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Startup Repair Not Working; Results in BSOD or Black Screen
Hello all,
I have Windows 7 installed on my Acer desktop computer. Over the last few days, the computer has been quite laggy. It would freeze, forcing me to restart it. Startup repair used to work. It would give me the option of "restoring system settings" to a time when things were working correctly (or something like that). After that, the computer would seem fine but this would last only briefly. Freezing would inevitably happen again and so I kept repeating the aforementioned process.
Now, whenever I try restarting it, I get the usual windows error recovery message as follows:
”Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
If Windows files have been damaged or configured incorrectly, Startup Repair can help diagnose and fix the problem. If power was interrupted during startup, choose Start Windows Normally.”
Followed by these two options:
“Launch Startup Repair (recommended)”
“Start Windows Normally”
If I click the repair option, I get a black screen or the following BSOD:
"*** STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x0001000B, 0x50434146, 0xFFD01200, 0x00000000)"
If I choose to start normally, it loops back to the original windows error recovery message or I get a black screen again.
Now the key thing is I'm really not at all that technologically literate so in my quest to search for solutions to this problem online, I have constantly found myself scratching my head in confusion. If anyone could take this into consideration and kindly assist me with this problem, it would be greatly appreciated. It might also be important to note that my CD driver in jammed because I have come across numerous replies saying to reboot with the windows CD. If needed, I would somehow need to work around this.
Thank you.