I have a home-built PC that will not boot into Windows. The computer was working fine until one day when I returned from work and found that it would not wake up from sleep mode. With no other option available, I did a hard reset. I was given the prompt to load into windows safe mode since the pc wasn't shut down correctly, but chose the normal load. However, the system stopped at the Starting Windows animated logo. After waiting, I did a hard reset and chose to load into safe mode. However, when at the "Loading System Files" screen, the process gets stuck after "Loaded: \Windows\system32\drivers\CLASSPNP.SYS.
I have searched various forums and have found other users with this or similar problems, but their solutions have not worked for me. So far, this is what I have tried:
- Changing BIOS settings to Fail-Safe Defaults as well as loading back into Optimized Defaults
- Running a memory disc for a memory check: memory test returned no errors.
- Running the boot disc. I could not find my original boot disc, but I tried running off of a Windows 7 Upgrade disc that I had, which I assumed would work the same. However, after choosing to boot off of CDROM with this inserted, there is a gray loading bar with "Windows is loading files...," but after this completes, the system gets hung up on the Starting Windows animated logo
- I have also created a new boot disc from downloading the .iso and putting it onto a DVD rom, but it doesn't even prompt the gray loading bar. Instead, it brings up the same Windows select mode as a result of it not shutting down properly (giving the option for safe mode or normal mode). The system hangs up the same way here as if it were starting from the hard drive.
- I have also removed the battery from the motherboard to reset the bios. This made no change.
- Finally, I have made a visual inspection of all hardware components. Everything is connected and hooked up properly. I cannot find anything amiss.
I have screenshots for any of the screens that I have encountered. If you think this may help, let me know and I can upload them.
My hard disc is a Patriot Torqz 2 64GB SSD and my motherboard is a Gigabyte M68MT-S2. The system is not old (build maybe 6 months ago) and has been running fine up until now.
Thank you very much to anyone who takes the time to read and contribute to this. I know your time is precious and it means a lot to me that you have read this far in effort to help.
I have searched various forums and have found other users with this or similar problems, but their solutions have not worked for me. So far, this is what I have tried:
- Changing BIOS settings to Fail-Safe Defaults as well as loading back into Optimized Defaults
- Running a memory disc for a memory check: memory test returned no errors.
- Running the boot disc. I could not find my original boot disc, but I tried running off of a Windows 7 Upgrade disc that I had, which I assumed would work the same. However, after choosing to boot off of CDROM with this inserted, there is a gray loading bar with "Windows is loading files...," but after this completes, the system gets hung up on the Starting Windows animated logo
- I have also created a new boot disc from downloading the .iso and putting it onto a DVD rom, but it doesn't even prompt the gray loading bar. Instead, it brings up the same Windows select mode as a result of it not shutting down properly (giving the option for safe mode or normal mode). The system hangs up the same way here as if it were starting from the hard drive.
- I have also removed the battery from the motherboard to reset the bios. This made no change.
- Finally, I have made a visual inspection of all hardware components. Everything is connected and hooked up properly. I cannot find anything amiss.
I have screenshots for any of the screens that I have encountered. If you think this may help, let me know and I can upload them.
My hard disc is a Patriot Torqz 2 64GB SSD and my motherboard is a Gigabyte M68MT-S2. The system is not old (build maybe 6 months ago) and has been running fine up until now.
Thank you very much to anyone who takes the time to read and contribute to this. I know your time is precious and it means a lot to me that you have read this far in effort to help.