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'Windows failed to start' message on boot, but nothing to repair?
I have an intermitant problem where I get 'Windows failed to start' with the options 1.Start windows normally 2.Launch system repair.
If I select 1. It will run for well over an hour and give a 'cannot repair message' after which it boots normally anyway. If I select 2. It boots fine with no issues.
Now this might seem like a non problem i.e. just select 2. then, but I am not the only one who uses the machine.
I have tried SFC/scannow, which doesn't seem to find anything, I've tried chkdsk etc. with no joy. There also doesn't seem to be anything in the system event logs that gives me a clue, although I admit I'm not hugely familiar with event viewer and where I should be looking, but nothing seems to be leaping out at me.
This seems to happen maybe twice or three times a month on a machine which is used daily, so finding the solution has been tricky.
Specs, i5 2500k@4.4Ghz 8gb Ram 750w Antec PSU, 2x nvidia 460 in SLI, MSI P67A-GD53 mobo. Win 7 bit Home Edition.