What's puzzling is that all of a sudden, I need a two-step process to boot normally into 64-bit Windows 7 SP1.
When I first try to boot up normally, I will only get to the "Starting Windows" page, and then it will go no further, no matter how long I wait. But if I then boot into Safe Mode, and while there do NOTHING at all but reboot normally, it works perfectly the next time!
But if I then restart, the whole loop repeats again!
Since before this strange behavior began, I've installed nothing, I've uninstalled nothing, I haven't changed any hardware or software configuration. DSKCHK reports no problems whatsoever on any volume. As far as I can tell with manual investigation, the registry looks fine. Using the Autoruns tool, everything looks exactly correct. Nothing stands out in the boot logs.
And when you consider the fact that I don't change anything while in Safe Mode, this entire scenario makes not even the tiniest bit of logical sense!
Obviously, I can just resign myself to booting twice in a row from now on, because I can then continue to work normally, but this is so weird my curiosity just won't let it go. What the heck's going on here?
When I first try to boot up normally, I will only get to the "Starting Windows" page, and then it will go no further, no matter how long I wait. But if I then boot into Safe Mode, and while there do NOTHING at all but reboot normally, it works perfectly the next time!
But if I then restart, the whole loop repeats again!
Since before this strange behavior began, I've installed nothing, I've uninstalled nothing, I haven't changed any hardware or software configuration. DSKCHK reports no problems whatsoever on any volume. As far as I can tell with manual investigation, the registry looks fine. Using the Autoruns tool, everything looks exactly correct. Nothing stands out in the boot logs.
And when you consider the fact that I don't change anything while in Safe Mode, this entire scenario makes not even the tiniest bit of logical sense!
Obviously, I can just resign myself to booting twice in a row from now on, because I can then continue to work normally, but this is so weird my curiosity just won't let it go. What the heck's going on here?
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Professional 64-bitIntel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core ...16GB G.SKILL TridentX 2666 (PC3 21300) RAMEVGA nVidia GTX-750
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Home-built
- OS
- Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS Z97-A/USB 3.1 Gen 2
- Memory
- 16GB G.SKILL TridentX 2666 (PC3 21300) RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA nVidia GTX-750
- Sound Card
- LogiLink USB 2.0 7.1 Channel Sound Box
- Monitor(s) Displays
- DELL U2713HM, ViewSonic 22, HDTV
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- System is on 2x RAID 0 Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SATA-III SSD
System has several other SATA III disks as well
- PSU
- Corsair RM750x
- Case
- CoolerMaster Storm Scout 2
- Cooling
- CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO
- Keyboard
- Apple Slim, Bluetooth slim
- Mouse
- Logitech Trackball Marble & Logitech Wireless Trackball
- Internet Speed
- 100 Gbps
- Antivirus
- Avira AntiVirus Pro
- Browser
- Waterfox, Opera, Basilisk
