Hi all.
System:
Asus K43SJ-VX384
Windows 7 Ultimate (Jack Sparrow)
4GB RAM (2gb native)
Sata mode: AHCI
Original Boot Sequence: HDD first then ODD
Altered Boot Sequence for Repair: ODD first then HDD
Issue: Boot fail, won't start normally, startup repair does not help
Before the issue:
The laptop was at sleep. Last program running was lightroom and chrome.
Programs were closed before sleep. Went out for a while.
Returned home, turned the laptop back on.
Did not notice that the battery was almost empty.
Laptop suddenly turned off due to empty battery.
Turned it back on after inserting the power brick to wall socket.
Boot fails to complete.
Solutions tried:
1.
How to Fix Windows 7 When It Fails to Boot
tried it but the DVD won't run completely. thats when i got the status 0xc00000e9 when i boot from the DVD.
2.
chkdsk returns no errors, HD is probably ok
3. command prompt,
F: dir , then running setup.exe returns this error:
"The subsystem needed to support the image type is not present."
Hardware Isolation:
1. Hard Drive is OK: chkdisk reports no error and recognized in DOS
2. Optical Drive is OK: DVD readable from command prompt, recognized in DOS also
3. SATA controller, I dont know how to check for issues
4. DVD installer, probably ok since its readable. but cannot run setup.exe from CMD. this is an All-in-One Windows installer by the way.
I cannot continue my repair anymore.
I'm stucked between a DVD not loading and the system wont run the setup.exe.
mga master, please help.