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My laptop with Windows 8 Pro 64-bit won't start properly. Every time that I start the laptop up, it tells me that I have a problem and it needs to restart. It then tries to auto-repair the system. I have BitLocker installed on my machine, encrypting my C:, so it asks for the recovery key. When I enter the recovery key it tries to diagnose my PC. After about a minute, I get told that auto-repair couldn't repair my PC, and the file which is causing the problem is C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt. I've tried all of the advanced options but they don't seem to be working as after using them it loops. Has anyone got any ideas on how to sort this problem out? The laptop I'm using is a SONY Vaio Duo 11 Ultrabook and I've had i for around 2/3 months.
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I followed the steps to enter the command in the command prompt. When I do I get the following message:
The drive, the path, or the file name is not valid.
I entered the following in the command prompt:
Chkdsk/f/r X:C
any further ideas?
Actually the command is chkdsk /f /r C: not X:C
Root cause found:
Unknown Bugcheck: Bugcheck 3b. Parameters = 0xc0000005, 0xfffff8018302da72, 0xffffd000cb3c8500, 0x0.
(BING search for
Bugcheck 3b
)
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may occur due to user-mode graphics drivers crossing over and passing bad data to the kernel code.
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If you can get into the Advanced boot options, try using the Low-res video option. BTW it helps to have a boot menu to facilitate that. Otherwise using bootable recovery media may be necessary.
Good luck
Robert Aldwinckle
i get the message windows/system32/logfiles/srt/srt/trail.txt
I might have found a solution that is different from all the others. With this solution you will be able to enter your Homescreen without losing files, but you won't fix the problem for long term.
Try this.
- Open 'Advanced Startup Options'.
- Choose 'Troubleshoot'.
- Then 'Advanced options'.
- Choose Startup Settings
- Now restart your PC.
- Press the 'number 7'. (If 7 isn't working then relaunch the process and try different numbers)
Few seconds after that you should be able to see your Homescreen.
Let me know if it worked?
Cheers
G.R.
This all started by trying to do a Windows update on my PC. It got stuck at 62%. I restarted my computer and now it does the automatic repair and diagnosing your pc and states after that Automatic repair couldn't repair your pc. I tried doing a Refresh or Reset but it states"There was a problem refreshing your PC. No changes were made" and "There was a problem resetting your PC.
So I tried doing the above and when I do the 7 - F7 it prepares automatic repair and diagnosing your pc and states after that Automatic repair couldn't repair your pc.
Please let me know what else might be the issue.
Hi I tried the command prompt and it looks like it works however it does not restart the computer when I type the command prompt "chkdsk /f /r C:" it checks clusters and the last message I see says "failed to transfer log messages to the event log with status 50."
any suggestions?
