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My computer won't boot.
I believe the precursor was that this morning, I accidentally flipped the power switch on the surge protector as my desktop was shutting down. I didn't turn it back on until this afternoon and this is what it now does:
It boots to a black screen saying: windows did not start successfully, would you like to start your computer in 1) safe mode 2) with previous successful configuration 3) in normal mode, etc.
When I make any selection, it begins to boot then stops and restarts. If I select safe mode it scrolls code across the screen, stops, and restarts after about 10 seconds. If I choose normal mode, it goes to the windows startup screen, looks like its starting, then restarts.
One thing is that I was able to get the computer to boot up with a Knoppix CD successfully so I assume that it is a software rather than hardware issue?
I appreciate any help!
My computer won't boot.
I believe the precursor was that this morning, I accidentally flipped the power switch on the surge protector as my desktop was shutting down. I didn't turn it back on until this afternoon and this is what it now does:
It boots to a black screen saying: windows did not start successfully, would you like to start your computer in 1) safe mode 2) with previous successful configuration 3) in normal mode, etc.
When I make any selection, it begins to boot then stops and restarts. If I select safe mode it scrolls code across the screen, stops, and restarts after about 10 seconds. If I choose normal mode, it goes to the windows startup screen, looks like its starting, then restarts.
One thing is that I was able to get the computer to boot up with a Knoppix CD successfully so I assume that it is a software rather than hardware issue?
I appreciate any help!