Solved problem starting shutting down and restarting the computer.

[SoulWriter]

I have a problem starting, shutting down and restarting the computer. . it won't shut down just hangs at shutting down screen i have to use the power button. and it sometimes won't load windows on start. scannow or chkdsk fixed a couple things and I did a start up repair from inside windows but still have this problem

There is an external usb disk i think it sometimes the pc gets confused and look for OS on this. So i go to advanced boot and find the right disk is selected but i select it again and it usually works

Do external disks need to be plugged out to reboot?

In msconfig i am having a selective start up because there are programs i do not want to run at start up. There are no shortcuts to them in the startup folder. If i untick any of these it is then no longer a normal start up that loads all devices drivers and services. there a re programs ticked there that are UNINSTALLED but unticking means it becomes selecive start up


HKEY LOCAL MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft> Windows > CurrentVersion says only three programs are set to run at start up
i wondered if the boot loader may be corrupt. how do i tell?

I want to install program that needs reboot but i don't know if it will reboot

EDIT: I can get it to start after removing ther external hard disk but it still won't shut down. i have to use the power button to turn off then turn on and get a warning this pc did not shut down properly do you want Win7 or safe mode etc. I choose win 7 and it starts

 

[TechnoMage2016]

I've had several USB Flash Drives, that I've used with my computers, and on customer's PC's.
Two in particular, will prevent a PC from booting up if they are plugged into the PC when I try to boot it up. I must first remove the Flash Drive, and then perform a power OFF/ON to reset the motherboard and get the PC to boot up.

Shutting down a PC is a whole different matter. To simplify the process, try to end all running programs before shutting down your PC.
Then create a new shortcut on your desktop using the following syntax %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 0
Note the spaces in the text before each / and before the 0 (zero)
I also use it on Windows 8.1, and it seems to work just as well. My normal shutdown time is 5 seconds.

I've used this or a similar shutdown Shortcut on every PC since Windows 98, and it works a treat, for a quick shutdown.
The syntax is slightly different for each version of Windows.

If after doing what I've outlined above does not solve your shutdown problem, then further troubleshooting is required.
And, that's beyond the scope of this entry.

Good Luck,
TM

 

[SoulWriter]

I've had several USB Flash Drives, that I've used with my computers, and on customer's PC's.
Two in particular, will prevent a PC from booting up if they are plugged into the PC when I try to boot it up. I must first remove the Flash Drive, and then perform a power OFF/ON to reset the motherboard and get the PC to boot up.

Shutting down a PC is a whole different matter. To simplify the process, try to end all running programs before shutting down your PC.
Then create a new shortcut on your desktop using the following syntax %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 0
Note the spaces in the text before each / and before the 0 (zero)
I also use it on Windows 8.1, and it seems to work just as well. My normal shutdown time is 5 seconds.

I've used this or a similar shutdown Shortcut on every PC since Windows 98, and it works a treat, for a quick shutdown.
The syntax is slightly different for each version of Windows.

If after doing what I've outlined above does not solve your shutdown problem, then further troubleshooting is required.
And, that's beyond the scope of this entry.

Good Luck,
TM

Thanks now i cannot start up at all.i am posting this on an old vista laptop

the computer boots but hangs at startingbwindows or just black screen safe mode is all black with safe mode at four corners
start up repair ran all night i turned it off. trying it again from the original install cd
scannow and chkdsk ok

if there wasa problem with the MBR would it boot to the welcome or starting windows screen. i am also trying to find if i can replace the mbr from the original install cd

paragon emergency boot disk says there are user profile in the recycle bin. but when i go to command prompt from start up repair and open recycle bin it is empty. iam only using the emergency disk to investigate i don't have a back up to restore and my system restore is off

i wonder if i may have deleted my user profile but when on one occasion it went to the log in in full windows it showed my username but when i clicked nothing

What i am trying to do is restore what is in the recycle bin an s-1-5-20 and three s 1-5-21 folders but i have to do through command. do you know the command? also where to restore them to

 

[TechnoMage2016]

If it were my PC, I know exactly what I would do.....just what I did when my own Windows 7 setup got bad, but not as bad as yours.

I'd save every bit of data that I could find, to an external Flash Drive or HD, and then, run an extensive reliability test on that HD, like Steve Gibson's "Spinrite 6". With the HD checked out as OK, I'd wipe it clean, reformat it, and re-install Windows 7 from a clean source.

If the reliability test failed, then install a new SSD, and Install Windows.
Once Windows was installed, up and running the way you want it, restore your data files.

I've had to do the same thing many times, over the 40 years that I've been a PC technician. It's not difficult, just takes some time.
And you have to go step by step, without missing a step.

Good Luck,
TM

 

[SoulWriter]

If it were my PC, I know exactly what I would do.....just what I did when my own Windows 7 setup got bad, but not as bad as yours.

I'd save every bit of data that I could find, to an external Flash Drive or HD, and then, run an extensive reliability test on that HD, like Steve Gibson's "Spinrite 6". With the HD checked out as OK, I'd wipe it clean, reformat it, and re-install Windows 7 from a clean source.

If the reliability test failed, then install a new SSD, and Install Windows.
Once Windows was installed, up and running the way you want it, restore your data files.

I've had to do the same thing many times, over the 40 years that I've been a PC technician. It's not difficult, just takes some time.
And you have to go step by step, without missing a step.

Good Luck,
TM

Got it started repaired mbr from the original install disk. but very slow only using 2Gb of 16 GB memory. any idea why this is? i cannot wipe it too much on it, i was just about to clone to an ssd

Thanks

 

[SoulWriter]

Fixed it booted with AOMEI win pe on usb and cloned to external ssd.v fast boot.no data loss.. read 85 percent of repair people just wipe and reinstall windows thereby losing data.