autochk program not found -- skipping autocheck'. After that being on the screen for about 8 seconds, there was a flash of a bluescreen with white text and it rebooted. I have tried running the repair disk multiple times, but it returns and fixes the same problem each time, and the same thing happens on boot each time. Is there anything I can do to fix this short of reinstalling windows? I have also ran two chkdsks from my vista partition with no errors reported and when viewing all the files on the drive everything seems to be in place.

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The blue screen of death error usually find in Windows system and this is typically caused by software errors in device drivers.

The Blue screen treatment, you can refer to

1 restart

2 new hardware detection of new services

3 Trojan virus detected

4 checks BIOS and hardware compatibility

5 run “sfc / scannow” system to check whether documents have been replaced, and then use the installation disk to restore the system

you can try to boot your windows system in safe mode by pressing F8 repeatedly when you restart your computer.

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It's not the bsod, I know that for a fact, and that isn't the main problem. I cant even boot into safemode because of this autocheck program, and for some reason I can't run sfc. – a sandwhich May 31 '11 at 11:38
@Ok sandwhich: can you please tell me when you are running the command of sfc what exact message you are getting? or not getting any message? – sangy May 31 '11 at 12:19
I posted in the comments above the error message. – a sandwhich May 31 '11 at 17:36
I have another crap vista install, would I be able to run sfc from that? – a sandwhich May 31 '11 at 21:20
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Reasons I can see for such a problem :

  • You may have reduced the system partition below its minimum size by using a 3rd-party partitioner
  • You may have changed the number of the partition by creating a new preceding partition
  • A copy error has occurred while moving the partition

In all cases, if you cannot undo the damage, and if the recovery options in the Windows 7 boot CD do not fix the problem, you may need to Do a Repair Install to Fix Windows 7. This will fix your currently installed Windows 7, while still preserving user accounts, data, programs, and system drivers (but ensure you have backups anyway).

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I can't boot into windows, and that tutorial requires you to boot into windows. Is it possible to do a repair install without booting into windows? I think I would be able to fix it if I were to somehow force sfc to run, but for some reason I can't. – a sandwhich Jun 2 '11 at 17:33
You can also start it from the Windows 7 boot CD. – harrymc Jun 2 '11 at 17:59
Boot cd? The installation dvd? – a sandwhich Jun 2 '11 at 18:02
Yes, installation dvd. – harrymc Jun 2 '11 at 18:16
Whenever I boot into my install dvd, It goes straight into installation, how do I launch a repair install? – a sandwhich Jun 2 '11 at 18:28
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Very similar but not duplicate of this, so repeating my answer slightly.

It sounds to me like the 100Mb boot partition, has become deleted or part of the Windows boot loader has become faulty.

If you are not able to automatically recover using the startup recovery tool, you can choose Command Prompt as a repair option, then manually rebuild the boot sector.

Type the following:

bootrec /fixboot

bootrec /fixmbr

bootrec /rebuildbcd

This should, scan for errors, fix and rebuild the boot sector and repopulate the menu.

(If you want to read more about Bootrec, click here)

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Wil, interesting read here, not directly related to this post but very interesting...blog.jitbit.com/2011/04/… – Moab May 30 '11 at 16:33
Well, I did that. It said all operations were completed successfully, but the last one said it found a total of 0 windows installs, so I am thinking that might be a problem. I rebooted and the same thing happened. Should I be navigate to the correct drive before doing this? – a sandwhich May 30 '11 at 16:40
@A Sandwhich, you won't like it, but if it couldn't find a Windows Install, you may be best of just reinstalling Windows. – William Hilsum May 30 '11 at 16:44
If I do reinstall, will there be a way to retain all of my current files? – a sandwhich May 30 '11 at 16:47
@Moab - Wow... Just wow... – William Hilsum May 30 '11 at 16:48
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I just ran into this, I had to run a repair install

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Well, I am unable to, there is no option given to do so on my installation dvd. – a sandwhich Jun 3 '11 at 17:47
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I just ended up doing a clean reinstall. Some of the files were left under a windows.old folder, can I just copy the programs into the new program files folder and expect them to work fine? Programs such as (cs4, iTunes, lightwave, maya, steam, crysis 2, other non steam games)

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