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Windows 7 will only boot into safemode and hangs on regular boot.
Hello. I am a repair tech so I usually can figure out the cause of weird issues, but I am currently stumped.
I have a custom built machine that has windows 7 pro 32bit installed. Things were going quite nice until a multi card reader (some roswell version) crapped out. No problem, I'll just buy a new one...
Well, I got the new one in, shut down the computer, installed the new one in the same USB port, restarted the computer and I haven't been able to boot into windows normally since.
I have checked the error logs after booting into safe mode and I don't see anything about hardware errors (I could be wrong or looking in the wrong place). I have tried the built in windows 7 repair features included with the windows 7 disk, I have tried sfc /scannow, I have tried bootrec.exe /fixboot and /fixmbr, I have tested the memory and the HDD, I have tried restore, and I cannot figure out how to solve this problem.
I would love to do a "Windows 7 repair install" but you can't do that while in safe mode.
Where should I go to figure out why this machine won't boot in normal mode? Is there a way to completely erase all the current device drivers and attempt to re-install all the drivers?
Thanks in advance!