Expert Tips for Solving SrtTrail.txt Error on Windows

I. About the SrtTrail.txt error

Windows prompts that automatic repair cannot repair your PC, and the log file is StrTrail.txt, this blue screen error may occur when you try to turn on the PC, even when the computer is already up and running, it may be due to incompatible hardware, power overload , software or system file corruption and other reasons.

The following will introduce several practical solutions, but before fixing the blue screen error, please think about whether important files are saved in the computer. If so, you can refer to the second part to back them up or transfer them out to protect the data Safety. If you do not need to back up or transfer data, please skip to the third part.

II. When unable to enter the system, use Renee PassNow to backup or transfer important data

1. What is Renee PassNow?

Renee PassNow is a professional system rescue software, which can help Windows users clear Windows account passwords, create new administrator accounts; restore disk/memory card data, recover data after hard disk formatting; transfer disk files; erase or scan Disk files, etc. In addition, this software also supports repairing Windows system problems, such as: repairing MBR boot records, DBR error parameters, 0xc00000e, Windows system startup failure, and some problems that cause black screen or blue screen, etc. As a system rescue tool with various functions, it is perfectly compatible with multiple systems including Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista, and can meet the system rescue needs of different users.

2. How to use Renee PassNow to backup or transfer data?

Step 1: Download and install Renee PassNow on other computers that can log in and run normally, then connect the U disk to the PC, run Renee PassNow, and then check in “Step 1: Select creation method” (Create a Live USB) option. (Note: Before performing this operation, please make sure that the important files in the U disk have been saved in other locations, because the operation process will delete all the data in the U disk.)

Step 2: Next, select (x64) or (x86) according to the system type, click the (Download Now) button to download the ISO file, click the (Create a Live USB) button after the file is downloaded, and click the (Eject USB) button.

Step 3: Connect the created boot device to the computer that needs to transfer data, turn on the computer, and then the shortcut key to enter the BIOS will be displayed on the computer screen (the display time of this interface is very short, maybe only one or two seconds), click continuously BIOS shortcut key to enter the BIOS setting interface, and then set the boot U disk as the first in the boot sequence in Boot Priority, then save the settings and restart the computer.

Step 4: After booting the computer from the bootable USB flash drive and entering the application, select the option Data Backup. This option is equivalent to completely cloning the hard disk to other hard disks, so the hard disk capacity for saving backup files needs to be larger.

Step 5: Select the hard disk to back up files in the source list, select the hard disk to save files in the destination list, and finally click the button clone and wait for the cloning to complete to successfully back up the computer files.

Step 6: If you only need to transfer some important files, the function Data Transfer will be more suitable for you.

Step 7: You can click on each disk drive letter (C/D/E/F, etc.) to find the files to be transferred. It is recommended that you transfer them to an external disk. The operation of transferring data is very simple. For example, if you want to transfer the data in the C drive to the G drive, you can first select the C drive on the upper left, select the G drive on the upper right, and then select the files in the C drive, and click the Copy function button in the middle. Disk data can be easily transferred. If there is a file you want to delete, you can also click the Delete button in the middle after selecting the file, but the deletion operation cannot be undone, please operate with caution.

After backing up or transferring the important files in the computer, we can continue to use the following methods to solve the SrtTrail.txt error.

III. How to fix SrtTrail.txt blue screen error?

1. Repair BCD

BCD (Boot Configuration Data) contains all the basic information that Windows needs to boot your computer. If this file is corrupted or missing, it may prevent Windows from loading properly, resulting in SrtTrail.txt blue screen errors. The Bootrec command can repair a damaged master boot record or boot configuration data file.

Before repairing BCD, we need to confirm whether the system is based on UEFI or Legacy.

Step 1: Insert the Windows installation disk (DVD or U disk) into the computer, and press F2 or F10 or DEL or ESC keys continuously (there may be slight differences due to different computer brands) to enter the BIOS setting interface when starting up, and install the disk Set first in the boot order. Boot the computer from the Windows installation disk and click the option Repair Your Computer to enter the recovery environment.

Step 2: After entering the recovery environment, select Troubleshooting > Advanced Options > Command Prompt.

Step 3: Type diskpart in the command prompt and press Enter. Then type list volume and press Enter. If you see a FAT32 partition listed in the FS column, then you have a UEFI based system. If you don’t see a FAT32 partition, and all partitions are NTFS, then you have a Legacy BIOS based system.

If your system is UEFI based, please continue with the following steps:

① Please pay attention to the volume letter of the FAT32 partition and the drive letter of the operating system volume (for example, the FAT32 partition is located in volume 2, and the drive letter of the operating system volume is D). Then enter select volume 7 and press Enter to select the FAT32 partition, then enter assign letter=F (assign a drive letter F to this partition). Then enter exit and press Enter to exit diskpart.

② Then enter bcdboot D:\Windows /s Z: /f ALL (wherein, D: is the drive letter of the operating system volume, which can be replaced according to the actual situation, and Z: is the FAT32 partition) and press Enter to execute the repair command, you can check the Microsoft official description of BCDBoot command line options for more information.

③ Type (exit) and press (Enter) to close the command prompt.

