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Recurrent repair problem
So I just formatted an older laptop and put 7 on it. But a day later it doesn't boot. It'll go to the 'Starting Windows' screen, then it goes black with a cursor and doesn't go any further.
If I turned it off then back on, it offered to repair the startup - which despite all the tests it runs coming up negative it just did a system restore and then booted successfully.
However this too has stopped working, now startup repair says it can't fix the problem (which according to its own tests doesn't exist).
What is causing this and what can I do about it?
Thanks.