Startup Repair is a Windows Vista recovery tool that can fix certain problems, such as missing or damaged system files, that might prevent Windows from starting correctly. When you run Startup Repair, it scans your computer for the problem and then tries to fix it so your computer can start correctly. Oct 01, 2012 Stuck on Startup Repair Loop (Windows is Loading Files; no safe mode) Hi guys, I'm having an issue with my system that I hope someone will be able to help me with. Basically I am stuck on a 'Startup Repair' loop. I am running Windows 7 64bit and did not have any startup / booting issues up until a few days ago. Mar 19, 2015 If Windows still doesn’t continue after the “Windows is loading files” screen, continue with Fix #6 below or go to Fix Stuck at Windows is loading files with EasyRE. Fix #6: Run Startup Repair. To run the Startup Repair utility on your Windows Vista or Windows 7, follow these steps. May 10, 2020 The fixer Windows 10 May 2020 Update common problems — and the fixes The Windows 10 May 2020 Update is here, but if it's causing problems you can use this guide to troubleshoot and fix.
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Get the fix for whenever Windows is stuck at the Windows is loading files screen. This fix applies to the following Windows versions: Vista and 7.
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*3 More InformationFix Stuck at Windows is loading files with EasyRE
Easy Recovery Essentials can fix many errors such as this automatically using its built-in Automated Repair option. EasyRE is currently available for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 and can be downloaded and created on any PC.
*Download Easy Recovery Essentials. Make sure to note your Windows version (XP, Vista, 7 or 8) before you download EasyRE. This guide can help you identify what version of Windows you have installed.
*Burn the image. Follow these instructions on how to burn the bootable ISO image very carefully, as making a bootable CD can be tricky! Alternatively, these instructions explain how to create a bootable EasyRE recovery USB stick/drive.
*Boot up your PC from the Easy Recovery Essentials CD or USB you created.
*Once EasyRE is running, choose the “Automated Repair” option and click Continue.
Choose “Automated Repair” in Easy Recovery Essentials
*After EasyRE scans your computer’s drives, identify and select the drive letter for your Windows installation from the list, and then click on the Automated Repair button to begin.
Choose the drive associated with the Windows installation you’re trying to repair.
*Easy Recovery Essentials will start analyzing the selected drive for problems. EasyRE will test for and attempt to automatically correct errors with the disk, partition, bootsector, filesystem, bootloader, and registry. No intervention is required, as EasyRE’s repair is fully automated:
Easy Recovery Essentials searches for errors and makes corrections to the selected Windows installation.
*Once the process is complete, EasyRE will report its findings. Click on the Restart button to reboot your PC and test the changes.
*The “Stuck at Windows is loading files” error should now be fixed as your PC begins to load:
You can download Easy Recovery Essentials from here.Other fixes for Stuck at Windows is loading files
Windows Setup CD/DVD Required!Some of the solutions below require the use of the Microsoft Windows setup CD or DVD. If your PC did not come with a Windows installation disc or if you no longer have your Windows setup media, you can use Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows instead. EasyRE will automatically find and fix many problems, and can also be used to solve this problem with the directions below.
These fixes can be applied for both Windows Vista and Windows 7.Fix #1: Check your HDD and RAM
This error – having Windows stuck at the “Windows is loading files” screen – can be caused by either a corrupt or failed hard disk or bad RAM memory sticks.
If you have multiple HDDs and RAM memory sticks, follow these tips:
*Remove the additional hard disks from your PC and only leave the main HDD. Restart your computer to see if the “Windows is loading files” screen loads correctly.
*Remove additional RAM memory sticks and leave only 1 memory stick. Restart your computer and check if the error appears again.
To test if your hard disk or RAM memory is healthy and not corrupted or failed, run Automated Repair from Easy Recovery Essentials (our recovery and repair disc). The Automated Repair process will report any issues found with your HDD or RAM.
*Burn the ISO Image. Follow our instructions on how to burn a bootable ISO image. If you’d like to have a recovery USB instead, follow our instructions on how to make a recovery USB.
*Boot into Easy Recovery Essentials
*Select Automated Repair
*Click Continue and wait for the Automated Repair process to finish. Automated Repair process will report any issues found with your hard disk or RAM memory:
To download Easy Recovery Essentials, click here.Fix #2: Reset BIOS
If Fix #1 above doesn’t fix the getting stuck at the “Windows is loading files” screen error, you can try to reset your computer’s BIOS settings.
You can either reset your BIOS settings or upgrade your BIOS version to the latest available.
