Easily Create Windows 7 Boot Repair USB

Error: Boot failure in Windows 7

When Windows fails to boot, there are several factors that you need to take into consideration. For example, the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) files are missing or corrupt; the system files are damaged; the Master Boot Record (MBR) is corrupted; and more causes are unknown. When Windows is unable to boot, you may encounter many different error messages. Some examples of these errors include "Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device," "Your PC/Device needs to be repaired," "No bootable device found," and more.

Create Windows 7 boot repair USB via Command Prompt

A boot repair USB drive is an external device that contains the operating system and may be used to start up a computer or laptop. The steps for making a bootable USB stick on Windows will also differ significantly. But don't worry, this post will show you how to create a bootable USB device for Windows 7.

Tips: The USB drive should be at least 4GB of storage (for a 32-bit operating system) or at least 8GB (for a 64-bit system).

Step 1. Connect an empty USB drive whose capacity should be larger than 4GB for Windows 7 (8GB for Windows 11, 10, and 8.1).

Step 2.  Press "Windows" + "R", input "cmd" to and click "OK". 

Step 3. In the CMD window, run commands as follows to partition and format the USB drive.

• diskpart
• list disk
• select disk 1
• clean
• create partition primary
• select partition 1 
• active
• format fs=ntfs
• assign
• exit (exit DISKPART, but doesn't exit the command prompt window)

Step 4. Mount the Windows installation media: put the Windows installation disc in the optical drive, mount the ISO, or extract its contents to a folder.

Step 5. Use BOOTSECT command to make the USB drive bootable. 

• D: CD BOOT
• CD BOOT
• BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 F:

Note: Replace D with your install media drive letter, and F with your USB flash drive letter.

Step 6. Use ROBOCOPY command “robocopyDE:F: /s /v /mt: 16” to copy all files and folders of the Windows 7 installation media to the USB drive.

How to use Windows 7 boot repair USB to fix boot issues

After you create a boot repair USB for Windows 7, let's see how to use it to fix repair failure.

Stage 1. Boot from the Windows 7 repair USB

Your machine will reboot from the new disk. To boot the machine from the Windows 7 repair CD, you must enter BIOS and set the new drive as the previous boot device if you keep both the old and the new hard drive hooked to your computer.

Insert the Windows 7 installation disk into your computer, and boot it from the disc. Then press the "F8" key to enter Safe Mode when your computer boots. Select "Repair Your Computer" among the advanced boot options.

Stage 2. Use USB to repair boot issues 

# Option 1. Startup Repair

Select Startup Repair below the System Recovery Options to automatically find the boot problems and fix them.

# Option 2. Try System File Checker

Another decent boot repair tool in Windows 7 is the System File Checker. It can assist in system file-related problem diagnosis and repair. These are the thorough commands to execute from Command Prompt.

Step 1. Enter System Recovery Options and select Command Prompt.

If your computer can boot normally, directly open Command Prompt as administrator by typing cmd in the search box.

Step 2. Type sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c:\ /offwindir=c:\windows and press Enter to check errors on system files.

Restart your computer to check whether it is repaired.

# Option 3.  Check disk

Use the Check Disk program to fix disk-related problems including faulty sectors or file system faults if your computer cannot run as usual. Here's how you fix boot on Windows 7 with it.

Step 1. Enter System Recovery Options using the methods in Option 1 and select Command Prompt. Alternatively, open Command Prompt as administrator by typing cmd in the search box if your computer can boot normally.

Step 2. Type chkdsk C: /f /r into the window and press Enter to check errors on disks.

Restart your computer to check whether it is repaired.

# Option 4. System Restore

Should the preceding techniques fail to fix your problem, you could choose to use System Restore to bring your system back to an earlier condition. Recent apps or updates may be deleted even if this approach lets you successfully recover the system without requiring a complete reinstall. Before you start having boot issues, be sure you established system restore points.

Step 1. Enter System Recovery Options and select System Restore.

Step 2. Choose a restore point created recently, and then click Next. 

Step 3. Confirm the restore point in the next window and click Finish to restore your computer to that state.

Easy-to-do tool to create Windows 7 boot repair USB

The issues you have had will determine which appropriate boot repair tool for Windows 7 you need. Should you not know about it, it is advisable to have your system fixed via a third-party program. Designed to let you use and control drives with simplicity, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional is a strong partition program and disk management tool.

This program's Boot Repair function detects and fixes system boot problems automatically, therefore offering you a first-rate repair experience. Download it from the link below.

Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant on a working PC, click "Recovr"-"Boot Repair" and then click the "create a bootable disk" option to create a WinPE "Boot Repair" disk.

Step 2. Boot the PC that cannot boot into WinPE. It will automatically load the Boot Repair tool and start the boot entries scan process. All boot entries will be displayed.

✍ Advanced Settings(Select a location to store the repaired boot entry): 1. Repair to the current disk: The system will boot from the current disk and ensure the boot files are complete and functioning properly. (By default) 2. Repair to another disk: This operation will repair the boot entry or create a new system boot entry to ensure the system can boot from the disk you select.

You can either repair to the current disk or repair to another disk. Repair to the current disk is recommended for common users.

Step 3. Select one/multiple repairable boot entries you want to repair and click the "Repair" button to start the boot repair.

Step 4. Wait for the repair process to finish. Once it is finished, you can check the repair result. If it succeeds, you will get a "Repair Successfully" result.

Conclusion

This article will help you to create Windows 7 boot repair USB. Apart from being a better Windows 7 boot-up repair tool, AOMEI Partition Assistant can be a superb disk manager. It also helps reset Windows 7 password without disk, upgrade Windows 7 system hard drive, handle Windows 7 partitions, and so on.