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Unable to open Win7 normally even booting from DVD.
I am unable to open Win7 64 bit normally. This has been an escalating problem for about
a month. It began as a problem every 4-5 times I started Win7. It got more frequent and
then, about two weeks ago, I was unable to open Win7 normally at all. I can get to Safe
Mode. When I try to open Win7 normally, I get the Windows logo and Starting Windows,
then the screen goes black. The red light indicating hard drive activity continues to flicker
but the screen will remain empty for as long as I want to wait.
I have run Startup Repair booting from the installation DVD. It either finds nothing wrong or
fixes something and tells me to restart, but I can't. I have tried System Restore three times
with no luck. I'm just going around in circles.
The only things new to the computer are more RAM and an nVidia graphics card but these
were installed after the problem began.
I have 2 hard drives, one with Win7 and one with Ubuntu Linux installed. The Llnux side
works fine so I have internet access.
I have run Malwarebytes, SuperAntispyware, something from Kaspersky that looks for rootkits.
I have run hardware diagnostics. I have Norton 360 on the Win7 drive. All are up to date.
None can find anything wrong.
Last week I took it to trouble-shooting session at HAL-PC (Houston Area League of PC users)
and it worked fine plugged into their CRT monitor and wired keyboard and USB mouse.
When I brought the set home, it still didn't work Is it the display or the keyboard causing the
problem?
I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse and a Viewsonic LCD monitor. The PC,
monitor, keyboard and mouse are about 3 years old.
I have unplugged everything from the PC except the monitor and the wireless keyboard dongle.
I tried starting and then immediately unplugging the dongle so the the PC could not be
getting spurious signals from the keyboard or mouse. It didn't work- wouldn't open.
Do I go buy/rent/borrow a CRT and wired keyboard/mouse to test the PC at home?
John in Houston