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Major StartUp and Performance Problems After Blackout ???
I will start at the beginning.
Windows 7 Pro on a DELL Optiplex 780m tower with AMD Graphics Card
The machine was ON with three or four photo editing programs open, but no activity for long enough that the monitor had "gone to sleep"
The electricity suddenly went out for about five minutes.
Always before, whenever one of our computers lost power, it would remain OFF until it was physically turned ON; not so this time.
Much to my amazement, when the power came back on, the machine immediately powered up and began to boot.
It got as far as all of the task-bar and about half of the desktop icons and froze there; it would not respond to anything.
Cap-Locks does turn ON/OFF; I read somewhere that this had relevancy.
I let it alone a spell, but it remained in the frozen state; so, I held in the power button until it shut-down.
Numerous re-tries resulted in varying degrees of starting Windows, tried with and without a system repair disc; results seemed to matter not whether with or without the disc.
Safe Mode starts right up and everything seems to respond, however response is very sluggish.
About one start out of ten, it will go ahead and start and programs will work and things will seem fine; then, it will freeze up again and the only remedy is a forced shut-down.
In safe mode, I restored to a system restore point; it said the restore was successful; but, when it restarted, it was froze up again.
It seems to take forever starting Windows, much longer than before the blackout.
I have read internet searches until my eyes are sore, seeking a solution or a verdict, but none of the things that come up resemble my situation.
How do I fix this ?
Thanks for reading.