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fresh install, stalls right after "windows starting" screen. mbr?
Hello, all. I'm flirting with my sanity and have decided to finally reach out for help. I have been googling and searching these forums for the better part of 26 hours, yielding little in the way of results. I'm also browsing/typing with my cell phone; you might imagine nerve endings....
Anyhow, here's the story: OS is W7 x64 Ulti. oem disk in possession. Yesterday, I formatted c: then attempted to install OS. It installs without a hitch. After restart, process continues until right after "windows Is starting" display. The screen then goes black. The HDD activity LED goes to its intermittent blinking for system idle.
Attempting to restart via the smaller restart button case more often than not freezes machine. Using power button to cycle, same results all the way to the aforementioned screen.
In previous installation, I was dual booting Linux which lends to my suspicion of a corrupt MBR.
Startup recovery states that I may have plugged in some sort of peripheral - that's not the case though. I think it was referring to an instance when someone might leave in some sort of flash drive. Again, not the case.
I'm no where near a seasoned IT professional, but I've attempted everything that I know.
Diskpart shows two volumes and two partitions. The allotted sizes are correct, but it also states that both are "Primary " now, I wouldn't know any better, but I thought I would see the system partition read just that, system. Nevertheless, ill include that information in case it could lend toward a solution
I've also ran through a myriad if mbr fixes and resets, most of which were researched today, all to no avail.
I have also swapped harddisks, formatted, installed OS, and was still met with same predicament.
I just don't know where to take it from here
Thank you all for your time.