boot issue

I've got a situation that has completely puzzled me, wondering if anyone can help. My friend asked me to fix her laptop, which has been failing to boot, getting as far as the blue Windows 7 login screen then hanging. The login UI doesn't load, it's just the blue background. I tried to...

Hi all windows7forums member, One week ago, I have problem starting my windows, detail here -> Link Removed But now magically my windows can boot up again and I dont what make s/he can start up again :) But now, I have another problem, I counter this error when I starting my computer.. Link...

Greetings W7 masters. I bought an old PC (Pentium D, 1 Gig Ram) at a garage sale, and was hoping to bring it back to life. I put in the Windows DVD, and all was well. It took a while, installed, asked for a new user name / computer name etc. After that install though, it will never get to the...

I have a desktop that has two hard drives. One SSD, one HDD. Windows is on the SSD, Ubuntu and various other files are on the HDD. I have Ubuntu and Windows in a dual-boot format. The other day, after playing around in Ubuntu and updating the software, I restarted the computer and decided to...

I've done a search for issue and found none. I have a 2 Terabyte Seagate USB drive. When I try to boot with this USB drive connected to computer the POST hangs. Once I remove the USB drive the system boots as normal. My system also has a USB RF Transceiver for the keyboard and mouse. It...

Ok 3 days ago my laptop had a problem where it said no bootable device, insert bootable device and press any key. So i went on google so i did a recovery thing i put on my usb flash now then i went in system recovery and i did Startup repair, so by the morning it was finish so i restarted my...

Hi friends, Since 2 or 3 weeks ago, I have faced a strange problem with my Desktop PC. I have Windows 7 Ultimate x86 SP1 with 4 GB RAM. Each time I start my computer, I have to wait longer than usual. Moreover, I am not successful in my first attempt to start the computer: It just...

So one day, I went to use my computer, and to my surprise, random BSOD. So I restarted it. Then it doesn't boot.. Goes into start up repair, does all its stuff, suggests to restore from backup. So I try that, then I get this error : Link Removed < ( Click it ) So I try again, now...

Dear all, After I updated my ASUS Rampage III Extreme BIOS (from the BIOS), I got booted into in older configuration of Windows 7. I lost all my new files, and everything went back to what looks like an old restore point. Can someone please explain why this might happen and (even better) a...

I've spent several hours now researching the problem I have with my new build and haven't found anyone with quite the same issue. I think I know a solution but find it hard to believe it is the only way. Basically, I have just built a new Ivy Bridge PC with OCZ Vertex 4 SSD. I did a clean...

I am trying to install Windows 8 Release Preview. I made a bootable USB key from the iso file using the MS tool for the job, as I've done a bunch of times in the past for both Windows 8 and Windows 7. On booting from the USB key, the "Windows" title comes up for a minute, and then the screen...

I am able to get to the screen with the Windows logo and the screen "Starting Windows" Then all of a sudden, the computer restarts itself and Windows doesn't load. The recovery CD does not boot either. The recovery CD requires a windows interface, which is not loading, failing at the same spot...

I normally run Windows 7. Today I decided to try out Windows 8 as well. I went into Disk manager and created a partition. I then booted off of my Windows 8 DVD and installed it on that partition. Now, my computer is only booting into Windows 8. What I really want is an option to choose...

So, my electricity fluctuated today, causing my computer to do a semi-boot. Power on, nothing happening, sort of thing. I hard booted it, loaded Windows as normal, logged in, and everything was peachy...until I opened my web browser. I use Firefox, latest version 13.0.1. This is what it looks...

Hi there. I bought an Acer Aspire 4530 from an acquaintance that when I got it had an unverified version of Windows 7 Ultimate on it. He found a keygen and it worked to verify it. The next day it was running super slow so I restarted it but it came back with status: 0xc000000f which I googled...

Hi everyone, So I installed Windows 7 on my HD. The installation process went well. I chose my Username, password, etc, and then Windows prepares the Desktop for the first use, and then the PC automatically reboots. The problem is that when the pc reboots after the final stage of the...

My HP laptop HD crashed, am trying to replace it with a Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD. I do not have Windows installation disks, only have Windows Recovery Disks. All installation instructions I have found for SSD's is for cloning, which I cannot do since the HD is dead. I have installed the SSD...

Hi all i'm running Windows 7 Professional x64 and i'm having some trouble with my SSD. When i boot up my PC, windows 7 boots and everything is fine. After a few minutes i see the disk usage led permanently ON and the PC blocks, so i can't use it. This continues for about 3-4 minutes, then...

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F 15" laptop with Windows 7 (64 bit) Home Premium. 320 gb. Oh i'm also out of warranty. Problem: Computer always freezes at the point where it says "starting windows" and stays frozen. I even left it for alone for 24 hrs and it stayed on that screen. Things I've...

Hi, I am having a sderious boot issue it is stuck on starting windows logo and after 15 min. it reboots i went in and tried to repair start up and recover but no luck i took the hdd out and noticed that when i go to the cmd, i saw windows on drive d and c: says it is reserved could you please...