For some reason, my computer did not shut down correctly last time, and now when I boot up the system, a DOS-style screen pops up saying "Windows did not shut down successfully..." and prompting me to start it in Safe Mode or start it normally.
Regardless of what I choose, it goes to the "Starting Windows" screen, and shows the Win7 animation, then it shows a black screen with just a mouse cursor I can move around, but nothing after that. Normally it shows the Win7 login screen. Ctrl + Alt + Del does nothing... I've tried powering off the tower entirely and unplugging and then powering back on, but I always get the same Safe Mode prompt, and the same black screen.
I'm not sure whether the OS files are damaged, or whether my video card might be messed up, or my RAM, or what. My mobo is an ASUS P6X58D Premium and my GPU is a Radeon HD 5770, if that helps.
I should note that I've had problems when Win7 comes out of hibernate/sleep. I always hear a click in the computer case a few seconds after user input wakes up and it shows the Win7 login screen. Most of the time it continues to work fine, but sometimes right after the click, the computer will shut down and reboot... And I'm not sure if it's related, but just before the current error message, I got a similar DOS-style prompt on bootup saying that Win7 "did not leave hibernate mode correctly" or something. Then this problem started happening...
Any idea what's causing the problem here? It will boot the Win7 install disc, if that helps...
UPDATE: MemOK!, the on-board memory check function, says the memory's fine. Also ran Win7 Advanced Boot options > Repair system > Startup Repair... says the system "booted successfully" under repair log : ? What's happening here...
UPDATE 2: Ran System Restore, to see if it would boot to two days ago (3/25) prior to Windows "Critical Update." Result: "System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed. Details: An unspecified error occurred during System Restore. (0x800700b7)" ... Dunno what to do next. : /
Regardless of what I choose, it goes to the "Starting Windows" screen, and shows the Win7 animation, then it shows a black screen with just a mouse cursor I can move around, but nothing after that. Normally it shows the Win7 login screen. Ctrl + Alt + Del does nothing... I've tried powering off the tower entirely and unplugging and then powering back on, but I always get the same Safe Mode prompt, and the same black screen.
I'm not sure whether the OS files are damaged, or whether my video card might be messed up, or my RAM, or what. My mobo is an ASUS P6X58D Premium and my GPU is a Radeon HD 5770, if that helps.
I should note that I've had problems when Win7 comes out of hibernate/sleep. I always hear a click in the computer case a few seconds after user input wakes up and it shows the Win7 login screen. Most of the time it continues to work fine, but sometimes right after the click, the computer will shut down and reboot... And I'm not sure if it's related, but just before the current error message, I got a similar DOS-style prompt on bootup saying that Win7 "did not leave hibernate mode correctly" or something. Then this problem started happening...
Any idea what's causing the problem here? It will boot the Win7 install disc, if that helps...
UPDATE: MemOK!, the on-board memory check function, says the memory's fine. Also ran Win7 Advanced Boot options > Repair system > Startup Repair... says the system "booted successfully" under repair log : ? What's happening here...
UPDATE 2: Ran System Restore, to see if it would boot to two days ago (3/25) prior to Windows "Critical Update." Result: "System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed. Details: An unspecified error occurred during System Restore. (0x800700b7)" ... Dunno what to do next. : /