[mdlug] Fwd: Windows 7 screen after dual boot

[Carl T. Miller]

Two thoughts come to mind.  It could be the pagefile.sys
that is causing the problem.  I do know that swap space
must be formatted in Linux and suspect the same for
Windows.  Try deleting that file and see if that fixes it.

Second thought is kvm.  When I need to run an old
Windows program, I spin up a virtual machine with
7 or XP and run it full screen.  One nice feature is that
the virtual machine can be denied access to the net.
There are times that I forget that Linux is running
under Windows because it is that responsive.

c


On 4/11/20 3:11 PM, David L Lambert wrote:
> The reason I got pulled away from the meeting...
>
> One of our laptops is dual-boot, Windows 7 Enterprise and Debian 
> Stable.  My youngest child decided to reboot it to Windows 7, and it 
> comes up with the following screen, has sat there for at least 15 
> minutes, no clue when it'll finish...
>
>    *Your computer was unable to start.*
>    Startup Repair is checking your system for problems...
>
>    If problems are found, Startup Repair will fix them automatically.
>    Your computer might restart several times during this process.
>
>    No changes will be made to your personal files or information. This
>    might take several minutes.
>
> Since Windows 7 is out of support, I have some inclination to just 
> wipe that part of the disk and make it single-boot; but my kids want 
> to keep Windows 7 in particular for the following applications:
>
>  * Angry Birds (youngest child)
>  * Roblox (second-youngest child, my daughter, who you saw on the 
> meeting)
>  * Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, City Skylines, maybe a few others (oldest
>    child)
>
> I wonder if my modification to /etc/rc.local that uses Widows's 
> "PAGEFILE.SYS" as an additional swapfile triggered the check, or if 
> it's just a fancy front-end to full-sidk CHKDSK (like fsck after 180 
> days without a check...)
>
> Anyone seen this particular screen before, and know of a key-sequence 
> to skip it, or other workaround? Any suggestions for how to run Angry 
> Birds on Linux, or of a similar Linux alternative?
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     Windows 7 screen after dual boot
> Date:     Sat, 11 Apr 2020 18:44:21 +0000 (UTC)
> From:     David Lee Lambert <davidleelambert at yahoo.com>
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