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Windows won't load

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by Xangu, Nov 16, 2020.

  1. Xangu

    Xangu

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    Hello Guys,



    I've been trying to fix this PC for few days with very little progress. It is now getting to the point where I'm about to give up.



    So here it is.

    On Friday when the PC was moved into it's place something knocked the power switch at the back and the pc went down. After half an hour recovery process it worked just fine, until I've turned it off that is.

    Saturday morning when I've tried turning it back on the ASUS bios logo took a little bit longer than usual. then I saw the windows logo for a bit before my screen went completely purple!
    I moved the mouse and it appeared, I could even open the command window in which I've tried the:

    "

    bootrec/fixboot

    bootrec/fixmbr

    exit

    "



    it did not help.



    I've tried powering it down abnormally to get the self repair window to pop-up.

    After powering it down few times I've gotten the text under the windows logo "self repair... something". it would get stuck at this point or go into black screen with a mouse. (or purple again)

    So overall no success with this either.



    I've tried putting an USB/Windows DVD in to reinstall it or repair it. after a long while the icon pops up with the country and language, I select it click next and then I get an option to install windows or repair it

    - if I press repair- the same results as before happen - after long while it just doesn't do anything, its stuck on the same screen or I get to see my mouse.

    - If I try to install it it just goes into a screen with a mouse cursor and that's it - yesterday only once I've managed it to go into the next step where I could see the hard drives.



    Next I've read that it could be something with the motherboard as people had issues with it where they had to put in the drivers dv in and it helped?

    I've tried it by getting new bios in, updating it and it did not help at all...



    I'm running out of ideas here guys, would be fantastic if you could throw any suggestions in?



    Thank You & Regards



    Xangu
     
  2. IJAC

    IJAC Super-Moderator Super Moderators

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    There is a strong possibility your hard drive may of been damaged when it was shut down from the switch. If you have more than one hard drive I would disconnect them and try again. You said you could get to the command prompt if so try running: In the command prompt window, type in CHKDSK then a space, then the name of the disk you wish to check. For example, if you wished to perform a disk check on your C drive, type in CHKDSK C then press enter to run the command. This will just tell you if it is corrupted if you want to repair it type CHKDSK C: /r
     
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  3. Seth Anthony

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    Given the new install of W10 fails, then it's most likely the hard drive is physically damaged (not repairable). It doesn't take much of "bump" to knock a mechanical hard drive's read/write head out of alignment.
     
  4. Tony D

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    Especially if the drive is spinning and the head isn't parked.
     
  5. Xangu

    Xangu

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    Update:

    So your suggestion with the hard drive has proven correct. It must have been the thing where it knocked it out of alignment.
    I have unplugged the HDD and tried running windows DVD which actually took me a bit further, it allowed me to go into the fixing menu thing.
    However, it still did not allow me to do anything with the disk as it was "locked"
    I've connected the main SSD to my 2nd machine which then prompted windows disk repair.
    after doing so and moving essential files I've managed to format the drive and install new windows on it!
    so 1 problem solved

    HOWEVER.
    When I've been trying to connect the other SSD to my main PC I've disconnected my DVD drive and put it in it's place. it worked however after I disconnected it and tried to turn my pc on it showed the massage "reboot and connect proper boot device". My heart stop...
    after few different trial and errors I've disconnected my DVD rom completely and it allowed me to run my PC as normal?
     
  6. IJAC

    IJAC Super-Moderator Super Moderators

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    That was because the boot order must of changed you could of reset that in the bios also. If you hook up your DVD then go into the bios and put your C drive to boot first.
     
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  7. Xangu

    Xangu

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    Okay all sorted guys,
    thank you so much for your help!

    Overall if someone has this issue in the future:
    The main harddrive most likely got knocked out of alignment and somehow it corrupted the SSD drive.
    I've managed to fix the SSD drive eventually by connecting it to the other PC and let the windows fix it. After that i had to change few things in console in order to be able to unlock the drive. once done i've formatted & reinstalled the windows and it worked!

    Thanks again for all your help!

    Xangu
     
  8. Tony D

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    Glad you have it fixed. Thanks for the update.
     

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