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Inside Windows 7: Recovering Windows from System Degradation and Boot Failures

Posted By: Charles | Nov 30th, 2009 @ 10:58 AM | 37,068 Views | 12 Comments
Tags: Architecture, Kernel, Recoverability, Reliability, Windows 7
Windows 7 is capable of certain levels of self-repair, as you've learned. One of the new capabilities in Windows is its ability to recover from serious failures that can impact the OS's ability to boot. How does Windows 7 handle these errors? Can you boot Windows 7 into Safe Mode or to an earlier functional state when something really bad happens? Yes. You can, depending on the nature of the problem. How?

Stephan Doll, Pavan Kasturi, Desmond Lee and Baskar Sridharan make up most of the team that has enabled Windows 7 to be the most recoverable version of Windows to date. By ensuring…[more ]

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