To reset your computer’s BIOS settings to the default settings, follow these steps:
*Restart the computer
*Press the necessary key to boot into the BIOS menu. This key is usually any of the following, depending on the computer manufacturer: Esc, Del, F2, F8, F12.The key you need to press is usually displayed on the first screen as your computer boots, just before the Windows logo appears.Here’s the F12 key necessary to open BIOS menu displayed on a Dell computer:
Notice the key guide in the top-right corner.
*Find the option to reset your BIOS or load its default options. This is usually called any of the following:
*Load Default
*Load Fail-Safe Defaults
*Load BIOS Defaults
*Load Default Settings
*Load Setup Default
*Get Default Values
*Save these changes and exit the BIOS menu
If reseting your BIOS to its default settings doesn’t fix the error, try updating BIOS to its latest version available.Fix #3: Boot into Safe Mode
Fix #3 and Fix #4 are easy fixes that you can try to attempt at fixing the “Windows is loading files” error.
Booting into Safe Mode and trying to uninstall recently installed software applications or drivers could fix this issues.
To boot into Safe Mode, follow these steps:
*Restart your computer
*Press the F8 key as soon as your computer starts. You need to press the key before the Windows Vista or Windows 7 logo appears.
*At the Advanced Boot Options menu, select Safe Mode
*Press EnterFix #4: Boot into Last Known Good Configuration
If Fix #3 doesn’t solve the error, try the Last Known Good Configuration mode.
To boot into this mode on your Windows Vista or Windows 7, follow these steps:
*Restart your computer
*Press the F8 key to open the Advanced Boot Options menu
The advanced boot options startup menu.
*Select the Last Known Good Configuration option
*Press EnterFix #5: Disable automatic restart on system failure
If the “Windows is loading files” error is caused by a STOP error, you can try to disable the automatic restart on system failure option in order to determine which STOP error is causing this error.
To identify the STOP error and troubleshoot it, follow these steps to disable this option on your Windows Vista or Windows 7:
*Restart your computer
*Press the F8 key before the Windows Vista or Windows 7 logo appears
*At the Advanced Boot Options menu, select the Disable automatic restart on system failure option
*Press Enter
*Your computer should now reboot
*If a blue screen appears next, after the restart, note the STOP error and troubleshoot it. If Windows still doesn’t continue after the “Windows is loading files” screen, continue with Fix #6 below or go to Fix Stuck at Windows is loading files with EasyRE.Fix #6: Run Startup Repair
To run the Startup Repair utility on your Windows Vista or Windows 7, follow these steps:
*Insert the original Windows Vista/7 installation disc (the install DVD)
*Press any key to boot from the DVD
*At the Welcome screen, click Repair your computer
*Choose your operating system
*At the System Recovery Options screen, select Startup Repair
Windows 7 System Recovery Options Screen
*Wait for the Startup Repair utility to finish
*Restart your computerFix #7: Run bootrec
Using the bootrec.exe utility, provided on your Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation DVD, you can fix the MBR of your computer and attempt to fix the “Windows is loading files” error.
Follow these steps to open and run the bootrec utility:
*Insert the Windows Vista/7 DVD and boot from it (press any key at the Press any key screen to boot from the media)
*Select a language, keyboard method
*Click Next
*Click Repair your computer at the Welcome screen
*Choose your operating system from the list
*Click Next
*Click Command Prompt from the System Recovery Options menu
*Type these commands and press the Enter key after each:
*Type:
*Press Enter
*Restart your computer
bootrec utility results screenFix #8: Run chkdsk
If Fix #7 doesn’t work, you can also try to run the chkdsk utility and check the integrity of your computer’s HDD:
*Follow the steps from Fix #7 until you reach Command Prompt
*When Command Prompt is open, type this command:
Where C: is the letter of the drive where your Windows Vista or Windows 7 is installed.
*Press Enter
*Type:
*Press Enter
*Restart your computerFix #9: Reinstall Windows
If none of the fixes explained above works to fix the “Windows is loading files” error, you can to reinstall your Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Reinstalling Windows Vista/7 means you will loose all data if you don’t backup your personal files. You can use the Browse/Backup Files feature from Easy Recovery Essentials to access your computer and backup your personal files on a USB drive.
To reinstall Windows Vista or Windows 7, follow these steps:
*Insert the installation DVD and boot from it
*Select a keyboard method and language and click Next
*Click Install Now at the Welcome screen
*Follow the wizard to complete the installation process
Windows 7 Install Now screenMore InformationLinked EntriesSupport Links
*Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows – our repair and recovery disk.It’s an easy-to-use and automated diagnostics disk. It’s available for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista. It’s also available for Windows XP and Windows Server.
Read more at Windows Recovery Disks.
