2012-02-10, 12:22 PM
ImagineAll Wrote:When I turn my computer on it gets stuck on the Windows 7 start up screen. I've tried loading into safe mode and all other debugging/restoration options from the F8 screen, but nothing seems to allow me into the operating system.
The only thing that I can think happen is when I installed automatic updates last night after powering down my computer something happened. Unfortunately I don't have a backup copy of Windows 7, so reformatting really isn't an option for me at this point. Any suggestions?
Tried booting it as a slave drive? If you can do that, it's a HDD issue. If you can boot but it doesn't even show up in the drivelist, it's a BAD HDD issue. If it still doesn't boot even off of the new drive, you're gonna need to be a bit more specific, though I guess you could do the generic testing RAM and testing connections thing, too.