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Stuck at Windows Startup Screen
My computer froze up a few days ago while I was browsing the web, I turned it off, and now the furthest I get is the Windows startup screen. When I turn it on it asks if I want to boot normally or launch startup repair. Starting normally brings me to the Windows startup screen, where it gets stuck. Launching startup repair says it's loading files, then goes to a black screen and stays there.
I've tried to do a Windows repair using my system recovery disks (came with the laptop) and again it got stuck at the startup screen. Using the recovery disks I tried to boot into safe mode at it got stuck loading disk.sys. Also using the recovery disks, I tried to load into the last good configuration, and again it got stuck at the Windows startup screen.
Based on the advice at this thread (Start up problems!!) I tried booting and doing a scan with Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper (now called Windows Defender). It said it was loading files, then got stuck at a black screen with nothing but a white mouse.
Any ideas as to what's wrong?
For reference, the problems are on a Sony VAIO VPCC227FX laptop running Win 7 Pro 64. I had some problems with this laptop a couple months ago and ended up formatting the drive and re-installing everything (https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...ml#post1636620).
Thanks for the help!