Ok, my laptop restarted on me this morning when I unplugged the power adapter. From that point on it windows 7 would not boot. The startup repair give me this: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 03: unknown Problem Signature 04: 21200872 Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover Problem Signature 06: 7 Problem Signature 07: NoRootCause OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033 I've tried system restore to no avail, I don't have a system image to recover, and it reboots the same way whether I choose boot normal, safe mode, last known good configuration, etc. I don't have another install of win7 to check if it has ntloader ntdetect and boot.ini as former versions of windows did, but those aren't showing up in my system root so I'm not sure if that's the problem or not and i'm not finding those files on the install dvd either for copying. That would be one of the first things I'd do on an xp system, but haven't had a problem with win7 yet, so didn't investigate.

Try booting from a Win7 install disk and selecting "Repair"

Tried that too, same result

Hi, Sometimes, the USB flash drive can affect the startup repair, so please remove the USB flash drive before you run the Startup Repair tool to check the result, you can refer to: Windows Vista or Windows 7 no longer starts, and the Startup Repair tool does not fix the problem Also, you could unplug all the unnecessary devices to check the result. If the issue persists, You can use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows. How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Hope it helps. Regards, Alex ZhaoPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.