Windows 7 MBR corruption

supra · 07-26-10, 04:54 AM

Hi all

ive been having a strange problem for the last week. my boot manager/master boot record seems to be corrupting out of the blue.

its only happened twice now but i would shutdown my pc normally and then go to work and then come back from work turn it on and it will post and everything and get up to where windows would normally show the loading progress bar but nothing will show. it will just hang on a black blank screen.

ill need to boot to win7 disc run
bootrec /fixmbr, /fixboot, /rebuildbcd

and it will work again. I'll do that and restart the pc again from within windows to see if its corrupted again and it seems fine.

any ideas? something to do with my ssd possibly?

Van_Dammesque · 07-26-10, 05:11 AM

Use chkdsk (please double check with your SSD manufacturer to see if you can use it), I would also check to see if there is a firmware update for your SSD too.

Otherwise a clean reinstall might be in order. I'd scan for viruses as well.

supra · 07-26-10, 05:16 AM

nah sorry ive forgot to say.

id done chkdsk and virus scans its all clean. (i havent had a virus in 10+ years anyway)

ive been using this ssd for about a 2 months now. its not a new one or anything.

six_storm · 07-26-10, 10:46 AM

Maybe run a repair with the Windows DVD? I would say that if you could boot up into Windows, just run "sfc /scannow".

Revs · 07-26-10, 10:59 AM

Yeah I've used the Windows disk in this situation before and it worked well.

supra · 07-26-10, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by six_storm

Maybe run a repair with the Windows DVD? I would say that if you could boot up into Windows, just run "sfc /scannow".

yeah thats wot i do before i do the bootrec commands but it will say windows has detected no problems with windows startup.

so ill just go to commandline and do the bootrec fixe anyway and it fixes it.

so odd.

07-26-10, 04:54 AM	#1
supra 2JZ powered Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Aus Posts: 1,321	Windows 7 MBR corruption Hi all ive been having a strange problem for the last week. my boot manager/master boot record seems to be corrupting out of the blue. its only happened twice now but i would shutdown my pc normally and then go to work and then come back from work turn it on and it will post and everything and get up to where windows would normally show the loading progress bar but nothing will show. it will just hang on a black blank screen. ill need to boot to win7 disc run bootrec /fixmbr, /fixboot, /rebuildbcd and it will work again. I'll do that and restart the pc again from within windows to see if its corrupted again and it seems fine. any ideas? something to do with my ssd possibly? __________________

07-26-10, 05:11 AM	#2
Van_Dammesque CoD is GoD Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 49	Re: Windows 7 Use chkdsk (please double check with your SSD manufacturer to see if you can use it), I would also check to see if there is a firmware update for your SSD too. Otherwise a clean reinstall might be in order. I'd scan for viruses as well. __________________ Linux is free, if your time is worthless.

07-26-10, 05:16 AM	#3
supra 2JZ powered Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Aus Posts: 1,321	Re: Windows 7 nah sorry ive forgot to say. id done chkdsk and virus scans its all clean. (i havent had a virus in 10+ years anyway) ive been using this ssd for about a 2 months now. its not a new one or anything. __________________

07-26-10, 10:46 AM	#4
six_storm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Nashvegas Posts: 11,575	Re: Windows 7 MBR corruption Maybe run a repair with the Windows DVD? I would say that if you could boot up into Windows, just run "sfc /scannow".

07-26-10, 10:59 AM	#5
Revs Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 6,362	Re: Windows 7 MBR corruption Yeah I've used the Windows disk in this situation before and it worked well.