Freezes during boot phase

MattMJB0188 · 21 Jul 2009

HI installed Windows 7 RC in May and ever since then sometimes when I load Windows 7 it will freeze during the part when the Windows logo is moving and just hang there. So I restart by pushing the power button. Then I am prompted with Windows Recovery, I use it and it doesn't find any errors or says cannot be repaired if you have attached any new hardware to the computer please remove it or something like that. Just wanna know how to resolve this. Perhaps, it's only my computer. To clarify, it always does this during the windows logo boot. It doesn't happen all the time but enough to bother me and for there to be something wrong.

Dual booting Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows 7 RC both 32bit.

HP M9000t Desktop
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.33 Ghz
3 GB of Ram
Nvidia 8400 GS
1TB HD

MattMJB0188 · 14 Aug 2009

Anyone have any advice because since I have reinstalled Windows 7 RC 64bit and its still doing it, wasn't doing it at first but now its happening every time I load Windows 7?

TGSoldier · 14 Aug 2009

Is your machine Overclocked? I know this happens with unstable overclocks.

tw33k · 14 Aug 2009

MattMJB0188 said:

Anyone have any advice because since I have reinstalled Windows 7 RC 64bit and its still doing it, wasn't doing it at first but now its happening every time I load Windows 7?

have you tried to repair the install? boot up with your 7 disc and keep an eye out for the "repair" option. Let it do it's thing and see what happens

Tews · 14 Aug 2009

See if it boots ok in safe mode ... if it does, try doing a system restore using the oldest (first) restore point...

dmex · 14 Aug 2009

MattMJB0188 said:

Anyone have any advice because since I have reinstalled Windows 7 RC 64bit and its still doing it, wasn't doing it at first but now its happening every time I load Windows 7?

Hi Matt,

That appears to be a driver issue, Something like daemon tools or an old device driver can cause that problem, try scaling back any applications you have installed and removing the majority of your hardware and see if the problem still occurs. Can you also check your bios for any option called HPET and try disabling it?

Steven

TGSoldier · 14 Aug 2009

Tews said:

See if it boots ok in safe mode ...

Thank you for jizzing my memory. If it does boot in safe mode, it could mean that you're lacking power..

MattMJB0188 · 14 Aug 2009

NO my system is not overclocked and once it freezes I have no other option but to hold the power button down. Then I turn it on again and choose Windows 7 to boot into and get the startup recovery thing. I always do as it recommends like it will do a system restore and repair the startup. Yet even though it says the startup has been repaired I still get it. First time I had 32-bit 7RC installed now 64-bit and I'm getting this. It has to be my computer because 7RC worked fine on my laptop. ???

MattMJB0188 · 14 Aug 2009

Oh and I forgot to mention I think the drivers with my NVIDIA card are f**Ked because if I use the real drivers the pc wont shut down.

In May my NVidia 8400 card got messed up so I took it to be repaired and they gave me a lower graphic card called the Azuse 8400 I think? Since that I have not really had any luck with drivers and on vista I use generic drivers or my PC wont shutdown and I guess on 7 its affected another way. Good this be the problem?

MattMJB0188 · 14 Aug 2009

could this be related to my graphics card?