Computer decided it suddenly didn't want to boot about a week and a half ago. I'm running Windows 10. I think it has something to do with one of the recent windows updates. Anyway, here are my system specs, followed by what I've tried so far.
Boot drive: Sandisk 120gb SSD
Storage Drive: WD 1Tb HDD
Mobo: MSI A88XM-E45
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750k
Ram: 2x8Gb Ballistix
PS: Corsair CS500M
The issues started with it failing to boot. The system would power on, BIOS screen goes by, and then the windows loading screen shows, which I'm not used to looking at for more than 2 seconds. Except the spinning wheel keeps going... And going... And going... Until something happens, wether it's a power cycle, or mini-crash, not sure. But the dots and windows logo come back, except the dots are shitty, slow, and low-res.
I started by using a USB stick as a boot drive, and booted the system from there. Tried using all of the recovery tools, to no avail. Tried power cycling 3 times to force the system to try to repair itself with the boot media, nothing. Tried the x3 power cycle without the boot drive to use that recovery tool, nothing. The only error in the troubleshooting log says "A recent driver installation or upgrade may be preventing the system from starting." I can't enter safe mode at all, I can select it, but it does nothing.
Since I had room on my SSD, I figured I'd try to install windows again, and boot from the newly installed OS and then recover my old info, but that won't boot either.
I've used W10privacy to modify a lot of Windows features I didn't like before. Could that have anything to do with my current issues?
Totally stumped here guys, any help would be great.
Boot drive: Sandisk 120gb SSD
Storage Drive: WD 1Tb HDD
Mobo: MSI A88XM-E45
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750k
Ram: 2x8Gb Ballistix
PS: Corsair CS500M
The issues started with it failing to boot. The system would power on, BIOS screen goes by, and then the windows loading screen shows, which I'm not used to looking at for more than 2 seconds. Except the spinning wheel keeps going... And going... And going... Until something happens, wether it's a power cycle, or mini-crash, not sure. But the dots and windows logo come back, except the dots are shitty, slow, and low-res.
I started by using a USB stick as a boot drive, and booted the system from there. Tried using all of the recovery tools, to no avail. Tried power cycling 3 times to force the system to try to repair itself with the boot media, nothing. Tried the x3 power cycle without the boot drive to use that recovery tool, nothing. The only error in the troubleshooting log says "A recent driver installation or upgrade may be preventing the system from starting." I can't enter safe mode at all, I can select it, but it does nothing.
Since I had room on my SSD, I figured I'd try to install windows again, and boot from the newly installed OS and then recover my old info, but that won't boot either.
I've used W10privacy to modify a lot of Windows features I didn't like before. Could that have anything to do with my current issues?
Totally stumped here guys, any help would be great.
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