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Perpetual start up repair purgatory.
Hi, my first post here after finding this forum on an internet search.
I have a 2 1/2 year old toshiba lap top.
Yesterday morning, I tried to start the lap top as usual, after seeing the window graphic for a few minutes a page with white text on a black background told me windows was unable to start.
There was an option for normal start up and repair start up which was recommended.
I went with the recommended start up, this is a dark blue/black screen with a large cursor.
I have let it sit in this mode for around 15 hours now.
A stint of 3 hours and another of 12 hours...When you try to start up you never get any further.
I tried to start in normal mode, it tries for a minute of two then the recommended start up repair screen default appears.
I have recovery discs made when the lap top was new.
I have tried putting them in the d drive, they spin up but seem to be ignored.
Prior to ceasing to start up, I had no problems with the laptop, I use anti virus and malaware bytes.
Any ideas of what to do next would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks.