PC Not Booting

Housey · 30 Dec 2021 at 11:25

I did a silly thing, turned off my PC at the PSU and now it won't boot.

It boots to Repairing Windows, then stops there. I did some reading, seems a common issue so I got hold of a Windows 10 DVD so I can boot to that and repair.

My issue is though it starts to boot via the DVD it stops with the 4 blue box Windows icon on the screen, the DVD stops spinning and once again it locks and goes nowhere.

Currently building a USB boot drive on my Mac so I can try that and have just removed the Mobo battery which I shall replace with a new one, but any help welcomed. No obvious hardware issues, memory and disks all there in BIOS etc.

meusli · 30 Dec 2021 at 11:29

Can it boot in safe mode? if you keep disturbing the repair a couple of times you get to an Advanced Repair screen which can let yoiu select Safe Mode. Other than that try a reinstall of the software with the installation disk but keep your files.

Housey · 30 Dec 2021 at 11:32

meusli said:
Can it boot in safe mode? if you keep disturbing the repair a couple of times you get to an Advanced Repair screen which can let yoiu select Safe Mode. Other than that try a reinstall of the software with the installation disk but keep your files.

Yes done all of that, it isn't working.

I can't get into a safe mode, that is my issue.

meusli · 30 Dec 2021 at 12:11

Try this link, you need to try and run system file checker on boot. Never tried to do this from a boot, but it is possible.

https://www.windowsdigitals.com/how-to-run-sfc-scannow-command-at-boot-in-windows-10/

If that fails then I would try reinstalling windows again over your old copy but keep your files, not much you can do apart from that.

Housey · 30 Dec 2021 at 14:46

You are missing my point.

I can’t get to a point where I can access ANY windows 10 apps, be that via normal boot, USB bootable or DVD. My PC is not allowing me to boot to a state where I can do anything.

Quartz · 30 Dec 2021 at 14:58

Boot off the USB stick and go to a command prompt. Then run SFC.

Housey · 30 Dec 2021 at 15:00

I can’t boot from a USB

I can’t boot from a DVD

I go into the BIOS and force both those as primary boot devices, but it still gets stuck on the Windows screen and does not get past it. All very odd.

Quartz · 30 Dec 2021 at 15:01

Check that your CPU cooler is working.

Housey · 30 Dec 2021 at 15:03

It is. All components working, BIOS showing all fine.

meusli · 30 Dec 2021 at 16:04

Not a clue then sorry, if you say it is all working fine then you should get somewhere with it.

Have you tried replacing any components? I would start with the HDD first, try and reboot and install windows on that and hope it’s a dodgy HDD. You can also try and put the HDD you took out into another machine and see if that boots there you will get errors as the hardware is different, but you should boot. It does look quite serious to me if you can’t even get to a windows screen in install so I would look at the hardware not being fine now.

Housey · 30 Dec 2021 at 16:18

I’ve got 6 HD in the Pc. Been faultless for 5 years but seems it’s **** itself

D1craig · 30 Dec 2021 at 16:37

have you tried to clear cmos? long shot but it is atleast a step you can try that doesnt require the pc booting.

scrivz69 · 30 Dec 2021 at 16:41

Housey said:
I’ve got 6 HD in the Pc. Been faultless for 5 years but seems it’s **** itself

I would disconnect all the HDD's apart from the boot drive and go from there. Windows can install boot files on other drives willy nilly. Might be worth ago.

Housey · 2 Jan 2022 at 12:33

I disconnected all the USB stuff (PC is on my race sim) and when it booted it moved into emergency mode so I did a full clean install.

All very odd, it would not go into emergency recovery from the installed Windows 10 instance, USB instance or Windows 10 DVD no matter what I did, how much faffing in the Bios or key pressing / on off button pressing I did.

Clean install fixed it and having 950Mbps internet makes it painless.