Hey,
Got up this morning to check some emails and the like as i do each morning
I turned the machine on, standard stuff and i sit there waiting for the windows screen with the blue bar that goes from side to side... but its taking longer than usual, i leave the room to do afew more morning things and come back 10 minutes later to find that its still on the same screen.
i sit there for another 2-3 minutes watching it and thinking about what hardware or software changes i made yesterday which could be effecting it...
the only things i installed were:
Smart FTP - freeware, downloaded and installed that night.
Adobe Updates - 200meg in size.
I tried restarting the machine after 15-20 minutes of waiting and it came up with the windows didnt start normally last time message, safemode etc etc but my USB keyboard wouldnt let me change the selection
Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be causing this? I'm gonna try booting in safe mode when i get home if i can get my hands on a standard keyboard, unplug afew hard drives / extra USB items and generally grab an up to date back-up if possible.
No hardware changes have been made in the last month so im doubting its hardware related
guess if all else fails i'll blame windows and format 
Any suggestions more than welcome,
Cheers,
Got up this morning to check some emails and the like as i do each morning
I turned the machine on, standard stuff and i sit there waiting for the windows screen with the blue bar that goes from side to side... but its taking longer than usual, i leave the room to do afew more morning things and come back 10 minutes later to find that its still on the same screen.
i sit there for another 2-3 minutes watching it and thinking about what hardware or software changes i made yesterday which could be effecting it...
the only things i installed were:
Smart FTP - freeware, downloaded and installed that night.
Adobe Updates - 200meg in size.
I tried restarting the machine after 15-20 minutes of waiting and it came up with the windows didnt start normally last time message, safemode etc etc but my USB keyboard wouldnt let me change the selection

Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be causing this? I'm gonna try booting in safe mode when i get home if i can get my hands on a standard keyboard, unplug afew hard drives / extra USB items and generally grab an up to date back-up if possible.
No hardware changes have been made in the last month so im doubting its hardware related


Any suggestions more than welcome,
Cheers,