PC stuck at boot screen

danyjr · 21 Jul 2013 at 09:19

Not always but most times I get my PC get stuck at the screen below:

What is going on? Faulty hard drive(s)?!

Idleman · 21 Jul 2013 at 09:24

Can you list your full system spec, will save other members asking unnecessary questions and better assist you.
If you are in Windows now, you could run a health check on your C drive, see if you have any bad sectors.
Also check in Event Logs, to see what was recorded at the time of these freezes.

Ethermaster · 21 Jul 2013 at 09:28

Idleman said:
Can you list your full system spec, will save other members asking unnecessary questions and better assist you.
If you are in Windows now, you could run a health check on your C drive, see if you have any bad sectors.
Also check in Event Logs, to see what was recorded at the time of these freezes.

This really, do you only have 3 drives and no optical as the channel listings look strange.

snips86x · 21 Jul 2013 at 09:52

If they are in a master/slave array, it could be a conflict. Remove all the other drives leaving just the boot drive and try again.

trickynickyuk · 21 Jul 2013 at 21:05

try disconnecting everything apart from your main HDD then see if it happens if it doesnt the reconnect each item to see which one it freezes on

danyjr · 2 Aug 2013 at 22:54

So you think this is a faulty hard drive?

I very much doubt that because the PC boots up perfectly after hibernation. It is only after I shut down that the above issue might occur.
PS: System spec is 2 hard drives (plus a faulty DVD drive)

4737Joker · 2 Aug 2013 at 23:12

i assume you have unplugged the dvd drive?

I have had a boot issue before caused by a faulty dvd drive, took me a while to find that fault as it's not something you would expect to cause a system not to boot.

Potty27 · 2 Aug 2013 at 23:18

Not my area at all, but your using all IDE drives with an i7? O.o

xMarkie · 2 Aug 2013 at 23:24

danyjr said:
So you think this is a faulty hard drive?

I very much doubt that because the PC boots up perfectly after hibernation. It is only after I shut down that the above issue might occur.
PS: System spec is 2 hard drives (plus a faulty DVD drive)

If you can get it to boot into windows to then go into hibernation - doesn't that mean it gets past the boot screen or you do something to get it to boot into windows? :confused:

The first thing I would do is reset the CMOS - check the mobo battery is functional then plug in just the OS drive on the correct channel and try booting.
YOu may need to set the main boot drive in the BIOS.
If it works - then add another drive and try booting.
If you have a suspect drive then put it on the secondary channel, boot into windows and run the hdd manufacturers diagnostic software on it

danyjr · 4 Aug 2013 at 09:51

Just so you know, I unplugged the faulty DVD drive and everything works fine now.
Thank for your assistance