④ Shut down the computer, remove the Windows installation disk and restart the computer to check whether it can boot to Windows normally, if not, please try other methods.

If your system is based on Legacy BIOS, please continue with the following steps:

① After confirming that the system is based on Legacy BIOS, please type exit and press Enter to exit diskpart. Then enter the following commands, each time after entering a command, you need to press the key Enter.

② If you receive “Total identified Windows installations=0″, enter the following commands in order and press Enter.

Note: If “Total identified Windows installations=1″, ignore this step and skip to the next step.

③ When “Add installation to boot list? Yes(Y) /No(N) /All(A)” appears, please input A and press Enter.

④ Then close the command prompt and restart the computer to see if the problem is resolved.

2. Use SFC and DISM tools to repair system files

System File Checker (SFC) can find and repair corrupt or missing system files in the system files directory. DISM is an image tool officially produced by Microsoft, which is usually used to check and repair system image files, and detect and clean registry items. Specific steps are as follows:

Step 1: Insert the Windows installation disk (DVD or U disk) into the computer, and press F2 or F10 or DEL or ESC keys continuously (there may be slight differences due to different computer brands) to enter the BIOS setting interface when starting up, and install the disk Set first in the boot order. Boot the computer from the Windows installation disk and click the option Repair Your Computer to enter the recovery environment.

Step 2: After entering the recovery environment, select Troubleshooting > Advanced Options > Command Prompt.

Step 3: Then type dism.exe /Image: D:\ /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth and press Enter to repair the offline Windows image. Among them, D: is the drive letter of the system disk, and there is a space between the \ and / symbols.

Step 4: After the DISM command is executed, please enter sfc /scannow /offbootdir=d:\ /offwindir=d:\windows (d: is the drive letter of the operating system disk, and there is a space between the \ and / symbols) and press Enter. After the operation is complete, shut down the computer, remove the Windows installation disk, and restart the computer to check whether the system can start normally.

3. Run the chkdsk command to scan the hard disk

chkdsk is a command program for disk checking, which can be used to scan the integrity of the file system on the disk and repair file system errors. It also supports scanning sectors on the disk and trying to repair bad sectors. If there is a problem with the hard disk, it may also cause a blue screen error, so you can run the chkdsk command to scan the hard disk. The steps are as follows:

Step 1: Insert the Windows installation disk (DVD or U disk) into the computer, and press F2 or F10 or DEL or ESC keys continuously (there may be slight differences due to different computer brands) to enter the BIOS setting interface when starting up, and install the disk Set first in the boot order. Boot the computer from the Windows installation disk and click the option Repair Your Computer to enter the recovery environment.

Step 2: After entering the recovery environment, select Troubleshooting > Advanced Options > Command Prompt.

Step 3: Type diskpart in the command prompt and press Enter. Then type list volume and press Enter. Find the volume where the operating system is located and remember its drive letter. Type exit and press Enter to exit diskpart.

Step 4: Then enter the command chkdsk X: /r /f (X refers to the hard disk drive letter, which can be replaced with the drive letter of the system disk according to the actual situation; /r and /f are chkdsk parameters, and /r can search for bad sectors and restore readable information; /f will attempt to repair errors found on the disk), press Enter, and wait for the disk check to complete, which may take several hours. After the disk check completes, close the command prompt and shut down the computer. Remove the Windows installation disk and restart the computer to see if the problem is resolved.

4. Perform System Restore

Some system changes or registry corruption may also cause blue screen errors. If you have created a system restore point before, you can use the system restore function to restore the system to the state when no errors occurred to solve the blue screen problem.

Step 1: Insert the Windows installation disk (DVD or U disk) into the computer, and press F2 or F10 or DEL or ESC keys continuously (there may be slight differences due to different computer brands) to enter the BIOS setting interface when starting up, and install the disk Set first in the boot order. Boot the computer from the Windows installation disk and click the option Repair Your Computer to enter the recovery environment.

Step 2: When the screen displays to select an option, please click Troubleshooting – Advanced Options – System Restore in sequence.

Step 3: Then, select a recent restore point before the error occurred to restore, click Next and wait for the restore process to complete.

5. Reset the computer

The Reset This PC feature in Windows allows users to choose to keep personal files or delete personal files and then reinstall Windows. We can use the reset computer function to solve the blue screen error. Proceed as follows:

Step 1: Insert the Windows installation disk (DVD or U disk) into the computer, and press F2 or F10 or DEL or ESC keys continuously (there may be slight differences due to different computer brands) to enter the BIOS setting interface when starting up, and install the disk Set first in the boot order. Boot the computer from the Windows installation disk and click the option Repair Your Computer to enter the recovery environment.

Step 2: Then when Choose an option appears, click Troubleshooting – Reset this PC in turn.

Step 3: Next select the option Keep my files.

Step 4: After the computer restarts automatically, please click to select an “Account Name”. Then enter the account password (no need to enter if there is no password), click Continue.

Step 5: After confirming the reset information, click Reset. The computer will automatically restart and initialize the system. This process may take a long time, please wait patiently.

If the above methods cannot solve the StrTrail.txt problem, you can also try to perform a new Windows installation, but before the system installation, it is recommended to use the method in the second part to back up or transfer important files.