Hi,
my PC was running fine until recently, when I bumped it and it froze up and I had to do a force shutdown.
Since then every time I start my PC it posts without issues and loads into the Windows login screen just like it did before, however once I log in, I get a black Desktop, without Icons and the task bar (which is blank apart from the windows logo) starts blinking like a neon sign in the 60s - on, off, on, off... During this the only command that seems to work is ctrl+alt+del (I tried most commands I know of including windows+r), from which I can use all the functions, including launching task manager, I noticed a lot of tasks appearing and disappearing, as if they were trying to launch but without any success.
This continues for about 5 minutes, at which point everything suddenly loads as it should and I am able to use the PC without any issues.
Things I have tried:
-Checked for windows updates - am running the latest version
-Checked for damaged sectors on my windows drive
-Used windows boot media to do an install that keeps all data and files
-Updated Samsung Magician
-Created a new user account and tried logging into that upon restart instead - same issue
I'm guessing that my Windows install got corrupted by that freeze and now windows has great difficulty debugging it every time I try to log in, I'm just not sure what else I can try, apart from reinstalling Windows completely and losing all the data on my SSD. If you have any suggestions or have seen a similar thread I would love to hear them, as I have been unable to find any threads on this exact topic.
My setup:
Windows 10 Pro
Asus Prime Z390-A
Intel I5 9600K
Gigabyte GTX1060 3GB
Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 2x8GB
Samsung 970 EVO 1TB (Windows Drive)
WD Blue 3TB
my PC was running fine until recently, when I bumped it and it froze up and I had to do a force shutdown.
Since then every time I start my PC it posts without issues and loads into the Windows login screen just like it did before, however once I log in, I get a black Desktop, without Icons and the task bar (which is blank apart from the windows logo) starts blinking like a neon sign in the 60s - on, off, on, off... During this the only command that seems to work is ctrl+alt+del (I tried most commands I know of including windows+r), from which I can use all the functions, including launching task manager, I noticed a lot of tasks appearing and disappearing, as if they were trying to launch but without any success.
This continues for about 5 minutes, at which point everything suddenly loads as it should and I am able to use the PC without any issues.
Things I have tried:
-Checked for windows updates - am running the latest version
-Checked for damaged sectors on my windows drive
-Used windows boot media to do an install that keeps all data and files
-Updated Samsung Magician
-Created a new user account and tried logging into that upon restart instead - same issue
I'm guessing that my Windows install got corrupted by that freeze and now windows has great difficulty debugging it every time I try to log in, I'm just not sure what else I can try, apart from reinstalling Windows completely and losing all the data on my SSD. If you have any suggestions or have seen a similar thread I would love to hear them, as I have been unable to find any threads on this exact topic.
My setup:
Windows 10 Pro
Asus Prime Z390-A
Intel I5 9600K
Gigabyte GTX1060 3GB
Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 2x8GB
Samsung 970 EVO 1TB (Windows Drive)
WD Blue 3TB