Black screen with cursor immediately following Windows logo

I tried again and even fewer of the files were collected. So if you can't make do with the first ZIP I sent, I will have to try a different approach.
 

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I actually found the poqrpog.sys file, and it IS a component of GMER. So therefore, the one BSOD from earlier (which I am not able to replicate) must have been something completely different. The BSODs whose dumps I collected are not the fault of Windows alone, and therefore are probably not related to the original problems of the hanging startup and the slow file system.

I did download the manufacturer's disk testing utility, which checked all sectors (about a billion of them, it took almost 3 hours) and did not find any bad sectors.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel Core I56 GB
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ThinkPad Edge
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core I5
Memory
6 GB
Browser
Chrome

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1AMD Phenom 2 1090T2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black 1600Mhz Unga...MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
AMD Phenom 2 1090T
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5
Memory
2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black 1600Mhz Unganged
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Sound Card
Realtek On-Board HD 7.1 Audio / Logitech G35
Monitor(s) Displays
3xAcer GD245HQ
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD - OS /
WD Caviar Black SATA 3 - 1 TBx2 - Dynamic RAID 0 /
WD Caviar Green SATA 2 - 640GBx2 - Dynamic RAID 0 /
WD Caviar Green SATA 2 - 640GB - Internal Backup /
Seagate Barracude SATA 3 - 3TB - External Backup/ Sync
PSU
HighPower 1000W
Case
Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling
Noctua NH-D14
Keyboard
Logitech G19
Mouse
Logitech G500
Internet Speed
100/4 Mbit Cable (100GB quota)
Antivirus
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security / MBAM Pro / MBAE Free / SAS Free
Browser
IE 11 - Firefox - Chrome
Other Info
Logitech F710/ G27/ G940/ Z5500 // TrackIR 5 // Nvidia 3D Surround Vision
In my case it was update KB3055642. Removed it and disabled it and windows was fine again.
Hope that will help someone, had to try different combinations of updates to find out.
 

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Windows 7 64 bit professional
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Windows 7 64 bit professional
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