patseguin Global Moderator Posted April 14, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted April 14, 2015 I've taken some time off work and my partner told me that my workstation wouldn't start. I went in today and powered it up and it just stays at the loading screen. I tried safe mode and also safe mode with command prompt and neither way would boot. I booted into safe mode and tried all the options for bootrec such as bootrec /fixmbr. Didn't fix it. I booted into safe mode and tried sfc /scannow and it wouldn't run (forgot the error). When at the command prompt I noticed that the system reserved drive is now C: and the Windows partition is D:. Is that normal when you boot off the install media? I booted off a Windows 7 Live CD and opened an administrator cmd console and typed sfc /scannow and told me the service wouldn't start. I tried manually starting the proper installer service and it gave me an error and wouldn't start. I booted off the Windows 8 install disc again and chose as a last resort to do a refresh. It ran for a few seconds then told me the drive is locked. Why is nothing working? Is there no way to get a working system again other than a format and clean install? Another workstation in the office running Windows 7 had a similar issue and I recall fixing it with the 7 Live CD and sfc /scannow. So, I wonder if it is some kind of vulnerability that hit my workstation. I can't understand why every single option I used for getting it to boot fails. I thought the refresh would be my best option but I've never seen a drive locked error before. How would I unlock it so that I can do a refresh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted April 14, 2015 MVC Share Posted April 14, 2015 Maybe the drive has bad sectors. fusi0n 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patseguin Global Moderator Posted April 14, 2015 Author Global Moderator Share Posted April 14, 2015 Maybe the drive has bad sectors. I don't really think so. Another computer on the network had the same problem and I fixed it (I'm pretty sure) with sfc. Nothing I am trying is working on this one though. I would do a refresh but it says the drive is "locked". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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