Posts under Boot tag.

Repair Master Boot Record in Windows 8 | 7

One of the effective troubleshooting steps, to fix boot issues is to repair Master Boot Record, or MBR. One of the common reasons why an MBR can get corrupted is due to malware infections. Improper shutdowns can also lead to MBR corruption. Sometime we [...]

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Boot into & display Startup Settings in Windows 8

We have seen how one can access the Startup Settings in Windows 8 via the Advanced Boot Menu Options in Windows 8. You can also hold down the Shift key and then click Restart from the Power button to click the power icon [...]

Fix: Windows 8 fails to boot; Automatic Repair, Refresh, Reset PC also fail

If your Windows 8 fails to boot, it will launch Automatic Repair, in order to attempt to repair Windows. In the event that Automatic Repair also fails, you will want to use the Refresh your PC or Reset your PC option. [...]

Display custom legal notices & start up messages in Windows 7 | 8

Start up messages let you display a reminder or any important message, every time users log into a Windows computer. As a company, some may even chose to display legal notices on every start-up. The process of displaying a startup Message Box in [...]

Fast Startup mode makes Windows 8 boot faster

In Windows 8, Microsoft has introduced a way to start your computer. This feature is called as Fast Startup. Currently, in Windows 7, users could either shut down their computers, put it to Sleep or Hibernate. According to usage data it [...]

Fix: 0xc0000098 Error In Windows 8

I have installed the Windows 8 in triple boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 a couple of weeks ago. Everything was working fine like a charm. But when yesterday when I booted up the laptop. I came across this [...]

Fix: Windows does not boot after compressing System Drive

We have seen how we can compress files, folders or even drives to save some disk space. To many compressing the System Drive or the C drive to save some more space may look tempting. But this can create problems! [...]

Show Advanced Boot Options or Menu In Windows 8

A video at MSDN blog shows Windows 8 booting real fast – under seven seconds. The computer used was an Ultrabook, a product of Intel that offers super-fast computing with the latest technologies embedded inside. The problem with Windows 8 [...]

Create a MultiBoot USB Flash Drive using YUMI Multiboot USB Creator

Most of IT professionals carry a bootable USB with recovery software, Antivirus scanners, Bootable Linux, etc. But the problem is that they need multiple USB drives for each of these images. Well, here is a solution: Use YUMI, a Universal Multiboot [...]

Understanding how measured boot or secure boot will work on Windows 8

Security! Well, this is a major concern for almost everyone it seems, these days. When it comes to operating systems we know better how quickly they get attacked by virus and malware. And more popular the operating system, the more the people [...]

How to create a Rescue Disk on USB Flash Drive

I would say Rescue Disk is something which all the computer users must have. You don’t know when you will need it. One day or the other you might end up with a situation where your Windows computer won’t boot! Now [...]

Fix: Bootmgr is Missing in Windows 7

This is one of the most common boot issue you might come around, in the Windows operating system. In this article I will tell you how you can fix the Bootmgr is Missing error message in Windows 7. Step 1: [...]

Advanced Visual BCD Editor for Windows 7 and Vista

Visual BCD Editor is an advanced GUI for the BCDEdit utility in the Windows operating system. In fact it looks to be the first GUI utility to implement full editing of the BCD store.

Troubleshoot: Windows could not start and Invalid partition errors

You might encounter situation where you may not be able to boot into Windows and you might keep getting an error that Windows could not start. This could be caused by a recent change in hardware or software.

Fix: Unable to boot the System with error code 0×490, with Windows Startup Repair

Sometime when you boot your System you might get this error 0×490 and you won’t proceed from there. This happens if the Boot Manager is damaged or corrupted. In such a case, what we have to do, is we could [...]

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