I thought I'd update this thread with more info that may be useful and to see if anyone else could help.
First of all, this problem started after I forced shut down my computer by holding down the power button. This is how I usually shut down my computer though.
After looking at the startup repair diagnostics, I discovered that it was failing because of no OS was installed. This sounds mighty suspicious. Here are the diagnostics and problem signature: (sorry about the last one, its hard to type and edit this n a tablet)
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Problem signature:
Problem ever name: StartupRepairOffline
Problem signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem signature 03: unknown
Problem signature 04: 82
Problem signature 05: AutoFailover
Problem signature 06: 1
Problem signature 07: NoOsInstalled
OS version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Local id: 1033
[QUOTE]Startup repair diagnosis and repair log[
Number of repair attempts: 1
Session details
System disk = \devuce\harddisk0
WINDOWS DIRECTORY = c:\windows
Autochk run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test performed:
Name: check for updates
Result: completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0ms
Test performed:
Name: system disk test
Result: completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 Ms
Test performed:
Name: disk failure diagnosis
Result: competed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 405 Ms
Test performed:
Name: data metadata test
Result: completed successfully error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0ms
Test performed:
Name: target is test
Result: completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 Ms
Test performed:
Name: volume content check
Result: completed successfully. Error code 0x0
Time taken = 0 Ms
Root cause found:
No os files found on disk
repair action: partition table repair
Result: failed. Error code = 0x490
Time taken = 2231 ms
Result: [/ completed completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 . Error code = 0x0 ]