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W7 hanging at splash screen
Hi guys, I have W7 x64 installed with all updates. I am running the OS from a SSD with about 10gig free, and also have a second drive with approx 500gig free.
My system has been trouble free until just recently it would not start, after some testing we worked out the problem was hardware with the PSU so we replaced the unit.
Now I find the system hangs when at the W7 splash screen (with the 4 coloured flag emblem and the words "starting Windows 7 Home Premium".
This was unexpected as it appears to be a software problem, and the system was not actually running when the PSU died, so windows should not have been affected.
My problem is now I cannot even get into the system using safe mode or booting from the W7 DVD.
- I initially could access the OS drive via safe mode, so I attempted to reinstall W7 using the DVD over the top of the existing W7 install, hoping this would fix the issue and avoid a more drastic complete format of the OS disk. But the install will not complete as it always also hangs at the now dreaded splash screen. And I can no longer access the drive using safe mode as I now get an error saying "the installation cannot be completed using safe mode, the instal will now reboot your system" which then ends up ganing at the splash screen.
- If I try booting from the W7 disk it jumps straight to the splash screen (after installing some unspecified files) and the system then just hangs.
I have tried using a bootable XP DVD to get to a level where I can just reformat the OS drive, but this failed as it could not detect a windows OS.
Basically I am at the stage now that I just want to reformat the OS drive, but how can I do that? Safe mode menu does not have an option to start with a DOS screen (like the good old days) and starting with command prompt option just goes to the dreaded splash screen and hangs.
So I guess my questionis, how can I bypass W7 and reformat my OS drive (drive C), or alternatively can I cancel the now hung incomplete reinstal so that I can use safe mode to access the OS drive again?
Thanks heaps in advance!
Cheers all