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*Get a discounted price on replacement setup and installation discs: Windows Vista, Windows 7.Applicable Systems
This Windows-related knowledgebase article applies to the following operating systems:
*Windows Vista (all editions)
*Windows 7 (all editions)How-To Geek Forums / Windows 7Windows 7 setup stuck at 'windows is loading files'(24 posts)
I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NR32L laptop. My previous Windows 7 has become corrupt, it will not load, as i start the laptop up is comes up with VAIO then restarts and its continuos.I tried to resinstall windows 7 however it sais Windows is loading files the white bar loads but then just gets stuck and nothing happens
Computer specs are:Intel pentium dual core T2390 1.86GHz2GB DDR2 SDRAM
What did you do to reinstall windows - from a disk or using the recovery console?When you turn on the laptop keep pressing the 'f8' key, select 'safe mode' from the menue - does it load?
i used a disk and the disk works,ive tried going into safe mode but ic ant get into it the computer just restarts the F8 key has no affect what so ever
I sometimes have this problem, when the computer boots and POST's there will be a key to select your boot device, press this key. When it loads the menu select 'Hard Drive' and the press f8 right away - this usualy helps.From the disk did you format the drive?Also on the disk there is a 'Repair' option - try startup repair from that.Jon
the only screen i see when i start the laptop up is the screen that sais VAIO and thats it, there is nothing else that comes up.i aint formatte dthe drive because i aint been able to get that far
Tedious I know but try the tab key to display any key options, ‘esc’ key then ‘f1’, ‘f2’ …You may end up in the BIOS, there may be a setting in there called something like ‘Enable f2 boot menu key’ or ‘show BOOT menu options’ this could help you.How did you boot from the disk?Jon
the only menu i can get into is the BIOS menu and i didnt see anything saying enable F2 boot menu or show boot menu options.i booted from disk by changing the order in which the computer boots up e.g. boot from disk first then hard drive etci tried putting boot from hard drive first but that made no difference
Have you tried the 'repair' option within the windows 7 disc?
i cant get to the repair option.it sais press any key to boot from disk which i did, then is sais windows is loading files and the white bar loads to the end and then it stays there so i am stuck on the windows is loading files wirth the bar fully complete and then nothing happens i just stays on that screen
Are you able to download and burn a repair disk 7 Repair discs.?These are torrents so you will need someting like utorrent.Jon
yeah i am able to download, whats the link and ill download it
Use the link in my last post (here) and the torrent files are there to download halfway down (three green boxes). Make sure you get the right version 32/ 64 bit. There is also a direct link download in the bold paragraph below.Note: I do not host these filesJon
ok ill do what you said and see how it goes
Thanks for your help :)
right... i have done what you said, i inserted the cd and obvs pressed any key to boot from cd, it sais windows is loading files, then the screen goes black and then i get the VAIO logo and then the comp restarts doing the same thing as i said earlier
If you have a 64 bit system then try this link.Windows 7 x64 Recovery Disc
Another alternative is to download a full version of your OS and burn yourself a DVD.This only works if your PC was shipped with Win 7 - Use the PID located somewhere on a Sticker on you PC to activate it after install.http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/download-windows-7-iso-official-direct-download-links/Windows Is Loading Files Startup Repair Loop Windows 10
Jim
Are you sure your keyboard is working (try a usb one)?It could be a RAM error try here for a good free RAM checker, not the USB installer if you have a spare drive lying around.
Patience! Just leave it. This guy in my school had that same problem during a lab when we were supposed to build a computer, he kept troubleshooting everything and replacing everything, and then finally he gave up and just let it sit there, and then it worked. I rolled my eyes at him. It takes a while. It might sit there for 15-20 minutes, just be patient.
the keyboard works fine as it works to get into the BIOS and it works when pushin any key to boot from cdthe RAM is fine i have just checked it
what i was meant to write is my sister has the same laptop as my brothers, i put her RAM in and it worked fine, so i tried both of tghe RAM's from my brothers computer and one of them is buggered one works so i have just left one of the RAM's in there, so problem solved, thanks for all your help
I'm telling you, it probably will work if you just let it sit there! I know it looks like it's hanging after the bar fills up, but if you just let it sit for a while it will finish installing. It might take 15 or 20 minutes but it will work.
Clad you got it working by changing the memory.Jon
Hey, I am also having the same problem...... my dell vostro 1015 laptop i only 1 months old and got these problems with win7...Anyone has exact solution???Windows 10 Keeps Loading Startup
paradox hi. Please start a New Topic for your problem.Start Computer Windows Is Loading Files Then Startup RepairTopic ClosedOpen File At Windows Startup
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